HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner on the softball team at Halls High School, where she captained the squad as a senior...The Red Devils once again competed in the state tourney after finishing third in '99...Earned a berth on the 2000 All-Knoxville Interscholastic League team...Made all-state as a utility player and was an all-state tournament selection...Chosen as the Knoxville News-Sentinel Player of the Week two consecutive times as a senior...Batted a robust .427 and compiled an 11-4 mark in the circle in her final campaign...Tied her sister's school record of 16 strikeouts in one game...Competed for Head Coach Mike Mayfield and the TSK White Lightning during the summer...Traveled to such events as the Ohio SluggerFest, Dynamite Classic and the Boulder (Colo.) Independence Day Tourney...Her club qualified for ASA nationals in 1996, 1999 and 2000...Also lettered in basketball and swimming...Member of the National Honor Society, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Future Farmers of America and Key Club.
PERSONAL: Majoring in exercise science...Hopes to work with children...Considers greatest thrill as being able to play Division I softball on the same team as her sister...Sports the same number as three-time Cy Young winner Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox...Never fails to wear glitter when she plays...Served as the homecoming queen and was chosen as the most athletic female in her graduating class...Admires softball standout Dot Richardson, since she is a doctor, yet still found time to be an outstanding player...Hobbies include hunting, fishing, riding horses and drawing...Always has her hair braided in pig-tails on the diamond...Her older sister Stephanie, 23, serves as the Lady Vols' student assistant coach...Also has a younger brother, Cody, 19, who wrestles at Carson-Newman College...Ellisha Lynn Humphrey was born June 16, 1982, in Knoxville...Her parents are Steve and Vickie Humphrey.
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