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Miss and Oregon.
"I had fun when I was up here,"
Poore said of her recruiting trips. "But I
went to Ole Miss and I had a lot of fun."
In the Southeastern Conference,
Poore was a freshman with a strong bat
and smart glove. She led the Rebels
with a .309 batting average that season,
starting 49 of their 58 games.
She had one home run and a .974
fielding percentage, and she was named
an Easton third-team All-American de
spite the team's 18-40 record.
"It was a good opportunity for me to
start right away and get good experience
in," Poore said. "I didn't realize how
hard it was going to be for me to be that
faraway."
Approximately 100 miles south of
Poore, a Mississippi State coach was
noticing good things coming from the
freshman who played for the Bulldogs'
in-state rival.
"I remember her being a .300 hitter,
and I remember her being a talented
young player," said Arendsen, who
then was in her fifth season coaching
Mississippi State. "I remember her
leaving (Mississippi), but I didn't
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Jenn Poore originally
went to Mississippi,
but came to Oregon
because she believed
“it was just meant to
be.” Oregon head
coach Kathy
Arendsen coached
against Poore while
Arendsen was at
Mississippi State.
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know where she went."
When Poore realized Mississippi
wasn't where she wanted to be, she
knew there was one place to go. Poore
called up Oregon's then-head coach
Rick Gamez.
"He remembered recruiting me,"
Poore said. "They had an opening, so
I came up here. I think it was just
meant to be."
Shortly after Poore made the trek to
Eugene, Gamez was out and assistant
Brent Rincon was in. Rincon stayed for
one season before the Mississippi paths
crossed again, this time when Arendsen
was named head coach at Oregon in
July 2002.
"I was pleased to see (Poore) was
here," Arendsen said. "1 knew that she
was a quality player, so I knew that we
had a real strong player behind the
plate that we could build with. She's
just been outstanding, everything we
could hope for and more."
Playing in the SEC as a freshman is
usually difficult but the SEC falls sec
ond to Poore's current home, the Pac
10, when it comes to difficult softball
conferences.
Now, as a senior on the No. 11 Ore
gon program, Poore has seen a swing
from a two-win Pac-10 season to the
Ducks' current position: tied for second
place in the conference. Part of that suc
cess can be traced to Poore.
"She's a very smart catcher," Oregon
pitcher Ani Nyhus said. "She calls her
own game for the most part and she's
very confident about what she calls. I've
only shooken her off twice, and both
times she gave me the new signal. I
threw a different pitch and after, we
talked about why.
"She was very sure that there was a
reason why she wanted to throw that
pitch. That's huge because a lot of catch
ers get used to the coaches calling or just
getting in a pattern, and I don't think
that she does that."
Poore is a rare breed of catcher, even
at the Division I level. She routinely
calls games herself, selecting the pitch
es for each batter and each situation.
She studies teams and players, and dis
cusses the game plan with the coaches
each day.
As serious as she is when she gets be
hind the plate or in the box, Poore is
also a leader on the team because she
makes everyone feel more relaxed.
"lenn is funny," Nyhus said. "She*
finds a way to let everyday life and hu
mor take away the bad tilings. If we're
tired of practice — we've been there all
day and it's the end — she'll just make
some comment about 'Oh, got to go
tarp the field now.' She finds a way to
see the brighter side of things."
That easygoing nature is part of her
ability to adapt as well as she does. This
summer, Poore will again adapt to an
other part of the United States. This
time? Ohio.
Her future in softball will continue
after her Oregon career ends in May.
She was selected as the No. 9 overall
pick by the Akron (Ohio) Racers in the
National Pro Fastpitch college draft on
Dec. 6. The NPFs season opens in June
"I've been playing for so long, 1 just
can't imagine my life without it,"
Poore said.
Until then, Poore will continue to
adapt to anything that Arendsen, and
Oregon's opponents, throws at her —
even a run at the Women's College
World Series.
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