Biography
2015: Nominated for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year... 2015 Valedictorian of Fordham's Gabelli School of Business, sporting a perfect 4.0 GPA over her four years at Fordham... Named a 2015 Third Team Capital One Academic All-America as a pitcher...Voted to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team... Appeared in 30 games in the circle, including 22 starts... Finished 12-9 with a 3.31 ERA over 114.1 innings of work... Recorded five complete games, including three shutouts, registered 53 strikeouts and two saves to tie for the team lead... Earned her first victory of the season after going the distance of a 5.0 inning mercy-rule victory over Florida Gulf Coast (2/14)... Came back the next day and pitched the final 3.0 innings to earn her first save of the season in a win over Detroit (2/15)... Tossed 5.0 innings of one-run softball to earn her second victory in a win at Furman (2/20)... Threw 5.0 innings to collect her third victory in a win over Iona (3/25)... Scattered four hits, allowed one earned run and whiffed a season-high five in a complete-game effort to sweep the doubleheader and the series over La Salle (3/29)... Picked up the victory after 4.0 innings of work in the second game of a doubleheader at Massachusetts (4/11)... Tossed a 5.0 inning complete-game shutout, yielding just three hits in a victory over Saint Joseph's (4/18)... Started a string of five straight victories over five straight starts with a win over George Washington (4/25)... Pitched a 5.0 inning complete-game shutout and allowed just three hits in her final appearance in the circle at Bahoshy Field in a win over St. John's (4/29)... Made it back-to-back complete-game shutouts, this one the full 7.0 innings, where she scattered seven hits to complete a doubleheader sweep at George Mason (5/2)... Named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week (5/4)... Pitched 2.0 scoreless extra innings in the series finale to earn the victory while completing the series sweep of the Patriots (5/3)... Was given the nod to start the Rams' second game of the Atlantic 10 Championship against #2 Saint Louis (5/7) and picked up the win after limiting the Billikens one earned run on three hits while fanning four over 4.0 innings of work... Was summoned into relief to get the final out, which was a strikeout, as she earned the save to advance the Rams to the Atlantic 10 Championship final in a victory over George Mason (5/8)... Produced the guttiest performance of her career in her final game in the circle in an elimination game of the Harrisonburg Regional against the hosts and top seed, #15 James Madison (5/16), as she helped knock out the Dukes and propelled the Rams to their second-ever regional final after allowing one unearned run over 6.1 innings of work while scattering six hits, striking out two and walking none in the 2-1 victory... Graduated with 115 appearances (third most in program history), 90 starts (third most in program history), 35 complete gamese (tied for fourth most in program history), 51 victories (third most in program history), 500.0 innings (third most in program history), 259 strikeouts (sixth most in program history) and 13 shutouts (third most in program history)... Overall, started 56 of 57 games, playing the outfield and designated player when not pitching... Slashed .256/.335/.463 with 27 runs, 41 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, seven home runs (ranking third on the team) and 26 RBI... Recorded eight multi-hit games... Slugged her first home run of the season and drove in two in a win over Portland State (2/8)... Hit her seoncd home run of the season in a 3-0 victory over St. John's (2/13)... Collected two hits in a win at Furman (2/20)... Finished 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored in the victory over #13/11 Minnesota (3/1)... Went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and a run in a loss to Longwood (3/15)...Finished 2-for-4 with her third home run of the season, two RBI and her only stolen base of the season in the victory at Saint Louis (3/21)... Scored twice and drove in two in a loss to Saint Louis (3/22) the following day... Slugged her fourth home run the following game in a loss to Northwestern (3/24)... Tied a career high with three hits, falling a home run short of the cycle while driving in two in a loss to Syracuse (4/1)... Finished 3-for-3, including her fifth and sixth home runs of the season, scored twice and tied a career high with four RBI in the series-opening victory over Saint Joseph's (4/18)... Went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI and her seventh home run of the season to complete the doubleheader sweep over George Washington (4/25)... Collected two hits in the regular-season finale victory at George Mason (5/3) to help complete the series sweep... Scored twice and reached base three times in the Atlantic 10 Championship victory over George Mason (5/8)... Singled in her final collegiate at-bat in the Rams heart-breaking 2-1 loss to North Carolina State (5/17) in the finals of the Harrisonburg Regional...
