Notes: Scored a career-high 13 wins in the circle for the Griffs en route to be named first-team All-MAAC... Enters her final season at Canisius ranked fourth all-time in career strikeouts with 363.
2006: Ranked second in the MAAC with 181 strikeouts, the third-best for single-season strikeouts in program history... Made a team-high 31 appearances with 19 starts in the circle... Posted a 13-7 record with two saves in 133.1 innings of work... Ranked second on the team with her 2.05 earned run average... Opposing batters registered a .186 batting average against her... Led the team with seven complete games... Went 6-1 against MAAC opponents in seven starts... Had a 0.86 ERA in conference play, where she struck out 75 in 48.2 innings of work... Was named the MAAC’s Pitcher of the Week three times... Was credited with her first save of the season against Siena after tossing three scoreless innings... Struck out a career-high 14 batters in the team’s 9-2 win at Saint Peter’s... Had double-digit strikeouts in seven games... Picked up four-straight wins from April 27-May 7... Allowed four hits and fanned nine in a complete-game win over Memphis.
2005: Appeared in 19 games, making three starts... Led the team with three saves... Pitched in 43.2 innings where opponents posted a .190 batting average against her ... Struck out 57 batters, which was second-best on the team... Allowed one run on three hits in three innings of work to gain her first win of the season against Niagara at home... Tossed five scoreless innings against Fairfield in the MAAC Tournament en route to her third win of the season... Pitched 1.2 innings against eventual national champion Michigan in the Griffs’ NCAA Tournament game.
2004: Pitched in just eight games before being missing the rest of the season with a back injury... Made two starts and went 0-2 with three saves... Picked up her first career save in the team’s season opening win over Furman... Struck out the side against Niagara at home to collect her second save of the season... Gave up three hits and struck out two in 1.2 innings of work against Siena in her last appearance of the season.
2003: Led the Griffs with a 1.72 earned run average, while posting a 6-11 record in 24 appearances with two shutouts... Tossed 110 innings with 110 strikeouts and 40 walks... Held opponents to a .229 batting average... Recorded first collegiate win, a 1-0 shutout of Campbell... Recorded two 10-strikeout games (vs. St. Francis (NY) and at St. Bonaventure).
Before Canisius: Earned numerous honors at Mount Vernon High School, including all-area, all-league, all-county and all-state... Also played basketball and volleyball in high school.
Personal: The daughter of William Piar and Jennifer Kazimer, Courtney is a communications major at Canisius.
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO
2003.... 1.72 6-11 24 17 6 2/2 0 110.0 95 57 27 40 110
2004.... 5.63 0-2 8 2 0 0/1 3 13.2 15 13 11 7 15
2005.... 3.05 3-3 19 3 0 0/3 3 43.2 30 22 19 26 57
2006.... 2.05 13-7 31 19 7 2/2 2 133.1 90 58 39 73 181
TOTAL... 2.24 22-23 82 41 13 4/8 8 300.2 230 150 96 146 363
