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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2025 Softball Roster

Joe Orovitz
Alexis Friedman
Matteo Bracco
Chris Henry

99 Olivia Malinowski

99 Olivia Malinowski

  • Position:
    C
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mount Ephraim, N.J.
  • Major:
    Criminology
  • High School:
    Audubon

Summary

Biography

2024:
All-CAA Second Team… NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete…Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…
Started in all 49 games primarily as the designated player…Recorded 40 hits, including nine doubles and two home runs, in 150 at-bats for a .267 batting average…Had 10 multi-hit games, including a two-hit game against Stony Brook in the CAA Softball Championship (May 9)…Ended the season third on the team with 21 RBIs and second on the team with six multi-RBI games…Tallied a new career-high with three RBIs against Towson (Mar. 10) and UNCW (Mar. 31)…Hit her first collegiate home run against Drexel (Mar. 15)…Also homered against Stony Brook (Apr. 14)…Scored 19 runs…Reached base safely in eight consecutive games and recorded a hit in seven consecutive games…Drew 14 walks and was hit by one pitch…Walked a career-best two times against Drexel (Mar. 16) and Hampton (Apr. 27)…Recorded a perfect fielding percentage on 46 putouts and six assists from the catcher position.

2023:
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete…
Appeared in 32 games and made 10 starts…Collected eight hits, including a double against Yale (Mar. 5)…Also recorded hits against Bethune-Cookman, Coastal Carolina, Monmouth, Army West Point, Howard, Towson, and Delaware…Batted in five runs and scored four times…Had a career-high two RBI versus Monmouth (Mar. 24)…Her two runs scored against Monmouth came in a pinch-hit sixth inning to help the Pride to a win over the Hawks.

2022:
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Appeared in 23 games and made nine starts including eight as a designated player and one start at catcher…Also appeared as a pinch hitter often and batted .308 as a pinch hitter…Recorded six total hits on the season…Drove in three runs off of three RBI singles…Recorded her first career hit in her first career appearance at Butler on 2/18…Also tallied hits against Bethune-Cookman, Syracuse, Elon, Charleston, and Stony Brook…Delivered a pinch-hit seventh inning walk-off single against Charleston on April 2, giving Hofstra the 4-3 victory and the series win.

High School:
Played softball for four years at Audubon High School...Batted a career-high .466 as a senior and was named First Team All-South Jersey and First Team All-Conference...Also added Third Team All-Group 2 honors as a senior...Garnered First Team All-Conference honors as a sophomore after she hit .444 for the year...Participated in the Carpenter Cup in 2019...Was named the NJ.com “Top Freshman of the Year” in 2018 and also earned Second Team All-Conference honors after batting .391 during her first season...Won a Colonial Conference Championship...Was a distinguished Honor Roll student all four years...A member of the French Honor Society.
 
Personal:
Daughter of Mitchell and Robbin...Has one sibling, Matthew...Majoring in Criminology at Hofstra.
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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2022Freshman

    C
    5'3"
    99
  • 99

    2023Sophomore

    C
    5'3"
    99
  • 99

    2024Junior

    C
    5'3"
    99
  • 99

    2025Senior

    C
    5'3"
    99