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Height: 6'1"
Position: Pitcher - R/L
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
School: UNLV
Graduation: 1993

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A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist (1996, 2000, 2004)
Three-time Pan American Gold Medalist (1995, 1999, 2003)
Three-time ISF World Champion Gold Medalist (1994, 1998, 2002)
Three-time ASA Women’s Major All American

EXPERIENCE

2004: Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
2003: Gold medalist at Pan American Games, Japan Cup, U.S. Cup and Canada Cup
- Went 2-0 and with 19 strikeouts (Pan Am)
2002: Gold medalist at ISF World Championship, U.S. Cup and Japan Cup
- Went 3-0 with 11 strikeouts (Japan Cup)
2001: Member of U.S. Cup team
2000: Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia
- First pitcher to throw an Olympic no-hitter
- Finished with 2-0 record, a 0.00 ERA and 13 strikeouts
1999: Gold medalist at Pan American Games and Canada Cup
- Posted 2-0 record with .50 ERA and 25 strikeouts (Pan Am)
1998: Gold medalist at ISF World Championships
- Pitched a shutout against New Zealand with nine strikeouts
1997: Gold medalist at Pan American Qualiaifer and Silver medalist at Superball in Columbus, Ga.
- Went 3-1 with .84 ERA and 29 strikeouts (Pan Am Qualifier)
1996: Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia
- Pitched a complete 4-0 shutout against Chinese Taipei
- Finished with 0.00 ERA for lowest on staff
1995: Gold medalist at Pan American Games
- Went 2-0
1994: Gold medalist at ISF World Championships
- Posted 2-0 record and 0.00 ERA
1993: Gold medalist at Intercontinental Cup in Holland
1992: Gold medalist at Women's World Challenger Cup

AT UNLV

Led Rebels to three NCAA Regionals and two berths in the NCAA WCWS
Led UNLV in batting her freshman year
Holds career records for wins (83), saves (7), strikeouts (725), ERA (.77), complete games (123), shutouts (53) and innings pitched (1,036)

GETTING TO KNOW HARRIGAN

Nicknamed "Vegas" by teammates
One of four women who hold three Olympic Gold Medals in softball
Favorite Candy: Frozen Reeses'
Favorite TV Show: Will and Grace
Favorite Movies: 5 Heartbeats, Jerry McGuire
Born on September 5, 1970

Olympic Experience

3-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (3 gold)

Olympic Games Athens 2004, gold (Team - Women)
Olympic Games Sydney 2000, gold (Team - Women)
Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, gold (Team - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2002 – gold (Team - Women)
Years of participation: Team - Women 1994, 1998, 2002
Medals: 3 (3 gold)

Gold – 2002 (Team - Women); 1998 (Team - Women); 1994 (Team - Women)

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