Morgan Bittner Class: Sophomore Hometown: Long Beach, Calif. High School: Long Beach Poly Position: P

2009: Named to the Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team and earned second team All-MAC honors ... Three-time MAC West Pitcher of the Week honoree ... Posted a 14-20 record with a 3.26 earned run average in 40 appearances, starting 37 ... Recorded a season-high 12 strikeouts in the Huskies' 7-6 win over Bowling Green (4/4/09) ... Struck out 166 batters to rank third all-time among NIU pitchers for strike outs in a season ... Pitched all nine innings of NIU's 5-4 extra inning victory over Eastern Michigan (4/25/09), allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits while striking out nine ... Recorded her second career shutout in a six-hit 10 strike out performance in the Huskies' 3-0 victory over Kent State (5/1/09).

High School: A four-year letterwinner in softball at Long Beach Polytechnic High School ... Served as co-captain her senior year ... Selected most valuable player her sophomore, junior and senior years ... Named Offensive Player of the Year as a senior and Rookie of the Year her freshman season ... Named first team All-Moore League her junior season and second team All-Moore League her sophomore year ... As a junior, set the school record for strikeouts in a season with 195 in 132 innings pitched.

Personal: Daughter of Susan and Thomas Bittner ... Victory Scholar for the 2008-09 academic year. Major: Undecided. Birthday: April 12, 1990.