Ally Kutz Class: Junior Hometown: Mt. Vernon, Wash. High School: Mt. Vernon HS Height: 5-10 Position: C/UTIL Experience: 2V Bat/Throw: R/R

OREGON STATE
2011 (Sophomore): Started 43 games at catcher, batting .241 (28-for-116) with nine RBI and nine runs scored ... Nearly a third of her hits went for extra bases (9) ... Those nine doubles tied for second on the team ... Registered five multi-hit games, including four in the first seven games of the season ... Reached base safely in 12 of Oregon State's first 15 games, totaling 15 hits ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles in an 8-1 win over Utah State on March 19 ... Drove in one run in each game of back-to-back doubleheaders against Utah State and Weber State on March 19-20 ... Had two hits in three at bats against No. 14 Washington on May 13, a 4-3 OSU win in the penultimate game of the season ... Threw out six runners in 35 attempts ... Committed only two errors all season for a .992 fielding percentage ... Tallied 18 assists and 242 putouts in 262 chances.

2010 (Freshman): Appeared in 52 games, starting 49, mainly at first base ... Earned All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention accolades, adding a Pac-10 All-Freshman Honorable Mention nod ... Hit .253 with 15 runs and 23 RBI ... Racked up seven home runs, a triple and seven doubles of her 37 hits ... Hit her first career home run against Mississippi State (Feb. 21) with a 2-for-4 outing with a run and four RBI ... Tied the school record for most hits in a single game with four against UIC (March 21) with a double and triple, going 4-for-4 with a run and three RBI ... Helped team to an upset of No. 8 Stanford (April 11) with a 2-for-4 performance, scoring two runs ... Batted in the game-winning run against No. 9 Arizona State (May 9) to take the series from the Sun Devils on her second hit of the game ... Tallied 10 multi-hit games, six multi-RBI games ... Posted a .989 fielding percentage with 329 putouts and 31 assists ... Helped turn a team-high 17 double plays.

MT. VERNON HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year starter and letterwinner at catcher for coach Jen Francis ... Three-time First Team All-Northwest League ... Two-year team captain ... Also two-year starter, four-year letterwinner in basketball at guard for coach Scott Stromer ... Second Team All-Northwest Conference as a senior ... Two-time academic state champion.

PERSONAL
Born in Everett, Wash. ... Daughter of Given and Tanya Kutz ... Has one older brother, Given, and one older sister Emilee ... Majoring in Exercise and Sport Science ... Former prep teammates playing NCAA Division I softball include Carly McEachran at Portland State, Alexandra Hundsen at BYU and Ashley Todd at Penn State ... Chose Oregon State because of Pac-10 softball.