From an early age, Mikki Cochrane, the tenacious kid from Portage, excelled in softball. In 1988 at 15, she helped team Manitoba win Bronze at the Canada Summer Games. At 20, she had a career year in NCAA Division II at UND averaging 9.8 strike-outs for each 7 innings pitched. Her fastball was clocked at 62 mph. Her 140 strike-outs for the year was a school record. 6 of her 9 victories were shut-outs. Her ERA, a modest 1.74. As well, she was the team's top hitter with a .440 batting average. In 1995, she was named an All-American and the first softball player inducted into the UND Hall of Fame. During the summer of 1995 pitching for the Bonivital Lightening, she was selected All-Star pitcher at the Canadian Senior Women's Fastball Championships in Burlington ON. Her many appearances at the Senior Women's National Championships, she was declared All-Star pitcher 4 successive years, 1995-98, and MVP in the play-off round at the Canadian Nationals in 1998, 2000 and 2004. A remarkable softball career!