2010: Made 12 starts and appeared in 14 games as one of the Monks’ top pitchers…went 9-3 with a 2.72 ERA and 53 K’s in 79.2 innings…paced the SJC staff in innings and complete games (10)…finished what she started in five straight starts from March 29th to April 14th…won all five of those games during the Monks’ program-record 23-game winning streak…tossed seven innings with four strikeouts and four hits allowed to earn the win against Ohio-Wesleyan in the Monks’ season-opener on March 7th…hurled three frames of one-hit ball with three K’s and a walk against Albertus Magnus on March 21st to collect her second victory of the year…scattered nine hits and allowed one earned run with five K’s in seven frames against Mount Ida on March 26th to improve to 3-2 on the year…fanned three and did not yield a hit in 2.2 innings of relief against Emmanuel on March 27th to notch the second save of her career…posted a brilliant performance in a 2-1 win over Suffolk on March 29th…allowed three hits and an earned run with six K’s and no walks against the Rams to improve to 4-2…earned one-run victories over GNAC rivals Norwich and Pine Manor in her next two starts to increase her win total to six…allowed one earned run and seven hits with four strikeouts in a complete game victory over St. Joseph (CT) on April 11th…was the recipient of some healthy run support and improved to 8-2 in a 10-6 triumph over Lasell on April 14th…defeated Norwich in the GNAC Tournament to collect her ninth win of the year…capped her junior season ranked fourth in program history in both career victories (35) and strikeouts (229) and fifth in games (54) and shutouts (6).

2009: Made 16 starts and 18 total appearances in the circle…recorded a 1.58 ERA with an 11-5 record and 71 K’s, against just 5 walks, in a team-high 102 innings…opponents hit just .233 (93-399) against her…started off the season with a 4-0 southern swing, with wins against SUNY-Oswego, Rockford, Fitchburg State and Delaware Valley…headed north with a miniscule 0.54 ERA, 12 hits allowed, one walk and 20 K’s in 26 innings…suffered her first loss, despite allowing one earned run in six innings against Emerson on March 21st…improved to 5-1 with a complete-game win, with 4 K’s, against Simmons on March 27th and went to 6-1 in her next start, a seven-inning, 5 K effort against Rivier on April 4th…blanked Mount Ida and allowed just two hits with eight K’s on April 17th…did not allow a run and fanned three against Lasell the next day…scattered 8 hits with 4 K’s in a 3-0 win over Suffolk on April 24th…earned Second Team All-GNAC honors…named as the Monks’ top pitcher with the 2009 Dani Waterman Award.

2008: Appeared in a team-high 24 games with 22 starts and 21 complete-games…tossed 146 2/3 innings with 105 K’s, 29 BB’s and a 3.05 ERA with a 15-8 record…fanned 6 with no walks in a no-decision against Rockford in her first start on March 3rd…earned her first NCAA win after allowing no earned runs and 4 hits with 3 K’s in 5 innings of work against Dominican on March 7th…tossed six innings of one-hit, shutout ball with 7 K’s against Albertus Magnus in her first GNAC start on March 24th…allowed just one run in consecutive conference starts, both wins, against Lasell and St. Joseph (Conn.) on March 29th and 30th…hurled six scoreless innings with 4 K’s in a mercy-rule-shortened win over JWU on April 6th…tossed a complete-game gem against Rivier on April 18th, allowing one run, four hits and no walks with a season-high eight strikeouts in the 2-1 victory…allowed one run and three hits with four K’s and no walks in a complete-game 2-1 win over Mount Ida on April 21st…named GNAC Pitcher of the Week on March 11th…recorded her first collegiate hit with a single against Mount Ida on April 21st.

High School: Played four years of varsity softball for Joey Marcoux at Lawrence High School, made playoffs all four seasons...KVAC 2nd Team sophomore and senior year...played ASA for Cleveland Brown for eight years. 

Personal: Kiera Ellen Walsh, born on September 16, 1989 in Waterville, Maine...daughter of Dawni Walsh...majoring in Biology. 

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