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2018 Softball Roster

9 Amanda Bickford

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Salem, N.H.
  • High School Salem

Biography

ACCOLADES

2017-18: NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team...NFCA All-East Region First Team...D2CCA All-East Region First Team...All-Northeast-10 Conference First Team...Saint Anselm Fall Dean's List...Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll...Team Captain...Northeast-10 Academic All-Conference...D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...Saint Anselm Spring Dean's List.

2016-17: NFCA All-East Region First Team (program's first since 2000)...D2CCA All-East Region Second Team...All-Northeast-10 Conference First Team (program's first since 2005)...NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Saint Anselm Fall Dean's List...Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll...Saint Anselm Spring Dean's List...Northeast-10 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2015-16: All-Northeast-10 Conference Third Team...Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 29)...Saint Anselm Fall Semester Dean's List...Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll...Saint Anselm Spring Dean's List...Northeast-10 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2014-15: All-Northeast-10 Conference Third Team...Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team...Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week (Mar. 8)...ECAC Rookie of the Week (March 8)...Saint Anselm Fall Dean's List...Northeast-10 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll...Saint Anselm Spring Dean's List...Northeast-10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll.

AT SAINT ANSELM

2018: Started all 58 games as a senior…Posted slash line of .406/.427/.488…Scored 44 runs while driving in 22 with 16 doubles and one triple…Struck out just nine times in 217 at bats while drawing eight walks…Stole five bases in five tries…Led NE10 in hits (17 more than anyone else) and doubles, second in batting average, third in runs and eighth in on-base percentage…88 hits established new school record and ranked fourth in Division II…Also set school record with 106 total bases…16 doubles were second-most in a season at Saint Anselm, 44 runs were third-most, .406 average was sixth-highest…Finished career as Saint Anselm’s all-time leader in career hits (237), second in batting average (.389) and total bases (273), fourth in runs scored (97), fifth in on-base percentage (.414), fifth in games played (166) and 10th in doubles (30)…Team-high 28 multi-hit games, including 10 with three hits…Season-long 19-game hitting streak from Mar. 7 – Apr. 9…Hit safely in 10-of-11 games in NCAA Tournament…Became Saint Anselm’s all-time leader in hits with a single in the first game of a doubleheader sweep of Franklin Pierce on Mar. 28…Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run and two RBI in 8-3 loss to Southern Indiana in second game of national championship series of 2018 NCAA Division II Softball Championship on May 28…Was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI in 4-3 victory over No. 25 Saint Leo in 2018 NCAA Division II Softball Championship on May 25…Had go-ahead two-run double in fourth inning as part of 3-for-4 performance in 4-3 win against Merrimack in NCAA Division II East 2 Regional on May 12…Went 5-for-7 with four runs scored in doubleheader sweep of Bentley on Apr. 21…Drove in season-high three runs while going 3-for-5 with two runs in 12-5 victory versus Ursuline on Mar. 10…Was a combined 12-for-19 (.632) over stretch of five-straight multi-hit games from Mar. 3-5…Recorded seven assists from center field with .971 fielding percentage on 70 chances.

2017: Started 33-of-34 games in center field as a junior…Recorded slash line of .395/.411/.437 in 119 at-bats…Totaled 47 hits, five doubles, 14 runs, 10 RBI, four walks and one stolen base…Led team in hits and batting average, second in on-base percentage, third in slugging percentage and runs…Fourth in NE10 in batting average, 12th in hits and 13th in on-base percentage…Hit safely in 28-of-33 games, reached base in 30-of-33 games…Had team-high 14 multi-hit performances…Career-high four hits (4-for-4) and matched career-high with three RBI to go with a run and a stolen base in 8-1 win over Franklin Pierce in game two of doubleheader sweep on Apr. 11…Was 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs and two RBI in 10-1 victory over No. 18 Caldwell on Mar. 9…Season-long and team-best 13-game hitting streak from Apr. 14-29…Eight-game hitting streak from Mar. 9-26...Had .959 fielding percentage in center field on 62 chances, including three outfield assists and one double play.

2016: Started all 38 games in center field as a sophomore...Led the team and ranked eighth in the NE10 with 51 hits...Ranked 11th in NE10 in batting average (.386) and 18th in on-base percentage (.421)...Second on team with 18 runs scored...Registered 17 multi-hit games, including three five-hit performances...Hit safely in 29 of 38 games and reached base safely in 37-of-38 contests...Was 2-for-5 with a run and season-high three RBI in 10-4 victory over Georgian Court on Mar. 1...Went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in 6-2 win over Adelphi on Apr. 2...Tallied 62 putouts and four assists in center field.

2015: Started all 37 games as a freshman...Led the team with 51 hits, ranking sixth in the NE10, while finishing second on the team and 14th in the league with a .362 batting average...Tallied 63 total bases, second-most on the team, while tallying eight doubles and two triples, ranking among the top-20 in the league in both categories...Recorded at least one hit in all but eight games and posted 16 multi-hit games, including six three-hit performances...Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored twice, first against Post on Mar. 3 and again at Franklin Pierce on Apr. 15...Defensively, started every game in center field, recording 37 putouts and four assists.

BEFORE SAINT ANSELM: Played four years of varsity softball at Salem High School...First Team All-State...Team MVP... Also played four years of basketball and softball...MVP of both basketball and volleyball teams...First team all-state in volleyball...Member of the Blue Devils' volleyball state championship team...Jack Ford Memorial Scholar-Athlete... Commonwealth Motors Scholar-Athlete...Max Bishop Award recipient...High Honor student...Member of National Honor Society...Member of the National Technical Honor Society...Saint Anselm Book Award...All-Academic Team.

PERSONAL: Parents Bill and Pam...Brother Will...Majoring in forensic science and criminal justice...Aspires to be a crime scene investigator...Enjoys snowboarding, the outdoors, sports and designing t-shirts.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015Freshman

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    2016Sophomore

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    2017Junior

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    2018Senior

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