Ashley DeBuhr Season 2004

Honors and Awards
2006
First-Team All-Big 12
First-Team All-Midwest Region
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (5/8)

2005
Second-Team All-Big 12
Second-Team All-Midwest Region
Second-Team Academic All-Big 12

2004
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring)

2003
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall)

Season Outlook [2007]

Ashley DeBuhr (pronounced duh-BORE) will anchor a talented and deep pitching staff in 2007 after earning All-Big 12 and All-Midwest region honors in each of the last two seasons.

DeBuhr has been the Huskers’ workhorse the last two years and has proven capable of handling the load. She has the ability to dominate opposing lineups, as evidenced by her 19 shutouts and 639 strikeouts in 2005 and 2006.

An All-America and Big 12 Pitcher-of-the-Year candidate, DeBuhr has improved her numbers every season at Nebraska. Her progression could be even greater in 2007, as a talented three-pitcher staff should decrease her number of innings, keeping her sharp and fresh, especially for the postseason run.

The only pitcher in school history to strike out 300 batters in consecutive seasons, DeBuhr will leave her mark on the Husker record books in her final season and will also play a pivotal role in Nebraska’s quest to win a Big 12 title and advance to the Women’s College World Series.

Junior Season [2006]
DeBuhr was stellar in the circle for NU in 2006, earning first-team All-Big 12 and All-Midwest region honors ... finished with a 26-10 record and a 1.50 ERA ... ranked 23rd in the nation in wins, 22nd in strikeouts per seven innings and 44th in ERA ... tossed 12 shutouts to become one of just six pitchers in school history to throw 10 or more shutouts in a single season ... also led the team with 304 strikeouts, becoming the first Husker in school history to post more than one season with 300 or more strikeouts ... All-American Peaches James is the only other player in NU history to strike out 300 batters in a season, as she accomplished the feat in 2004, before DeBuhr accomplished the feat in 2005 and 2006 ... showed great command in posting an incredible strikeout-to-walk ratio of better than 7-to-1, racking up 304 strikeouts against just 42 walks in 203.1 innings ... also added three saves, the most by a Husker since the 2002 season ... opponents hit just .177 against her ... posted 12 double-digit strikeout games, including a season-high 16 against Kansas on April 26 and 14 against Illinois State in the NCAA Tournament on May 20 ... threw four consecutive shutouts from March 11 to March 17 ... allowed three or fewer hits in each of those starts ... also did not allow a run in 27.2 innings ... tossed a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts against Florida A&M on March 11 to begin an impressive string of starts ... followed with a one-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts against Bradley ... then tossed a one-hit shutout with 13 punch-outs in a five-inning victory over Northern Colorado ... followed that performance with a three-hit shutout against North Dakota State ... picked up a win in relief by allowing one run in 4.0 innings in the second game against Oklahoma State on April 9 ... that win was the 40th of her career, making her just the 10th player in school history to record 40 career victories ... tossed her third straight shutout with a three-hitter against South Dakota State on April 12 ... registered her 10th shutout of the season with her second career no-hitter against Kansas on April 26 ... gave up just two hits and one unearned run in a complete game, 12-strikeout victory over No. 19 Baylor on May 11 at the Big 12 Championship... threw a two-hit, eight-inning shutout with nine strikeouts against Oklahoma State on May 12 at the Big 12 Championship ... gave up just three earned runs in 29 innings pitched at the Big 12 Championship, striking out 38 while giving up just 10 hits and three walks as she threw every inning for NU over four games ... opened the NCAA Tournament with a complete game, three-hit shutout in a 10-inning victory at Iowa ... kept Nebraska alive at the tournament by tossing a complete game win over Illinois State, allowing just two hits and striking out 14 while not allowing an earned run ... offensively, hit .267 while posting career-best numbers across the board ... recorded her first career hit, double, homer and RBI ... recorded a sacrifice fly and her first career RBI against Illinois on Feb. 24 ... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in her start at designated player at Oklahoma State on April 9 ... hit a two-out, two-run double to tie the game in the top of the sixth ... drove in four of NU’s seven runs with her first career home run and a two-run double as she went 2-for-3 against Baylor on May 11.

Sophomore Season [2005]
DeBuhr tossed eight times more innings in 2005 (288.2) than she did in 2004 (36.2) ... opponents hit just .195 against her ... posted a 1.84 ERA ... ranked 28th in the nation in wins with 29 ... struck out 335 hitters, while walking only 52 ... became the Nebraska sophomore single-season strikeout record holder with her 236th strikeout of the season against Oklahoma State on April 24 ... ranked second on the single-season strikeout list and became just the second player in school history to top the 300-strikeout mark ... recorded double-digit strikeouts in 15 starts, including two of three NCAA Tournament games ... struck out a career-high 17 against Iowa in the first game of the NCAA Tournament and finished with 37 strikeouts in 20 innings in the NCAA Tournament ... was 2-2 with 28 strikeouts against two walks at the Big 12 Championship, including back-to-back complete-game shutouts over Iowa State and No. 10 Oklahoma on the opening day ... tossed her first perfect game against Iowa State on April 13, retiring all 21 hitters including 10 strikeouts ... marked just the third perfect game in school history .... went 3-1 the week of April 12 with a 0.72 ERA, earning Big 12 Pitcher-of-the-Week honors ... pitched every inning in NU’s four games that week, recording 37 strikeouts against three walks ... earned her first win over a top-10 team by tossing a complete game and allowing one run on three hits against No. 9 Baylor on April 9 ... was dominant at the Kia Klassic March 16-20 ... picked up her first win over a ranked team while striking out a then-career-high 13 batters against 14th-ranked Washington in the tournament opener ... allowed just four earned runs in 31.1 innings for a miniscule 0.89 ERA at the prestigious Klassic ... prior to the Kia Klassic, had posted only one double-digit strikeout game in her career but picked up three more at the tournament ... enjoyed a fantastic weekend at the Shocker Invitational, posting a 3-0 record and two complete game two-hitters in two starts.

Freshman Season [2004]
DeBuhr showed continuous improvement in her freshman campaign ... tossed two one-hitters and posted a 3.82 ERA ... in 36.2 innings, DeBuhr struck out 29, while walking only eight ... tossed one-hitters against Centenary on Feb. 20 and Northern Colorado on April 27 ... recorded her first career victory and first career shutout against Centenary ... boasted an impressive strikeout-to-walk ratio of more than 3-to-1 ... scored first career run as a pinch runner against Manhattan on Feb. 21.

High School
At Beatrice High School, DeBuhr had a career record of 75-12 (.862) with a 0.32 ERA, 833 strikeouts and 33 walks ... held Nebraska Class B state career records for strikeouts (833), career ERA (0.38) and no-hitters (13), as well as Class B state single-season records for ERA (0.16, 2002) and consecutive innings without allowing an earned run (82, 2002) ... earned four letters in softball under Coach Jodi DeBoer ... led Beatrice to three appearances in the state tournament final, winning the title in 2001 and 2000 and taking a runner-up finish in 2002 ... four year all-conference honoree ... three-year All-Nebraska and academic all-conference honoree ... two-year Lincoln Journal-Star Super State honoree ... as a freshman received all-state honorable-mention ... lettered two years in basketball ... graduated from Beatrice in 2003 with a 3.6 grade-point average.

Coach Revelle on DeBuhr
"Ashley has one thing on her mind, and only one thing...lead this team this season and finish her Nebraska career at Don E. Porter Stadium (home of the Women’s College World Series). She has the savvy, the talent and the determination to do it. Ashley, you lead, and we will follow."