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2009 Softball Roster

4 Mary Beth Puccio

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-5
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Brightwaters, N.Y.
  • Highschool Bay Shore

Biography

2008: First Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American and Academic All-District I... Joins Erin Brooks (2003-04) as the only Fordham softball Academic All-Americans... Named First Team ECAC All-Star at designated player... Atlantic 10 All-Conference Honorable Mention... Set career-highs in every offensive category... Hit .347 (68-196) on the year, second best on the squad... Added 14 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 45 RBI in 65 games... Tied for the team lead in doubles and triples, while placing second in RBI and third in home runs... Had a team-best 20 multiple-hit games, including seven three-hit games, along with 13 multiple-RBI games, tying for the team-high... Tied for eighth in the Atlantic 10 in hitting... Started the year, going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI against Southern Illinois (2/15)... Had three hits and an RBI versus Wright State (2/17)... Went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI at East Carolina (3/1)... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Massachusetts (3/20)... Was a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI against Rhode Island (3/22)... Was a combined 4-for-7 with three RBI and three runs scored in a doubleheader against Saint Louis (3/30)... Had a string of six straight multi-hit games, capped with a 5-for-7 doubleheader performance against Manhattan, driving in six runs... Was a single shy of the cycle in the second game against Manhattan (4/11)... Was 5-for-8 with a home run and three RBI in a doubleheader at St. Peter's (4/15)... Had two doubles and drove in a career-high five runs at George Washington (5/3)...Capped her season by being named to the 2008 Atlantic 10 All-Championship team, hitting .353 (6-17) with two runs and an RBI at the tournament... Tied a conference championship record with four hits in an 8-2 13-inning win over St. Bonaventure (5/9)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2007: Played in 38 games, making 27 starts, mostly as the designated player... Hit .225 overall with three doubles, three home runs, and 21 RBI... Hit .268 in Atlantic 10 play... Picked up her first hit of the season against UNLV (3/13)... Had two RBI in pinch-hit duties in the first game against Seton Hall... Went 2-for-4 in the nightcap with four RBI and the game-winning home run (4/3)... Was 2-for-4 with her first career grand slam versus Temple (4/5)... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI at Saint Louis (4/15)... Had a home run and four RBI in a doubleheader at Rhode Island (5/6)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2006: Appeared in 37 games, making nine starts... Hit .192 with a double and seven RBI... Registered her first career hit versus Coastal Carolina (3/10)... Had a hit and an RBI against Virginia Tech (3/11)... Had a pair of RBI at Dayton (3/26)... Was 1-for-3 with an RBI against Massachusetts (4/2)... Recorded a double and an RBI versus Radford (4/9)... Had a hit in the Rams' elimination match-up with Charlotte at the Atlantic 10 Tournament (5/12).

Before Fordham: Varsity softball and volleyball player at Bay Shore High School... 2005 NFCA First Team National All-American... Three-time NFCA Regional All-American (2003-05)... New York State Gatorade Player of the Year in 2004... Two-year captain for softball... Four-time All-League and All-Conference selection... Named All-Long Island three times, as well as being named to the All-State team... Led Suffolk County in home runs and RBI twice... Was also a two-year captain for volleyball, garnering All-League, All-Conference, and All-County honors... Was an NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete from 2001-05... Member of the National and Service Honor Societies... Member of the High Honor Roll.

Personal: Majoring in Accounting... Has three brothers.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2006Freshman

    1B
    5'5"
    4
  • 4

    2007Sophomore

    DP
    5'5"
    4
  • 4

    2008Junior

    OF/DP
    5'5"
    4
  • 4

    2009Senior

    OF/DP
    5'5"
    4