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High School:
Donisthorpe was an accomplished pitcher at Piedra Vista High School in
Farmington, N.M. Coming off of her fifth straight New Mexico high school
softball state championship last summer; Donisthorpe earned 2011 Louisville
Slugger/NFCA High School All-American Second Team honors from the National
Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). She claimed NFCA All-West Region First
Team honors earlier in the year for the second straight season. Donisthorpe set
the state of New Mexico high school record for strikeouts in a season with 346
in 2010. She followed that up with 307 K's during her senior campaign in 2011.
As a junior she set the state record for strikeouts in a game with 19. Donisthorpe
earned the Southwest Region Player of the Week honors from ESPN RISE after
leading PVHS to its sixth straight Class 4A state championship. In the 2011
title game, Donisthorpe struck out 16 batters and allowed only four hits in a
5-0 victory. In the week leading up to the championship battle, the senior
tossed a pair of no-hitters in state playoff games. In June 2011, Donisthorpe
garnered her second straight Gatorade State Softball Player of the Year Award
for New Mexico after also winning the honor in 2010 as a junior. In 2010 she
led the Panthers to their fifth straight state of New Mexico Softball Class 4A
Championship. En route to the title, Donisthorpe defeated both the 5A and 3A
state championship teams. Donisthorpe was an ESPN Rise Third Team All-American
pitcher after her junior season. She went undefeated against in-state
competition at 58-0 over two seasons in the circle from 2009-2010. She finished
'10 with a 0.69 ERA and 346 strikeouts in 161.1 innings for an astounding
average of two K's per inning. As a junior, she recorded 14 shutouts, nine
no-hitters and a perfect game. As a result she earned 2010 Player of the Year
honors as well as the District Pitcher of the Year award. She also garnered the
Ace Pitcher Award and All-Tournament Team Honors at the Southern New Mexico
High School Softball Invitational. During her sophomore season, she pitched a
no-hit shutout against the state 5A champions retiring 18 at the plate. That
game was one of Donisthorpe's nine shutouts to go along with 168 strikeouts in
82.2 innings. Those numbers led to a 0.34 ERA. As a result, she won
All-District and All-Tournament team pitching honors in 2009 as well as the Ace
Pitcher Award. As a freshman in 2008, Donisthorpe earned all-state honors as a
first team outfielder and a second team pitcher. She made the all-academic team
in each of her five seasons. She also nabbed all-district honors and the Gold
Glove Award at Piedra Vista. She pitched six shutouts with 78 K's in 41 innings
of work for a 1.02 ERA and an unblemished 8-0 record. She also earned the
Strike Zone Female Athlete of the Year. As an eighth-grader on her first
varsity state title team, she began her string of All-Academic team honors to
go along with state and district championship trophies. She also played
volleyball her first two years of high school. Donisthorpe is a member of the
National Honor Society and has volunteered locally on behalf of the Special
Olympics. In the off-season, Donisthorpe played for the New Mexico Sundancers
club team coached by Paul Kohman. On the national stage, she led the pitching
field at the ESPN Premiere Girls Fastpitch National Championships in strikeouts
per inning.
Personal: Donisthorpe plans to major in chemistry. She was born in Farmington, N.M., to Brian and Theresa Donisthorpe. Her older brother Kurtis graduated from NM State in 2011. |
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