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2015 Softball Roster

20 Taylor Pirone

20 Taylor Pirone

  • Position:
    P
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    The Ursuline School/Fordham
  • Hometown:
    New Rochelle, NY

Summary

Biography



Second season on the Hofstra Softball roster after transferring from Fordham.

2014: NFCA first-team All-Northeast Region pickFirst-team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection…Went 17-8 with a 1.75 ERA, tying for the team lead in wins despite starting just 20 games…Struck out 66 in 156 innings…Finished with the third-lowest ERA among qualifiers in the CAA…Notched three shutouts, which tied for fourth in the league…Led the CAA in ERA during conference play with a 0.92 ERA and a 7-0 record and a .182 batting average against versus the CAA during the regular season…Earned Hofstra’s only win in the NCAA Norman Regional with 4 1/3 scoreless relief innings against Bryant…Won five straight decisions from March 15-April 10…Struck out five batters on four occasions, including versus Charleston on April 12…Allowed just four home runs in 31 appearances…Won her first game at Hofstra with a complete-game five-hitter with just one run allowed versus South Florida on Feb. 23…Did not allow an earned run in a complete-game victory at Iona on April 9…Struck out five in a shutout win versus Bethune-Cookman on March 1.

Previous College: Played two seasons at Fordham…Went 2-1 in 14 appearances for the Rams in 2013…Tied for the team lead with two saves…Pitched two perfect innings to grab the save against Maine (3/10)…Registered a three-inning save against Iona… Notched wins in back-to-back games against St. Bonaventure, striking out three batters in each outing…Went 4-5 with two shutouts as a freshman…Earned her first career win in a complete shutout against Central Michigan…Also shut out James Madison as a freshman.

High School: Played five seasons of varsity softball for the Ursuline School…Was a three-time all-state selection and a four-time all-league, all-section and all-county honoree…Garnered a NFCA East Region All-America honor…Named a top-three finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year for New York State after posting a 0.75 ERA and 171 strikeouts in 149 inning as a senior. She also hit .403, slugged .76 and drove in a team-high 37 runs…Hit .440 as a junior with 34 RBIs while registering a 0.36 ERA and 157 strikeouts (in 117 2/3 innings) as a junior…Captained the Jersey Inferno Gold club team…Won the Italian Achievement Award, the Ursuline Servium Award as well as both the Thomas "Skip" Walsh Award and the Thomas A. Murphy Award.

Personal: Started playing softball at age 7…Lists Mike Trout, Derek Jeter and Alex Morgan as her favorite athletes…Majoring in sociology with a minor in communications.
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  • 20

    2014Junior

    P
    5'10"
    20
  • 20

    2015Senior

    P
    5'10"
    20