| Coty Tolar |
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VIRGINIA NOTES
• UVa's most experienced pitcher
• Will play a major role in the Cavaliers' pitching rotation
• One of two returnees to the pitching staff
• Has great velocity
• Holds Virginia's single season saves record with five in 2006
• Tied for second all-time at UVa in career saves (5), eighth in pitching appearances (87), eighth in strikeouts (218), and 10th in complete games (29), and games started (60)
• Committed just one error in 113 fielding opportunities
2006 (THIRD-YEAR)
• Set UVa's single season saves record with five
• Missed a month in the early part of the season with an arm injury
• Was perfect on all 22 fielding opportunities (all assists)
• Posted 5-5 record with a 3.00 ERA
• Second on team with 91.0 innings pitched and 29 appearances
• Picked up a win over Gardner-Webb and a save vs. Akron as UVa opened the season with two victories on Feb. 17
• Was 2-3 with one save and a 2.93 ERA in 13 ACC appearances
2005 (SECOND-YEAR)
• Became one of Virginia's go-to pitchers
• Finished the season 13-15 with a 2.47 ERA
• Led team with 30 starts
• Was 5-4 with a 2.25 ERA in 11 ACC appearances
• Tied Erin Horn for team-high honors in complete games with 16
• Struck out 111 batters while issuing only 42 walks
• Was second on the team with 178.2 innings pitched
• Held opposing batters to a .246 batting average
• Struck out five or more batters in 10 separate contests
• Did not commit an error in 64 fielding opportunities (five putouts and 59 assists)
• Pitched a one-hit shutout in a 4-0 win over Bowling Green (Feb. 25)
• Threw a two-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over Maryland (Apr. 10)
• Had six strikeouts and allowed three hits in six-innings vs. Sacred Heart (Apr. 29)
• Pitched a season-high 9.1 innings in a 7-6 win over NC State (Mar. 26)
• Pitched 16 innings over three games (Apr. 9 - Apr. 12) without allowing an earned run
2004 (FIRST-YEAR)
• Was slowed by a back injury
• Registered a 9-7 record with a 2.45 ERA
• Made 22 appearances with 18 starts and 10 complete games
• Had a stretch of 20 innings over three games without allowing an earned run
• Tossed a four-hit shutout in a 5-0 win over San Jose State (Mar. 13)
• Struck out a career-best 10 batters in an 8-2 win vs. Binghamton (Mar. 27)
• Pitched a career-best 10 innings while allowing only two earned runs in a 3-2 loss to NC State (Mar. 28)
LASSITER HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year softball starter and letterwinner
• Team MVP in 2002 and 2003
• Atlanta Journal Constitution Pitcher of the Year in 2002 and 2003
• Named to the 2003 Georgia North All-Star team
• 2002 and 2003 East Cobb and Cobb County Pitcher of the Year
• Marietta Daily Journal first-team all-county and second-team all-state selection
• Marietta Daily Journal and Atlanta Journal Constitution Player of the Week
• Two-time recipient of the Scholar Athlete award at Lassiter
TRAVEL BALL
• Played for Rick Jaegle as a member of the East Cobb Bullets
• Steered team to a ninth-place finish at the 2002 18U Gold Nationals
• Team's Pitcher of the Year in 2002
• Team was second at the 2001 16U ISA Nationals and seventh place at ASA Nationals
PERSONAL
• Born October 31, 1984 in Atlanta, Ga.
• Daughter of Jenny and Scott Tolar
• Has an older brother, Peter
• Majoring in American Government
Tolar's Career Pitching Statistics
| Year |
W-L |
ERA |
IP |
APP |
GS |
CG |
SV |
SHO |
H |
R |
ER |
SO |
BB |
WP |
| 2004 |
9-7 |
2.45 |
111.1 |
22 |
18 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
122 |
60 |
39 |
56 |
45 |
14 |
| 2005 |
13-15 |
2.47 |
178.2 |
36 |
30 |
16 |
0 |
3 |
173 |
84 |
63 |
111 |
42 |
10 |
| 2006 |
5-5 |
3.00 |
91.0 |
29 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
100 |
48 |
39 |
51 |
28 |
2 |
| Career |
27-27 |
2.59 |
381.0 |
87 |
60 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
395 |
192 |
141 |
218 |
115 |
26 |
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