Hofstra University Athletics

Fourth season on the Hofstra Softball roster...Has been used extensively as a pinch hitter the last two years, but could step into the designated player role this spring...Can also catch or play the outfield...Has a career batting average of .202 with 18 hits in 89 at-bats, including three doubles and two home runs...Has 18 career RBI 

2009: Appeared in 27 games, with one start...Batted .179 with four RBI...Had pinch hit RBI single in ninth inning of a 3-1 road win over UNC Wilmington...Had pinch hit double in road win over Drexel...Had pinch hit in season-opening tournament against Illinois...Started in the outfield against Connecticut at the Adidas Invitational.

2008: Appeared in 29 games as a pinch-hitter...Batted .222 with two homers and eight RBI...Hit .357 with two homers and eight RBI in conference games...Hit a key pinch-hit three-run homer to break the game open in a 15-2 win over Georgia State...Added a pinch-hit RBI single in a 5-2 win over Georgia State in the second game of the series...Had a pinch-hit two-run homer in a win over Delaware...Had a pinch-hit RBI single in a win over George Mason and a pinch-hit RBI single in a win over Drexel...

2007: Appeared in 25 games, including seven starts...Batted .206 with seven RBI on the year...Hit .143 (1-for-7) with three RBI in league games...Had pinch-hit two-run double in 10-5 win over Georgia State...Had RBI's in both games of doubleheader with Central Florida...Had RBI double in sixth inning against Auburn, giving Hofstra a 1-0 lead (although Auburn would come back to win 4-2)...Batted 1-for-3 against both Michigan and North Carolina...Hit 1-for-3 while starting in left field in a road win at Fordham...Had pinch hit RBI in a 2-1 win over Central Michigan at Adidas Invitational.

High School: Played four years of softball at B. Reed Henderson High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania...A four-time first-team All-League selection, three times as an outfielder and once as a catcher...Only struck out five times in four seasons...Batted .431 as a senior and a career-high .463 as a junior...An All-Area selection as a senior, as well as a second-team Southern Pennsylvania selection...Also a member of the National Honors Society...Earned the U.S. Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award and the Semper Fidelis Award for musical excellence.

Personal: Born May 6, 1988...Has one brother and one sister...Lists Derek Jeter as her favorite athlete...Started playing softball at age 5...Also recruited by Caldwell, Monmouth and Maine...Member of the Girl Scouts since 1994, and was a volunteer student athletic trainer from 2003-2006...Lists photography as one of her hobbies...Majoring in marketing with a minor in fine arts.