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2014 Softball Roster

10 Elise Fortier

  • Position IF
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Coventry, R.I.
  • Highschool Coventry

Biography

2014: Put together the finest season in Fordham softball history, shattering the school’s single-season RBI (73) and slugging percentage (.854) records while tying her own mark with 20 home runs… Took over first place on the Fordham career home run (46) list despite playing just three years in maroon and white… Ranked in the top ten nationally in home runs, RBIs per game and slugging percentage… The only player in the nation to hit at least 20 home runs in both 2013 and 2014… Named ECAC Player of the Year, Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, First Team NFCA All-Region, Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference, Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team and NCAA Tallahassee All-Regional Team… Three-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Week... Hit a team-best .389 on the year, while leading the Atlantic 10 in runs scored (50), on base percentage (.495) slugging percentage (.854), home runs (20), RBIs (73), total bases (134), walks (35) and sac flies (4)… Also turned in an impressive .974 fielding percentage from the shortstop position… Led off the season with an RBI in a win over LIU-Brooklyn (2/7)… Went 2-3 with a home run, a double and three runs batted in against Ole Miss (2/14)… Hit a two-run homer against College of Charleston (2/15)… Went 3-4 with an RBI against San Diego State (2/20)… Belted a three-run homer and drew three walks against Cal Poly (2/20)… Went 2-3 with an RBI against #6 Oregon (2/22)… Picked up a hit against Notre Dame (2/28)… Registered a multi-hit effort against Ohio State (2/28)… Smacked an RBI double against Omaha (3/1)… Belted a two-run shot in a win over Southern Illinois (3/9)… Picked up two RBIs against Georgia State (3/15)… Registered a three-run homer in the second game of a doubleheader at UVA (3/20)… Went 4-5 with a home run, a double and four runs batted in during the Rams’ doubleheader against Marist (3/27)… Went 4-4 with five RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against George Mason (4/5)… Drove in two runs at Lehigh (4/9)… Went 3-3 with a run scored against Army (4/10)…  Went 2-4 with a home run and three runs batted in during the second game of a doubleheader at Rhode Island (4/12)… Had a monster doubleheader against Binghamton, tallying two home runs and eight RBIs (4/13)… Hit a round tripper against UMass (4/19)… Went 2-3 with a pair of home runs and five RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against St. Bonaventure (4/22)… Tallied eight RBIs in a doubleheader at La Salle, including a career-high seven in game number two, breaking the Fordham single season RBI mark (4/26)… Scored three runs in the opening game of the Atlantic 10 Championship against UMass (5/8)… Belted the game-tying home run in the bottom of the sixth inning against Saint Louis (5/9)… Hit another long ball in the Rams’ 11-0 victory over Saint Louis to claim the A-10 title (5/10)… Registered the Rams’ lone extra base hit against top-seeded Florida State in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, narrowly missing a home run with a double off the left field wall (5/16)… Went 2-3 with a  home run and three RBIs in the final game of her Fordham career against South Carolina, setting the school’s career home run record in the process (5/17).     

2013: Named First Team NFCA All-Region, Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and also earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team... Broke a number of Fordham single-season school records, including home runs (20), runs scored (61), walks (43) and slugging percentage (.808)... Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week once... Led the team in triples with three... Went 3-3 with two doubles against LIU (2/8)... Recorded three RBIs against Pacific (2/23)... Went 2-4 and drove in three runs in Fordham's win over #5 Texas (3/3)... Went 3-5 against Tennesee Tech (3/8)... Registered her first multi-homer game of the year against Binghamton (3/16)... Tied a school record with five runs scored against Detroit (3/16)... Went deep in five straight contests (3/13-3/22)... Knocked a pair of homers against GW on March 30th and again against UMass on April 6th... Became just the second Ram in program history to hit three home runs in one game (4/27)... Broke the A-10 single-season home run record with a dinger against Arkansas in the NCAA Regional (5/17)

2012: Named First Team All Atlantic 10...Had a double and an RBI at East Carolina (2/18). Went 1-3 with a double, run scored and three RBI against Long Beach State (2/23)...Roped two hits against #15 Arizona (2/25)...Picked up a pair of RBI against #16 UCLA (3/2)...Went 2-for-3 with three RBI versus Pittsburgh (3/16)...Collected a hit and three RBI in a win over George Washington (3/17)...Was 3-for-3 with a homer and two RBI in the second game of a twinbill at La Salle (3/23)...Had two hits and a career-high five RBI in game two of a doubleheader at George Washington (3/25)...Went a spotless 3-for-3 with a pair of runs in the first of two with Binghamton (4/3)...Posted a 2-for-3 day with a homer and two RBI in a win over Saint Louis (4/13)...HIt a home run and drove in a pair in game two at Dayton (4/27)...Went 1-for-3 in the win over #3 Alabama (5/7).

At Stony Brook: Batted .238 with three home runs and 17 RBI in 49 games in one season... Named America East Rookie of the Week three times.

High School: A four-year letter winner at Coventry High School for head coach Chris Daignault...Was both a pitcher and infielder...A four time All-State honoree (2007-2010)...Also chosen All-Division between 2007-10...Named a team captain for her senior season...Eclipsed the .400 mark all four years...Selected as the 2010 Gatorade Player of the Year in Rhode Island...Played four years of basketball as well...Member of the Rhode Island Thunder and coached by Dave Lotti.

Personal: Majoring in communication & media studies...Daughter of Robert and Lisa...Has two brothers, Taylor and Cameron.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2012Sophomore

    IF
    5'8"
    10
  • 10

    2013Junior

    IF
    5'8"
    10
  • 10

    2014Senior

    IF
    5'8"
    10