Nazareth College Athletics

Mathematics major with concentration in Adolescent Education... born 12/28/89... daughter of Paul and Nancy Kocher, Victor, N.Y... returning for her fourth season with the Golden Flyers, Kocher battled through injuries in 2011 to compile a 3-11 pitching record with 96 strikeouts in 75.2 innings... posted complete-game victories over Framingham State (31/15/11), Wisconsin-River Falls (3/17/11) and Hood (3/18/11)... pitched 11 innings vs. Hood and had a season-high 14 strikeouts...

2010: Kocher was spectacular on the pitcher's mound for the Golden Flyers in 2010... pitched in 21 games and amassed 237 strikeouts in 137.1 innings for a Division III-leading 14.1 strikeouts per seven innings... also finished with a 13-7 record and a 1.12 earned run average with nine shutouts... earned first-team Northeast Region all-star honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association... also named Empire 8 Conference Pitcher of the Year and first-team all-conference... twice honored as E8 Pitcher of the Week... tossed a no-hitter against Skidmore in a 2-0 win on 3/16/10... also had one-hit shutout wins over Centenary on 3/18/10 and at Oswego on 4/12/10... pitched both games of a doubleheader sweep at Stevens on 4/11/10, shutting the Ducks out in both games with a two-game total of 26 strikeouts... posted double-digit strikeout totals 18 times with a career-best 19 strikeouts in an extra-inning loss at Geneseo on 4/21/10...

2009: posted a record of 5-7 with a 1.96 ERA with 138 strikeouts in 93 innings pitched... tossed a seven-inning no-hitter with 15 strikeouts and one walk in a 5-0 win over D'Youville 4/16/09... had a season-high 18 strikeouts in a complete-game shutout win over Medaille 4/15/09... also had complete-game wins over Millikin 3/19/09, Alfred 3/28/09, Keuka 4/21/09 and Hilbert 4/29/09...

Scholastic: a graduate of Victor High School, Kocher played two seasons of varsity softball and helped her team to a league championship... named Scholar Athlete her junior year... also competed in volleyball.