At
Hofstra: Fourth
season on the Hofstra softball roster...Began her career as a utility player, but
has been the every day starting shortstop the last two seasons...Has 60 career hits, including eight doubles, a triple and two homers.
2010: Started 55 games...Batted
.211 with two homers and 16 RBI...Hit 2.82 in conference games...Hit a dramatic
three-run home run to start the Pride's comeback from a 4-0 deficit in an 8-6
win over No. 14 Oklahoma State at the NCAA Regionals in Tucson...Her other home
run was a two-run shot with two outs in the top of the seventh of a 2-0 league
win over Towson...Batted 3-for-6 in a doubleheader sweep of UNC Wilmington...Was
3-for-5 with two RBI in a doubleheader sweep of James Madison...Was 2-for-4 with
three RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Drexel...Had a double and two RBI in a 5-1
win over Wright State.
2009: Started 46 games...Batted .235 with eight RBI...Hit
.286 in conference games...Hit a two-run triple in a 5-1 win over Maryland...Batted
2-for-5 against Georgia State in the CAA Tournament (with two lineouts)...Hit
3-for-7 in two games against NCAA qualifier Illinois...Was 2-for-4 with an RBI
against Loyola Marymount...Was 2-for-3 with an RBI against LIU...Aldo was 2-for-3
with an RBI in the rubber game of a three-game series with Towson (a 7-0
Hofstra win)...Had hits in all three games of the Drexel series.
2008: Appeared in 24 games,
including 13 starts...Batted .163 with four RBI on the year...Was 1-for-1 with a
run scored in an NCAA Tournament win over Canisius...Started the first two games
of the Delaware series, and batted 3-for-6 with three RBI...Had her first
collegiate hit against Lehigh and NFCA All-Region pitcher Lisa Sweeney...Was
1-for-2 with a walk and run scored in a regular season win over LIU and NFCA
All-Region pitcher Blaire Porter...Had an RBI in the final game of the George
Mason series.
High School: Played four years of softball at Edgewood High
School in Ashtabula, Ohio...Helped Edgewood to four conference championships...Led
the Warriors to the Final Four of the Ohio tournament as a junior, including
sectional, district and regional titles...Named the Northeastern Conference
Player of the Year and the County Player of the Year as a junior...Chosen the
Most Valuable Player of the Star Beacon All-Star Classic as a senior...Three-time
all-conference and all-county selection...Named the team's Rookie of the Year as
a freshman...Also played four years on the Edgewood volleyball and basketball
teams...Earned all-conference and all-county honors in all three sports, and was
the Northeastern Conference Player of the Year in both volleyball and softball.
Personal:
Born
October 11, 1988... Has two brothers and an older sister, Pam, who played four
years on the Hofstra Softball team before graduating in 2008...Biology
major...Lists hiking and reading among her hobbies...Favorite book is Where The
Red Fern Grows... Lists Derek Jeter and LeBron James as her favorite athletes.