Biography
2018 (Senior) - Saved her best year for last after her career year earned her Mountain West All-Conference honors for a second consecutive year, this time as a first team selection, in addition to NFCA All-West Region second team honors - UNLV's first selection since 105 ... After not pitching a single inning as a junior in 2017, Petmecky led the MW with 21 wins in 2018 - a career high and ninth-most in a single season ... Her 17 complete games and six shutouts are also top-10 in a single season, ranking third and tied for ninth in those categories, respectively. Petmecky finished the year with a 2.13 ERA and 150 strikeouts, both career highs ... For the second straight year was a top performer in several offensive categories, including hits (37), runs scored (33) and home runs (7) and finished the year particularly strong, going 19-for-35 (.543) with 13 runs scored, nine RBI and three home runs over the last 10 games ... Also went 4-1 with a 1.72 ERA in that same span ... Was outstanding all year, but best performance came at Fresno State, when she went 8-for-10 (.800) at the plate in the sweep - which included reaching base safely in her first 10 plate appearances of the series and 10 of 12 at-bats overall - to go along with six runs scored, four RBI, one triple and two home runs ... In the circle that weekend, she went 1-0 with a save and eight strikeouts in 10.0 innings pitched ... After the monster weekend, Petmecky earned USA Softball's National Collegiate Player of the Week - the first Rebel in program history to earn the award - and became just the second player in Mountain West history to earn conference pitcher and player of the week awards in the same week ... Also earned MW pitcher of the week honors on March 13 after going 2-0 with two complete games in two wins over that weekend.
2017 (Junior) - After splitting time between the field and the circle her first two season, the junior moved exclusively to left field in her third season ... Was one of just three Rebels to start all 52 games ... Was the team's top offensive performer for the season, leading the team in almost every major statistical category ... Was first in batting average (.344), at-bats (160), hits (55) and RBI (29) ... Added three home runs, eight doubles and 18 runs scored ... Second on the team in slugging percentage (.450) and on-base percentage (.383) ... Had 13 multi-hit games, including a team-high four hit performance in a 12-7 come-from-behind win at Reno on April 14 after going 4-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored ... Her walk-off home run against Weber State on Feb. 17 was the first for UNLV since former Rebel Garie Blando hit on in a 6-5 victory over Mountain West foe New Mexico on March 27, 2015 ... Recorded 17 of her 28 RBIs over a month's stretch from Feb. 12 through Mar. 12 ... Drew 11 walks on the season ... Had a .959 fielding percentage with 68 put-outs ... Earned her first career All-Conference honor after being named to the Mountain West Second Team All-Conference.
2016 (Sophomore) - Started in all but one of 53 games played with 20 starts at first base, 13 in the outfield, 12 in the circle and eight as the designated player…Shared the team lead in home runs (five) and had a team-high 74 total bases…Registered 14 extra-base hits, including eight doubles and one triple, 13 walks, 28 RBI and 21 runs…Placed in the top 50 in the nation for toughest to strikeout, striking out once for every 22.5 at-bats…Ranked tied for seventh in relief appearances (16) in the Mountain West 10th in appearances in the circle (28) and 10th in putouts (204)…Put together two hitting streaks of eight game, with hits in all but one of the first 17 games of the season… Collected 10 multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI games…Hit the game winning RBI against Syracuse (Feb. 13), Southern Utah (March 3) and DePaul (March 10)…Scored the game winning runs against Syracuse, DePaul and San Diego State (March 25)…Pitched 90.2 innings in 28 appearances in the circle…Had a 5.25 ERA, allowing 141 hits, 84 runs (68 earned) and 37 walks with 35 strikeouts…Threw three complete games and gathered one save…Struck out a career-high four batters in a win against Valparaiso (March 13).
2015 (Freshman) - Started in 24 of 35 games with 14 as the starting pitcher, nine in the outfield, and one as the designated player ... Batted .211 with six runs, 10 RBIs and 16 hits, with five of them extra-base hits (four doubles and one home run) ... Walked twice ... Made 19 appearances with a 3-10 record in the pitching circle ... Had an ERA of 7.34 in 61.0 innings of work with 96 hits, 75 runs (64 earned), and 38 walks with 22 strikeouts ... Made four appearances without allowing any earned runs ... Named to the All-Mountain West Spring Academic Team in 2015.
High School: A 2014 graduate of Riverside Polytechnic HS in Riverside, Calif. ... Lettered three years in softball and twice in volleyball ... Helped the Bears to a pair of Inland Valley championships in 2013 and `14 and quarterfinal finishes in the CIF playoffs in 2011 and `14 ... During junior and senior seasons, earned All-CIF, all-league MVP and first-team honors and was also named to the all-state second team ... Selected to three straight Stu Penner All-Tournament Teams (2011-14) ... Played ASA travel ball most recently with the Corona Angels 18 Gold and helped the 16U team to the 2013 Triple Crown National Championship ... On the court, helped the Bears to back-to-back Inland Valley titles and to a pair CIF tournaments.
Personal: Janine Alyssa Petmecky was born in Riverside, Calif. ... The daughter of Jeff Petmecky and Erin Maloney ... Has one brother, Jake.
