BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For the second straight season, Alabama junior pitcher Alexis Osorio has been selected to the Preseason All-SEC team, released Wednesday by the league following a vote by its 13 head coaches.

Last season, Osorio made 23 starts and 19 relief appearances, earning a 19-7 record with a team-leading 2.39 ERA and seven saves. She struck out 273 batters over 184.2 innings pitched, an average of 1.48 per inning, with just 74 walks allowed for a 3.69 K:BB ratio. She pitched as part of a combined no-hitter against UAB on Feb. 16, 2016 and, just four days later, threw her own no-hitter in her first start of the season against Mercer on Feb. 20. She was even more dominant in postseason play, going 4-1 with a 0.57 ERA allowing just four runs, three earned, over 36.2 innings pitched with 59 strikeouts.

For her career, Osorio is 41-16 with a 2.06 ERA and has 500 strikeouts over 376.2 innings pitched. Her 9.29 strikeouts-per-game is second in program history and her .183 opposing batting average is third.

Osorio, a native of Riverside, Calif., is one of three returning pitchers for the Crimson Tide in 2017, along with 2016 All-American Sydney Littlejohn and Madi Moore , who went 9-0 as a freshman last season.

The Tide opens its 2017 season at the Kickin' Chicken Classic in Conway, S.C. on Feb. 10-12, facing Towson, Coastal Carolina and Youngstown State. Alabama's home opener will take place the following Wednesday, Feb. 15 against South Alabama at 5 p.m. CT.

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