Texas Woman's University Athletics

2008: Started 24 games in the circle for TWU…made 28 pitching appearances overall and threw 142.0 innings…posted a 4-19 record…help opponents to a meager .283 batting average…ERA was a respectable 4.58…struck out a season-high nine batters in a 9-4 loss vs. WTAMU on Mar. 1…picked up her only save of the season on Mar. 28 vs. Cameron by holding the Aggies to one hit in a three-inning relief appearance…best outing of the season came on Apr. 12 when she pitched six innings and gave up just four hits and one earned run to highly-ranked Angelo State in a 1-0 TWU loss…a remarkable student, she posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring 2008 semester and earned a spot on the 2008 LSC Softball South Division All-Academic team.

2007:  Pitched in a team-high 27 games (starting 17) in her first season at TWU…finished the year with an 8-11 record and a 4.21 ERA…second amongst all TWU pitchers with eight wins, 73 strikeouts and 128.1 innings pitched…made a team-high 10 appearances in relief…opponents hit just .263 against her…on February 1, she earned a 2-0 shutout win over the University of the Incarnate Word by striking out six and scattering five hits in her first collegiate start…won both ends of a TWU doubleheader sweep over Texas Wesleyan University on April 4…fielded her position well with 33 assists, a 1.000 fielding percentage, and just 15 sacrifice bunts allowed.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Earned three softball letters (2004-06) at Colleyville Heritage High School in Grapevine, Texas...set the Colleyville Heritage record for strikeouts (243) in a season as a sophomore in 2004...a member of the 2004 and 2005 Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Super Team”...voted as the 2005 District 5-5A Co-Pitcher of the Year...a member of Who’s Who in Sports, Who’s Who Among American High School Students and National Honor Society...also earned three academic letters (and was in the top 10% of her class) in high school...played two years of club softball for the Fort Worth Bat Busters.

PERSONAL:  A psychology major, she enjoys music, movies, and playing hackey sack in her time away from the field...the daughter of Rick and Kathy Packer. 

Getting to know Alli...

Favorite Movie? Fight Club
Favorite TV show? I don’t have time to watch TV!­­­­
Favorite book? Naked by David Sedaris
If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? Greece
Favorite Band or Musical Group? Jack Johnson
What is your pre-game ritual?
Favorite restaurant? Uncle Julio’s
What is your favorite quote? “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing” –My dad
What are 3 things you always have with you? Cell phone, pioneer wristband, and a hair tie
What is your most prized possession? My family
What are your hobbies (outside of your sport)? Learning guitar, and playing hacky sack
What is your greatest ambition? To be successful, and to contribute to psychopathological research

In ten years, I will be: A doctor of neuroscience, conducting research experiments on the brain!