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| Born | September 5, 1970 (1970-09-05) (age 54) Anaheim, California, U.S. |
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Lori Harrigan-Mack (born September 5, 1970) is anAmerican, former collegiateAll-American, right-handed hitting, left-handedsoftballpitcher originally fromAnaheim, California.[1] She was a three-time Olympic Champion as a member of theTeam USA winning in 1996, 2000 and 2004.[2] Harrigan played collegiately from 1989–1992 at theUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas where she owns numerous records; she is theBig West Conference career leader inshutouts andinnings pitched and is a USA Softball Hall of Fame honoree.
Harrigan kicked off her career being named a 1989 Second Team All-Big West honoree. She broke school season records inERA,strikeouts and shutouts, all remain top-10 all-time. For her sophomore year, she earned identical conference accolades and broke her own ERA record while also setting new marks inwins (1990NCAA top-10) and shutouts, both career highs, the latter of which remains the best for a Rebel season.[3] Along with the second most innings pitched record (top-10 in the conference all-time), Harrigan also twirled her firstno-hitter vs. theUtah Utes on March 16, 1990. The Rebels would make the1990 Women's College World Series and Harrigan would toss all three games, including a win over theKent State Golden Flashes before being eliminated by theFSU Seminoles on May 26.[4]
As a junior, Harrigan earned a NFCA Third TeamAll-American citation to go along with a First Team All-Big West award.[5] She would better her own ERA record and post a school and career best in strikeouts. Her wins (1991NCAA top-10), shutouts and innings pitched are top-5 for a school season, the innings remains a conference top-10 mark.[6] Harrigan would also toss twono-hitters that year. Her second and last appearance at the WCWS included a 13-inning loss to eventual champs theArizona Wildcats on May 23.[7]
For a final time Harrigan was named First Team for the conference and Third TeamAll-American.[8] With career best strikeout ratio (5.7) as well as school season recordWHIP, ERA and top-10 shutouts and strikeouts school marks, she also pitched threeno-hitters and aperfect game. The lone school perfect performance on March 24, 1992 vs. theMissouri Tigers was an 8-inning win for Harrigan. Her ERA was ranked 10th for thatNCAA year.[9] For one of herno-hitters on February 14, she would set the school single game strikeouts record, fanning 15 of theSouthern Utah Thunderbirds in regulation.
The Rebel would end her career leading in wins, ERA, strikeouts, shutouts and innings pitched and continues to hold the crown for all.[10] Harrigan is tops in theBig West for shutouts and innings pitched and top-5 in wins, strikeouts and ERA all-time.[11]
On February 26, 1998, Harrigan's jersey number was ceremonially retired. She was later inducted into theUNLV Rebels Hall of Fame.
Harrigan is the director of security at theMandarin Oriental, Las Vegas.[12][13][14]
Harrigan was a contestant on the 16th season of the reality competitionThe Biggest Loser, titledThe Biggest Loser: Glory Days, which premiered on September 11, 2014, onNBC. She began the show weighing 301 pounds and was 210 pounds on the day of the finale, for a total weight loss of 91 pounds.
Harrigan is married to Andrew Mack and has a son, Shawn.[15]
| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 1989 | 18 | 16 | 43 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 261.1 | 196 | 69 | 43 | 48 | 198 | 1.15 | 0.93 |
| 1990 | 25 | 17 | 48 | 40 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 291.2 | 182 | 55 | 33 | 37 | 144 | 0.79 | 0.75 |
| 1991 | 24 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 287.2 | 167 | 48 | 24 | 42 | 223 | 0.58 | 0.73 |
| 1992 | 16 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 194.0 | 113 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 160 | 0.50 | 0.65 |
| TOTALS | 83 | 53 | 161 | 133 | 123 | 53 | 7 | 1034.2 | 658 | 194 | 114 | 140 | 725 | 0.77 | 0.77 |
| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.28 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.16 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.00 | 0.68 |
| TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0.00 | 0.36 |
"Horse jumping is on," said the 41-year-old blond left-hander, now chief of security at Mandarin Oriental, a 47-story, five-star hotel on the Strip.
