Sophomore (2006): Appeared in 31 games for the Golden Panthers, 21 of them in relief... Named Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week on March 14 after an all-tournament team performance at the Blue & Gold Felsberg Memorial... Led team at the tournament with a 2-0 record and a 0.78 ERA... Her team-high three saves is the third highest single-season total in FIU history and she now ranks fourth on the career list for saves... Had one of her most impressive performances of the season at the Sun-Belt Conference Tournament in a relief effort against eventual conference champion Louisiana-Lafayette, allowing just one earned run over 3.2 innings while striking out three... Unfortunate to get the loss despite a three-hit, one-run performance in four innings to open the season against No. 19 Iowa...  Threw a combined shutout against Middle Tennessee (4/30), tossing two innings of no-hit ball.

Freshman (2005): Missed nearly two months in the middle of the season due to illness, but came back to pitch important innings during the final half of the Sun Belt schedule... Threw 4.2 innings of scoreless relief to help FIU win a nine-inning contest at Middle Tennessee (5/1)... Pitched well enough to win in her lone complete game of the year, striking out a season-high six batters while giving up just one unearned run in a 1-0 loss to Florida A&M (2/26)... Tossed 19.2 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run over the course of nine appearances.

Prior to FIU: One of Florida’s top high school pitchers, Houck became just the second hurler in the state, and the first in 6A, to record 1,000 career strikeouts... Named the 2003 Sun-Sentinel Class 6A-5A-4A Player of the Year after leading the Wildcats to a school-record 21 wins, as well as district and regional championships... Compiled a 21-6 record with 302 Ks and 19 shutouts in her junior year and followed that with a 14-6 record and a miserly 0.09 ERA her senior year... Garnered all-state honors in 2003 and 2004... Collected all-county accolades all four years.

Personal: Born September 20, 1985... Daughter of Steven and Shelly Houck... Has one brother, Mitch (19), who is a pitcher at UCF... Uncle Alan Joslyn was a pitcher at the University of Buffalo... Chose FIU over interest from Penn State, Rutgers, UNC Wilmington and Gardner-Webb... Enjoys movies, music and video games... Majoring in athletic training with plans to be a high school trainer after college.

HOUCK’S CAREER STATISTICS

Year         ERA      W     L     App      GS       CG         SHO     CBO        SV         IP         H            R        ER        BB         SO

2005          1.88        4       3       14          4           1              0            2             0          37.1       37           17         10          16           20

2006          4.36        6       7       31         10          1              0            1             3          85.0       93           66         53          53           42

TOTAL   3.60       10     10      45         14          2              0            3             3         122.1      130          83         63          69           62

GOLDEN PANTHER BITES

My favorite athlete: Albert Pujols

My favorite book: Deception Point by Dan Brown

The best player I ever played against: Haley Woods (California)

The last concert I saw was: Audioslave

The best vacation I took was: a cruise through Alaska