Calli Jo Varner

Position:
Pitcher/Designated Player
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
Great Bridge
Hometown:
Chesapeake, Va.

At Princeton
2007
Started 49 games while playing in 50 ... nine home runs were the third-highest total in Princeton single-season history ... fourth player in Princeton history with 20 career home runs ... had eight two-hit games ... had five multi-RBI games with a high of four in a 2 for 4 game at Cornell Apr. 27 ... homered in final collegiate game May 1 versus Rider ... homers came against Rhode Island, Boston University, Long Island, Dartmouth (two), Lehigh, Cornell (two) and Rider ... had RBIs in four straight games Apr. 8-11 against Dartmouth and Lehigh, part of a six-game hitting streak ... walked 14 times, tying for the team lead ... in the circle, threw 83 innings in 24 games, making 14 starts ... fanned 10 against Rhode Island Mar. 10 ... won two games against URI a week apart ... beat South Florida Mar. 21 and Rider in her last collegiate pitching appearance to finish with a 4-8 record.

2006
First-Team All-Ivy as designated player ... co-captain ... started 42 games and played in 44 ... had a six-game hitting streak to start the spring trip, earning Ivy League Player of the Week honors ... second on the team in hitting at .319 ... 10 doubles also second on the team ... had a nine-game hitting streak Apr. 9-15, going 15 for 27 (.556) during the span ... 12 multi-hit games ... four RBIs in Game 2 of a doubleheader against Yale (Apr. 9) ... homered against Minnesota, Yale, Columbia and St. John's ... in the circle, made four starts and appeared in 11 games ... struck out eight with two hits allowed in five innings in a win over Southern Utah (Mar. 18) ... saved both games of a doubleheader against Rider (May 6).

2005
Played in 33 games, earning 31 starts ... pitched in 11 games and served as the designated player in her other appearances ... had a 5-2 record in the circle ... picked up her first win of the season Mar. 4 versus James Madison, a 3-0 shutout in which she worked five innings in relief ... gave up only three hits and a run in an 8-1 win over Rhode Island (Mar. 13) ... earned the win in three innings of relief at Cornell (Apr. 10) in a 4-3 decision and won her next start at Rutgers (Apr. 12) ... beat Seton Hall (Apr. 20) allowing five hits and two earned runs in seven innings of a 5-3 win ... at the plate, had five multi-hit games, including back-to-back games against Boston Univ. (Mar. 26) and Fairfield (Mar. 29) in which she went 4 for 6 with four RBI and two runs scored ... had four RBI against Cornell (Apr. 10) ... against Lehigh (Apr. 7), hit two home runs in a 2 for 3 nightcap ... homered against Fairfield (Mar. 29), Penn (Apr. 5), and in three straight games versus Cornell (Apr. 10, doubleheader) and Rutgers (Apr. 12).

2004 - Played in 11 games, starting four ... went 1 for 2 and recorded seven strikeouts in the Fairfield doubleheader (Mar. 30) ... recorded three putouts and four assists on the season ... had a 4-1 pitching record with two shutouts ... posted 49 strikeouts in 42 innings pitched ... allowed two hits in the 2-1 victory over Lehigh (Apr. 7) ... registered a career-high 10 strikeouts in the 1-0 Towson win (Apr. 14).

At Great Bridge
First-team all-district and all-region selection in 2003 ... state player of the year ... team was state champion in 2000 ... 2003 most outstanding female athlete ... Norfolk Sports Club metro player of the year ... superintendent’s academic athlete award ... principal’s academic excellence award ... VHSL academic achievement award ... National Honor Society... DORCHAS Tri-Hi-Y community service club .. played for Virginia Shamrocks and Legends club teams ... MVP and best offensive player honors ... attended nationals in 2001-03 ... top ERA on club team.

Personal
Full name is Calli Jo Varner ... born July 9, 1985 ... daughter of Jeff, a sales manager at Applied Electronics and a Wayne State alumnus, and Patti, a manager for Childcare Network and Morningside College alumna ... older brother Anders is a James Madison grad ... represented Princeton at the 2006 NCAA Leadership Conference ... politics major.