2007 Season
In her first intercollegiate season, she finished the year 2-5 with a 6.20 ERA...after a rough first month of the season, Clifford allowed no runs in five of her last eight appearances...overall, she had 16 appearances, including three starts and one complete game...had 36 strikeouts in 40.2 innings...picked up her first victory in 4.0 innings of relief against UC Riverside...got her second victory against Santa Clara, allowing just four hits and one run in 5.2 innings of relief...perhaps her most impressive performance of the season came against sixth-ranked Northwestern where she allowed three runs and five hits with a season-high 11 strikeouts over 6.0 innings.

High School
A 2006 graduate of Big Sky High School in Missoula, Mont...named the Montana Gatorade Softball Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006...also a three-time first team all-state selection...led the Eagles to a pair of state championships (2005-06) and four Western Conference titles (2003-06)...named to the Great Falls Tribune Super Softball Dream team in 2005 and 2006...also an eight-time Regional Athlete of the Week and four-time KECI Television Athlete of the Week...her career pitching record at Big Sky HS was 47-7 with a 0.46 ERA, including 562 strikeouts in 351.0 innings...posted 31 career shutouts, six no-hitters and one perfect game...struck out 128 batters in 66.0 innings at the state tournaments in 2005 and 2006...as a senior, she went 14-1 with a 0.19 ERA...set the school record for strikeouts with 198 in 2006, or 13.2 per seven innings...also had a .468 career batting average with school records in career home runs (20) and RBIs (72).

Personal
Born March 10, 1987...parents are Carleton and Vicki Clifford...an undeclared major...led her club team (Spokane Angels) to the 18-under NFPSA national championship in 2003...also played the last two years for the Washington Ladyhawaks Gold.