2014: Took home a major haul of major awards in her junior season, including Atlantic 10 Co-Pitcher of the Year, Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Player, First Team All-Atlantic 10, NFCA Second Team All-Region, Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District and Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference… Four-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week... Led the Rams with an 18-11 mark in the circle, tallying a 2.73 ERA and a team-high 72 strikeouts in the process… Surrendered just 28 walks in 161.2 innings of work, placing her in the top 20 nationally for fewest walks allowed per seven innings… Also led the squad in opponent batting average at .253… Went 3-0 with a 0.93 ERA in three games during the A-10 Championship… Also hit .238 on the year with six home runs and 25 RBI… Picked up her first complete-game shutout of the year, tallying a season-high seven strikeouts to kick off the season against LIU Brooklyn (2/7)… Tossed another complete game, this time over SEC foe Ole Miss, to pick up her second win of the season (2/14)… Allowed just one earned run in 7.0 innings of work against College of Charleston (2/15)… Picked up her fourth win of the year with a complete game victory over Omaha (3/1)… Tossed back-to-back complete game shutouts against Providence (3/7) and Western Michigan (3/8)... Surrendered just one run over 5.0 innings against Troy (3/15)… Tossed a complete game one-hitter against George Washington (3/22), starting a streak that would see her tally wins in seven of her next nine appearances… Picked up wins over Marist (3/27) and Hofstra (4/1)… Surrendered no runs and only three hits en route to a victory over Army (4/10)… Tossed a complete-game shutout in the first game of a doubleheader against Rhode Island (4/12)… Struck out six in a victory at La Salle (4/26)… Allowed only one run over 4.0 innings to open up Atlantic 10 Championship play against Massachusetts (5/8)… Tossed back-to-back complete games against Saint Louis on May 9 and May 10 to close out Fordham’s third Atlantic 10 title in program history… Started both games in the circle at the Tallahassee Regional… At the dish, tallied nine multi-hit games on the year, including a pair of four-RBI performances against George Washington (3/22) and Massachusetts (4/19)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll...
2013:Â Named NFCA First Team All-Region, Capital One/CoSIDA Academic-All Region and Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference following a breakout sophomore season... Named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week three times... Led the Rams in wins (18), innings pitched (174.1) and strikeouts (111)... Finished the season with four complete-game shutouts... Fourth on the squad with 31 RBI... Recorded eight strikeouts against Southern Illinois (2/9)... Fanned a career-high nine batters in a complete game shutout win over Central Michigan (3/8)... Picked up back-to-back complete game wins over Dayton (4/19-4/20)... Picked up the win in Fordham's lone Norman Regional victory over Marist (5/18)... Drove in two runs against LIU (2/8)... Hit her first homer of the year in Fordham's win over #5 Texas (3/3)... Drove in three runs against Tennesee Tech (3/8)... Hit the game-winning home run against Saint Joseph's (5/4)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll...
2012:Â Named to the Spring 2012 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Named Most Outstanding Player at the JMU Days Inn Invitational... Chosen as A-10 Rookie of the Week March 19... Recorded two hits, an RBI and a run at East Carolina (2/18)... Went 2-for-3 against Virginia Tech while she tossed 4.0 innings and allowed just one earned run (3/2)...Went 2-for-3 against James Madison (3/16)... Roped three hits against Pittsburgh (3/17)... Tossed a complete-game shutout en route to her first collegiate win versus George Washington (3/17)... Posted a line of 2-for-3 with two runs, four RBI, a double and a home run in the second of two games at La Salle (3/23)... Hit a home run and drove in a pair in the first game of a doubleheader with Charlotte (3/30)... Earned the complete-game win in the first game of a doubleheader with Binghamton while going 2-for-3 at the plate (4/3)...
Before Fordham:Â A four-year varsity member of the Plainedge softball team where she played for Jason McGowan... Also played four years of varsity soccer and two years of varsity basketball.. .Named First Team All-State in 2009 and 2010.. .Also chosen All-Nassau County 2008-2010 and All-Long Island 2009-2010... Selected as the Nassau County Player of the Year in 2009... A three-time MVP honoree at Plainedge following her sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Named Plainedge High Athlete of the Year in 2010... Feted as a Second Team Regional All-American in 2009 and a First Team Regional All-American in 2010...School record holder in HR (13), batting average (.632), stolen bases (47), triples (13), RBI (71), hits (122), strikeouts 211 and ERA (0.71).. .Played club softball with the Long Island Spartans... Member of the National Honor Society...
Personal:Â Majoring in marketing...Daughter of Jackie and Budd..Has two siblings, Meagan and Sam.