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2019 Softball Roster

12 Molly Roark

  • Position Catcher/Infield
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Highschool Paxon School (Florida Southwestern)

Biography

2019: Started all 55 contests as a senior… Atlantic 10 All-Championship selection… Finished her senior campaign by slashing .312/.387/.629, leading the Rams with 16 home runs and 50 RBIs, finishing second with 19 walks, third with 31 runs, and fifth with 53 hits… Committed just eight errors on the year, good for a .974 fielding percentage, between first base and catcher… Threw out seven of 23 would-be basestealers, including one pick-off… Slashed .377/.457/.681 with a team-high 24 RBIs in conference action… Finished 41st in the country and second in the conference with 16 home runs, tied for third-most in a single season in program history… Powered the Rams to victory over Texas A&M Corpus Christi with her lone career multi-home run game, driving in a career-high six runs in game one of the doubleheader, before ripping another home run, a two-run shot, among a career-high three hits in three trips to the plate against Incarnate Word in game two (2/8)… Smacked a three-run home run for her lone hit against Hawaii (2/15)… Launched a pair of home runs during a doubleheader against BYU and Utah Valley, a two-run shot in the former and a solo shot in the latter (2/16)… Hit a solo home run and singled at Mercer (3/16)… Hit another solo shot the next day against Ball State (3/17)… Doubled in a pair of teammates in the series finale at George Washington (3/24)… Launched a three-run shot at George Mason (3/30)… Singled twice, driving in one, in the series finale against the Patriots (3/31)… Reached base 10 out of 11 times in the series sweep of Dayton, walking a total of seven times, once intentional, and three times in each of the first two games. Singled in game two before ripping three more singles, driving in two, and scoring twice in the series finale (4/6-7)… Went off for a career-high four hits in four trips to the plate, doubling in a pair of runs in the first, hitting a two-run tater in the second, and adding two more singles later on at St. Bonaventure (4/10)… Hit a two-run home run in the series opener against Saint Louis (4/13)… Walked twice, scored once, and drove in two with a single against Hofstra (4/17)… Hit a two-run home run and singled in the series finale against Saint Joseph’s (4/20)… Combined to go 3-for-7 with a two-run home run, three total RBIs, three runs scored, and a walk in a doubleheader at Massachusetts (4/27)… Hit a two-run single and a RBI double, scoring once, in a win over Rhode Island (5/4)… Finished her season with a seven-game hit streak, including at least one in every postseason game… Provided the team’s lone run in the opening game against Saint Joseph’s with a RBI double in the first inning (5/9)… Doubled and drove in a run on a fielder’s choice against Massachusetts (5/10)… Hit a pair of two-run home runs in a pair of elimination games against Saint Joseph’s and George Washington, also singling in a run in the former and doubling in the latter (5/11)… Singled once against #2 Washington in the opening game of the NCAA Regionals (5/17)… Singled and walked against Seattle in the season finale (5/18).

2018: Made 28 appearances, including 21 starts, as a junior… Drew a walk against UC Santa Barbara (2/17)… Recorded first Fordham hit with a single against Bryant (2/23)… Came off the bench and drew a walk as a pinch-hitter at #13 Alabama (3/9)… Drew a walk and came around to score against Detroit Mercy (3/18)… Started both games of a doubleheader at Saint Joseph’s and enjoyed  2-for-4 day at the dish with a go-ahead grand slam in the second inning of game one, which provided to be the winning run, before singling, walking, and scoring in game two (3/31)… Ripped a solo home run at Rhode Island (4/14)… Singled in a win over St. Bonaventure (4/18).

Before Fordham: Arrives in the Bronx after spending two seasons at Florida Southwestern State College in Fort Myers, Fla... With the Bucs, she was a two-time First Team All-Conference, All-State, and FSCAA All-Tournament honoree, helping her school reach its first-ever FSCAA Championship as a sophomore... Both years, the Bucs reached the NJCAA Division I National Championship... As a freshman, she earned Second Team All-America status in addition to the two above accolades and First Team All-Regional after slashing .366/.404/.659 with 14 home runs and 63 RBIs in 67 games... Prior to college, she spent four years with the Paxon School for Advanced Studies, earning one Gateway Conference Offensive Player of the Year honor and back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference awards.

Major: Communications & Culture.
 
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Hits: 4, at St. Bonaventure (4/10/19)
Home Runs: 2, vs. Texas A&M CC (2/8/19)
Runs: 2, 5x, last at Massachusetts (4/27/19)
RBI: 6, vs. Texas A&M CC (2/8/19)
Walks: 3, 2x, last vs. Dayton (4/6/19)
Hit Streak: 8 games, 4/14-27/19

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2018Junior

    Catcher
    5'10"
    24
  • 12

    2019Senior

    Catcher/Infield
    5'10"
    12