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2000: Janelle Pepe pitched 60.1 innings in 19 appearances for the Panthers in 2000...was second on the team with an ERA of 1.97...struck out 55 batters on the year...helped Pittsburgh to a 9-0 shutout of Colgate (3/11/00) by allowing just one hit in five innings while striking out a season-high nine batters...also made nine strikeouts versus St. Francis (4/6/00)...pitched 9.1 innings in a close extra-inning loss to Florida International (3/7/00).
High School: Led Connellsville High School to four section championships...was named to the all-county and all-section teams...also voted her team's Most Valuable Player...was a four-year Herald Standard Diamond Star honoree...twice named the Fox 53 Player of the Week...was a three-time Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Week...was a Fayette County Female Student-Athlete of the Year winner...received the WPIAL Scholar-Athlete award...Wendy's Heisman High School nominee...played for the Connellsville Bullets, the Pittsburgh Patriots and Westmoreland Gems...also lettered three times in volleyball...was a National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born Jan. 7, 1981...daughter of Gerald and Karen Pepe....an accounting major.