At
Hofstra: Fourth
season on the Hofstra softball roster...Saw action at designated player, third
base, shortstop, left field and right field as a sophomore, then saw all her
defensive action behind the plate as a junior...Has 29 career hits, including seven doubles and three home runs, to go along with 23 RBI.
2010: Played in 34 games,
including 33 starts (30 at catcher, three at DP)...Batted .163 with a homer and
12 RBI...Had the game-winning RBI single in a 3-0 win over Georgia State in the
CAA championship game...Began the year by going 2-for-5 with a double, a homer,
and three RBI in a 12-11 win over North Dakota State...Was 2-for-4 with an eighth
inning RBI single in a narrow 4-3 loss to No. 5 Michigan at Louisville's Red
and Black Invitational...Also was 1-for-4 with an RBI in the previous game
against No. 18 Louisville...Was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI in the
second game of the Delaware series...Was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in a
10-2 win over St. John's...Opponents were only 9-15 stealing bases off her...Only
error all season was a catcher's interference...Batted .167 in conference games.
2009:
Played
in 31 games, including 14 starts...Batted .220 with two homers and 11 RBI...Hit a
key three-run homer in the fifth inning of a road win at Drexel, putting the
Pride ahead 5-4 in a game it would go on to win 10-4...Also homered in the rubber-game
of a three-game series with UNC Wilmington, which the Pride won 8-0...Had the
game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning of a 3-1 win over UNC Wilmington in
the first game of the series...Batted 6-for-11 overall in the UNC Wilmington
series...Was 2-for-3 with an RBI in a loss to UConn at the Under Armour
Invitational.
2008: Appeared in 13 games, including one start...Batted .200 on the
year...Had her first collegiate hit in a pinch-hitting role against Florida,
which ended the regular season ranked #1 in the country...Also had a pinch-hit
double in a win over Georgia State...Started at designated player against
Illinois State...Drew a walk in a pinch-hitting appearance in the final game of
the UNC Wilmington series.
High School: Played four years of softball at Smithtown
West High School in Smithtown, New York...Helped Smithtown West to two league
championships and appearances in the Suffolk County finals in 2006 and 2007...Led
the Bulls to a combined 38-8 record over her final two seasons...Batted .500 as a
senior and .5-6 as a junior...Earned the League IV Player of the Year Award in
2007...Named an NFCA Third Team All-American as a senior, while earning NFCA
All-Region honors as a junior...Named All-County for three years and All-Long
Island for two years...Also played on the Smithtown West Soccer and Track
teams...Also a three-time NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award winner...Earned a gold medal
for the Long Island team in the 2007 Empire State Games.
Personal: Born September 29, 1989
Has a younger brother...Lists Derek Jeter as her favorite athlete...Nicknamed
'Tino'...Lists camping and bike riding among her hobbies...Volunteered at a local
nursing home and has participated in many clothing drives and blood drives in
her community...Majoring in physical education...Hopes to be a physical education
teacher after graduation...Both of her parents are also in the teaching
profession.
