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2013 Softball Roster

4 Chelsea Palumbo

  • Position IF
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-7
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Tabernacle, N.J.
  • Highschool Seneca

Biography

2013: Had her finest season by far in 2013... Hit .293 with a career high eight home runs... Registered 28 RBIs and another career-high with 49 hits... Also turned in career-bests in slugging percentage (.479) and on-base percentage (.348)... Went 3-3 with a homer against LIU (2/8)... Went 2-5 with three RBIs against Georgia Tech (3/1)... Smacked a home run in Fordham's win over #5 Texas (3/3)... Turned in a 2-3 performance with a triple and a round tripper against La Salle (3/28)... Went 3-3 with a home run against Rhode Island (4/7)... Went 7-9 with five RBIs over a three game stretch against Iona, Hofstra and St. Bonaventure (4/23-4/26)... Ended the regular season on a tear, going 9-14 with seven RBIs over the final four games against Saint Joe[apos]s and Temple, including a career-high six runs driven in the second game of a doubleheader against Temple on May 5th (5/3-5/5)... Drove in two runs at the NCAA Regional (5/18)

2012: Picked up a pair of hits against North Carolina (3/3)...Was a perfect 2-of-2 at the plate versus Rutgers (3/10)...Hit a solo home run versus Western Michigan (3/11)...Notched her second homer of the season and scored twice against Pittsburgh (3/17)...Went 2-for-2 in a shutout over St. John[apos]s (3/20)...Had a 2-for-3 with an RBI in game two at Lehigh (3/28)...Collected thee hits and drove in a run in game one at Temple (4/7)...Went 2-for-4 with a run in the second game of a twinbill at Siena (4/11)... Had a 1-for-2 day with a homer and two RBI against Saint Joseph[apos]s in the A-10 tournament (5/10)...Finished 2-for-6 in the season finale against George Washington (5/11).

2011: Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week on May 2...Started in 47 of the 51 games in which she played...Finished the season with five home runs and 30 RBI (second best on the club)...Posted a perfect 3-3 day with three runs scored against Princeton (3/12)...Had three hits and a home run at Virginia (3/13)...Blasted a walk-off grand slam home run to help the Rams defeat the George Washington Colonials (4/9)...Lifted a home run, drove in a pair and scored twice in a win over La Salle (4/10)...Was a perfect 2-2 from the plate with three RBI in the first game of a doubleheader sweep of St. Peter's (4/27)...Followed that up with a career-high five RBI and went 2-3 at the plate just two days later in a win at UMass (4/29).

2010: Started in 28 of 37 games. Had 1 HR, 7 RBI, and stole 3 bases.

Before Fordham: Four-year varsity softball player at Seneca High School... Three-time MVP award winner... 2009 team captain... Helped the team to two Division championships (2006-07) and the 2007 Carpenter Cup... Four-time All-Conference selection... Earned First Team All-Group honors twice (2006-07) and First Team All-County honors in 2008... Was the Courier Post's "Player to Watch" in 2008... Holds school record marks for batting average, slugging percentage, and stolen bases... Played with fellow Ram Katherine VanBenschoten, helping the West Jersey Witches Gold to the NJ ASA Championship in 2008 (18U)... Also played summer ball for the South Jersey Rage, helping them to the NJ PONY State Championship (2006) ... Two-time member of the Honor Roll.

Personal: Major is Sociology... Has one brother.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2010Freshman

    IF
    5'7"
    4
  • 4

    2011Sophomore

    IF
    5'7"
    4
  • 4

    2012Junior

    IF
    5'7"
    4
  • 4

    2013Senior

    IF
    5'7"
    4