Tori Almond Athlete Profile - SFB

Tori Almond

Pitcher #8

Class

Senior

Hometown

South Jordan,

Utah

Last School

Bingham High School

Roster Years

2011-2014

Career Summary

Coming to BYU out of Bingham High School, Tori Almond had a successful pitching career. She earned wins against four top-25 teams throughout her time as a Cougar. In 2012, she was named to the NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team. As a senior, she was named to the All-WCC First Team in BYU's first year in the conference. She threw two no-hitters in her career, one solo and one combined. Almond finished on many of the career and season lists at BYU, including in wins, complete games, shutouts, saves, innings pitched, strikeouts, strikeouts per 7 innings and ERA.

Personal

Daughter of Greg and Terri
Born in Murray, Utah
Has two sisters
Father played basketball at Utah Tech (Now SLCC)
Enjoys the outdoors, being with family and watching movies
Chose No. 8 jersey because it brings her good luck
Major is recreation management with an emphasis in venue and event management

Before BYU

Prepped at Bingham High
Two-time Utah Gatorade Player of the Year (2008, 2010)
State 5A MVP in 2009 and 2010
Two-time Deseret News Ms. Softball (2008, 2010)
Led team to three-straight state 5A championships (2007-2009)
Three-time Region MVP
Three-time All-State First Team
Three-time 5A Tournament MVP
Second-team All-American as a senior
Salt Lake Flames club team was seven-time state champions
Teammate of fellow softball player Carly Duckworth on Salt Lake Flames
Holds the state career strikeout record with 334 strikeouts
Threw two perfect game and four no-hitters in 2010
Went 21-5 her senior year with a 0.30 ERA and 334 strikeouts against 28 walks
Averaged 14.67 strikeouts per game senior year
Coached by Mikki Jackson
National Junior Honor Society member
First-team Academic All-Region
Four-year honor roll student

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2011

Led the Mountain West Conference in earned runs allowed (38) and runs allowed (42)
Fifth in the conference in ERA (3.13) and in total wins (10)
Two-time MWC Pitcher of the Week (3/15, 4/26)
Started and pitched two innings against Ole Miss, getting the first strikeout of her career and allowing no hits in a no-decision
Earned first win of her career against Cal State Northridge, pitching all seven innings with a career-high six strikeouts while allowing zero runs and three hits
Earned a win vs. No. 9 UCLA, striking out seven and allowing just four hits
Threw 4.0 innings vs. No. 9 Cal, striking out six batters
Threw a complete-game shutout against Seattle with six strikeouts, three hits and two walks
Had a career-high eight strikeouts in just four innings in a win over Southern Utah
Picked up a win over Colorado State, pitching a complete-game shutout in five innings with seven strikeouts
Pitched 2.1 innings of relief in the season finale against Washington in her first postseason appearance

Sophmore Year 2012

NFCA All-Region Second Team
All-WAC Second Team
Academic All-WAC
WAC Scholar-Athlete
All-WAC Tournament Team
All-Eugene Regional Team
WAC Pitcher of the Week (5/7)
Highest single season win percentage by a pitcher in BYU history at .833 (20-4 record)
Became 5th player in BYU history to win 20 games in a season
Eighth-best BYU single season marks in strikeouts (154) and ERA (2.00)
First in the WAC in strikeouts per game (7.72) while finishing 3rd in ERA (2.00), opposing batting average (.195) and wins (20) and 4th in strikeouts (154)
Second in the WAC in ERA (1.31) and wins (10) in conference play
Career-high 10 strikeouts in just 5 innings in win over Purdue
Also had nine strikeouts twice (Southern Utah, Utah Valley)
Pitcher of record in both of BYU's wins in the Eugene Regional, allowing one hit and no runs in 3.0 innings against Mississippi State. Also threw seven strikeouts with no walks or runs and just two hits in a complete game shutout against Portland State
Earned win against No. 11 Hawaii in WAC Tournament with six strikeouts, no runs and three hits in 3.2 innings
Earned all three wins in a two-day series against San Jose State
Won 10-straight decisions at the end of the season
Started 23 games with 36 appearances and 11 complete games

Junior Year 2013

Pitched the first no-hitter of her career with five strikeouts against Saint Mary's (5/4)
Two-time PCSC Pitcher of the Week (2/24, 4/29)
College Sports Madness All-Conference Second Team
Struck out a career-high 13 batters in her first start of the season against Seattle, giving up just three hits in a complete game and shutout
Pitched a full game against Hawai’i en route to a 4-2 upset of the No. 20 Rainbow Wahine
Gave up just one earned run on three hits in 8.2 innings pitched against San Diego along with five strikeouts
Pitched her fifth complete game of the season with 10 strikeouts against Santa Clara to earn the win
Pitched a complete game against Saint Mary's on May 3 and gave up just one earned run with six strikeouts
Defeated in-state rival Utah, giving up just three hits with four strikeouts
Started 27 games with 33 appearances and seven complete games

Senior Year 2014

All-WCC First Team
Ranked No. 99 nationally in strikeouts per seven innings
Ended the season with a 2.58 ERA
Struck out seven batters against North Dakota State
Retired all three batters she faced to get the save against No. 2 Tennessee
Combined with McKenna Bull and Ashley Thompson in her second career no-hitter
Went five innings and allowed one run to help BYU defeat Pacific in the first game of their series
Came in and did not allow a run over the last 3.1 innings of the final game against Pacific
Lead BYU to two victories over Saint Mary's in the final series of the season allowing two earned runs and striking out 10
Two-time WCC Pitcher of the Week the final two weeks of the regular season
Pitched 4.2 innings and gave up two runs in a win over Northwestern in the Washington Regional
Made 21 starts in 32 appearances