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2012 Softball Roster

17 Katherine VanBenschoten

  • Class Junior
  • Height 5-5
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Cranford, N.J.
  • Highschool Cranford

Biography

2012: Scored a run against UNC-Greensboro (2/17)...Went 1-for-2 with a walk against Long Beach State (2/23)...Collected a hit against Kennesaw State (3/9)...Had a hit and an RBI in game two at Binghamton (4/3)...Blasted a pinch hit, three-run home run in game two of a doubleheader with St. Bonaventure (4/20).

2011: Saw action in 21 games...Went 1-3 against Ole Miss (2/18)...Threw out a runner from right field trying to go for a double at St. John's (3/22)...Got a hit and scored a run in game one of two against Lehigh (3/30)...Doubled and scored in the second game of a twinbill with La Salle (4/10)...Drove in a run and scored a run in game two of a doubleheader at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/21).

2010: Appeared in 13 games. Hit a HR and drove in 2 in a 7-3 win vs. Manhattan on 4/6.

Before Fordham: Four-year varsity softball player at Cranford High School... 2009 First Team All-State and All-Group 2 selection, helping Cranford to the Group 2 Central Jersey Championship... Was the Star Ledger Hitter of the Year as a junior as well as First Team All-State, hitting .629 with 15 home runs, 40 RBI, 36 runs scored, and a 1.435 slugging percentage... Named an Star Ledger First Team All-State athlete as a senior after hitting .403 with 24 RBI, 21 runs, 24 walks and six home runs... Four-time First Team All-Union County and All-Conference selection as well as a two-time First Team All-Group 3 selection (2006 & 2008)... Earned Union County Rookie of the Year honors in 2006... Amassed a .502 career batting average, 129 runs, 116 RBI, and 46 home runs... Played with fellow Ram Chelsea Palumbo on the West Jersey Witches Gold, helping them to the NJ ASA Championship... Member of the National and Math Honor Societies as well as the Honor Roll... Winner of the Bryn Mawr Book and Latin Awards.

Personal: Major in Biological Sciences.

Career-Highs:
Hits: 1, 11x, last vs. St. Bonaventure (Game two), 4/20/12
Runs: 1, 6x, last vs. St. Bonaventure (Game two), 4/20/12
RBI: 3, vs. St. Bonaventure (Game two), 4/20/12
HR: 1, 2x, last vs. St. Bonaventure (Game two), 4/20/12

Statistics

Season:
2012

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2010Freshman

    OF
    5'5"
    17
  • 17

    2011Sophomore

    OF
    5'5"
    17
  • 17

    2012Junior

    OF
    5'5"
    17