Biography
2012: Chosen as NFCA All Mid-Atlantic First Team member for third straight time...Named All Atlantic-10 First Team and Named to the All Tournament Team at the A-10 Tournament...Also selected as Academic All Conference...Reached 100 complete games, 100 wins and 1000 strikeouts during the season...Threw a complete-game win while striking out 10 against Virginia (2/17)...Earned her second victory of the season a day later at East Carolina (2/18)...Threw her third complete game win of the year against Fullerton (2/25)...Struck out 10 Lancers against Longwood (3/3)...Pitched a one-hitter against Pittsburgh (3/16)...Hurled 11 innings in a rematch with the Panthers on the very next day (3/17)...Faced just two batters over the minimum in a six-inning no-hitter against St. John's (3/20)...Threw a five-inning no hitter (her ninth) in game one of two versus Charlotte (3/30)...Follwed that up with her tenth career no-hitter and fifth perfect game in the first of a twinbill with Temple (4/7)...Threw all 17 innings in a 2-1 loss to UMass (5/4)...Pitched every inning of the 2012 A-10 Tournament for Fordham.
2011: Named an ESPN Pre-Season All America, First Team member..Selected to the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Watchlist...Feted as All Atlantic 10 First-Team, Most Outstanding Player A-10 Tournament, NFCA All Mid-Atlantic First Team...Two-Time A-10 Scholar Athlete of the Year...Named A-10 Pitcher of the Week four times (3/27, 3/28, 4/11, 5/2) and lauded as ECAC National Pitcher of the Week (4/12)...Won 14 straight decisions from April 3 - May 21...Enters her senior season with a record seven no-hitters (including four perfect games) on her resume...Posted a nearly 8:1 strikeouts to walk ratio for the season (300 strikeouts, 38 walks)...Led the conference in ERA (1.27), shutouts (6), and saves (2)...Became Fordham's strikeout queen by striking out two Lady Mocs batters in a relief appearance against Chattanooga (2/13)...Tossed a no-hitter against George Washington (4/8)...Reached double figures in strikeouts 14 times during the season, including a career-best 16 strikeouts in the first game of a doubleheader with Dayton (4/23)...Threw a five innings perfect game against St. Peter's in the second game of a doubleheader (4/27)...Became Fordham's all-time wins leader with a 2-0 victory over Penn State in the NCAA Regional (5/20)...Closed out the season with an 81.2 consecutive scoreless innings pitched streak until surrendering three runs in a relief appearance against the Nittany Lions in the NCAA Regional (5/21).
2010: USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist...First Team Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American...First Team NFCA All-Region (Mid-Atlantic)...First Team All-ECAC, All-Atlantic 10...ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District (District 1) (5/7)...Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week (5/4)...ECAC Pitcher of the Week (April 20)...Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year...Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team...Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week five times...Fordham team MVP...Fordham Co-Female Athlete of the Year...Tossed two perfect games and three total no-hitters...Opens 2011 just five strikeouts shy of all-time mark...Started a school-record 42 games and had a record 50 appearances...Threw 30 complete games (another school high-mark)...Set the all-time number for wins in a season with 34...Hurled a record 282.1 innings...Struck out 503 batters, best in Fordham history...Set a new mark with 15 complete game shutouts...Set the new all-time ERA number for a single season at 1.04...Opened the season with a perfect game against Morehead State...Struck out a record 18 batters in that game(2/20)...Threw a three-hit shutout in an upset of #19/24 Texas A&M (2/25)...Broke the single-season strikeout record in an 18 strikeout performance against Winthrop (3/20)...The old record was 182 set by Sara Kinney in 2007...Recorded 500th strikeout of the season in 3-0 win over GW (4/16)..Threw a no-hitter against Temple (4/23)...Struck out the side in three different innings in that game...Tossed the first ever A-10 Championship perfect game in 1-0 win over Charlotte (5-13).
2009: Second Team All-Atlantic 10 selection... Also named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team... Two-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher and Rookie of the Week... Two-time ECAC Pitcher of the Week... Named Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week on March 17th, after throwing two no-hitters in the same week... Featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd, after her national honor... Went 18-12 with a 1.93 ERA, five saves, 18 complete games, and three shutouts... Totaled 173 strikeouts in 181.1 innings pitched... Ranked third in the NCAA in saves... Opened her career with a complete game four-hit win over #12 Fresno State, striking out five (2/6)... Allowed one earned run on four hits in a win over Florida Atlantic (2/21)... Threw a season-high nine innings without allowing an earned run at East Carolina (2/27)... Gave up two unearned runs and had six strikeouts at South Florida (3/6)... Pitched two innings of scoreless relief for her first career save against Virginia Tech (3/7)... Allowed one run on three hits with six strikeouts in a win over Hofstra (3/7)... Threw Fordham's first perfect game at home, striking out a season-high 12 batters against St. Peter's (3/10)... Allowed two runs on six hits in a win over Maryland (3/14)... Became the first Ram to throw two no-hitters, no-hitting Delaware in five innings (3/15)... Struck out six at #18 North Carolina (3/18)... Struck out nine batters in a two-hit shutout of La Salle (3/27)... Struck out nine in a four-hit win over George Washington (3/29)... Had eight strikeouts and did not allow an earned run at St. Bonaventure (4/9)... Struck out seven in a win at Seton Hall (4/16)... Allowed one run on eight hits with nine strikeouts at Rhode Island (5/1)... Closed out an upset win over #24 Massachusetts with her fifth save of the season, pitching the final 2.2 innings (5/3)... Had eight strikeouts in Fordham's opening game win over Saint Joseph's at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/6)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Before Fordham: Member of the varsity softball team at Hoosic Valley Central School... Four-time All-State selection, including First Team honors as a senior... 2008 Troy Record Player of the Year and 2008 Section II Player of the Year... 2007 & 2008 Times Union Small School Player of the Year... Named the 2007 All-State Class C Player and Pitcher of the Year after posting a 24-0 record with a 0.08 earned run average, 426 strikeouts, and five walks in 186 innings pitched... Helped her team to an undefeated Class C Championship... Holds Section II strikeout record... Received the 2008 Aileen Durant Award for Sportsmanship... Brings national experience, traveling with the NY Beach Girls select team under Coach Joe Botti, competing at the ASA Gold Nationals, placing 17th, while winning the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship... Also played for the Hudson Valley Express... Named Valedictorian at Hoosic Valley Central... Member of the National Honor Society and elected as president as a senior... Honored as the student-athlete with the highest Grade Point Average as a senior.
Personal: Majoring in Visual Arts.
Pitching Career-Highs:
Innings: 17, vs. Massachusetts, 5/4/12
Strikeouts: 22, at La Salle (nine innings), 4/18/10
Complete Game Shutouts: 33, last at Dayton (Game two), 4/27/12
No-Hitters: 10, last vs. Temple (Game one), 4/7/12 (perfect game)