ACCOLADES
2020-21: Named the Hawks Soar Higher Female Student-Athlete of the Year...Named the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II Pitcher of the Year...Named the D2CCA Ron Lenz National Pitcher of the Year...Earned a spot on the NFCA First-Team All America Roster...Named the Northeast-10 Northeast Division Pitcher of the Year...Named the Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 29, Apr. 5, Apr. 26)...Named the Wilson/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 28)...Northeast-10 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019-20: Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 17 and Mar. 2…Wilson/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) National Division II Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 19….Schutt Sports/NFCA Pitcher of the Year “Watch List”…Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2018-19: Named to the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) Second Team All-American, being the first in program history…Became the program’s first recipient of All-American honors from the NFCA, naming her to the NFCA Second Team…Named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-East Region First Team…Earned her third Fastpitch News Second Team All-America honor…Selected as the Division II Conference Commissioner Association (D2CCA) East Region Pitcher of the Year…Earned Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Year and First Team honor…Named Fastpitch News 2019 Preseason Division II All-American Honorable Mention team…Named NE10 Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 18 and April 29…Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2017-18: Fastpitch News Honorable Mention All-American...NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team...NFCA All-East Region First Team...D2CCA Second Team All-East Region...All-Northeast-10 Conference Second Team...Three-time Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 19, Apr. 9, Apr. 16).
AT SAINT ANSELM
2021: Started 23 games for the Hawks…Finished the season with a 20-3 record and 1.01 ERA which ranked ninth best in NCAA Division II…Completed 20 of her 23 starts with 12 shutouts…Totaled 138.2 innings pitched with 222 strikeouts…An 11.2 strikeouts per seven innings pitched ranked third in NCAA Division II and is a new Saint Anselm program record…Allowed 80 hits and 20 runs…Limited opponents to a .164 batting average…Threw two no-hitters against New Haven on Mar. 20 and Saint Michael’s on Apr. 23…Completed a perfect game against Saint Michael’s on Apr. 24, the first in program history…Opened the season with six consecutive games of double digit strikeouts and eight of nine complete games totaling 61.0 innings pitched, 35 hits, and four runs allowed…Struck out a season-high, 18, in the Apr. 24 matchup with Saint Michael’s…Struck out more than 10 batters in 12 games….Won 19 consecutive starts…Finished the season with a .917 fielding percentage…Holds the second-best single season ERA in program history (1.01), the top spot in opponent batting average (1.64), Helped the Hawks finish No. 7 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.
2020: Pitched in 10 games (nine complete games) with a perfect 10-0 record, striking out 94 batters in 67 innings with an 0.52 earned-run average…Finished with the nation’s fourth best earned-run average (0.52) while ranking 13th in NCAA Division II with 94 strikeouts…Led the NE10 in earned-run average, wins, and strikeouts…Conceded only 3.13 hits per seven innings, on average, to rank seventh in the country…Logged a WHIP (walks+hits/innings pitched) of 0.79, the eighth-best mark in NCAA Division II…Fired her first collegiate no-hitter against Cedarville, breaking the all-time victories record for a pitcher on Feb. 28; was the College’s first no-hitter since the 2002 season…Struck out at least eight batters in all but two games, recording five and seven strikeouts respectively…Kept opponents to two or fewer hits in five of her 10 games in 2020…Ranks fifth in program history in career shutouts (25), seventh in strikeouts (554), eighth in both winning percentage (0.761) and games started (91)...Ranked among the NCAA Division II active leaders at season's end with 60 career complete games…Tied her career-high 14 strikeouts in the 6-0 win over Seton Hill on Feb. 14…Recorded 13 strikeouts in the Hawks' 3-2 victory over West Virginia State on Feb. 16…Season ended early due to coronavirus pandemic…Helped the Hawks finish 12th in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.
2019: Followed 2018 with another stellar season, starting in 34 games in the circle…Racked up a 26-6 overall record and a 1.49 earned run average across 206.02 innings of work…Tallied nine or more strikeouts in 10 of her starts…Finished the year with 226 strikeouts to set a single-season team record…Ranked 10th in NCAA Division II with 26 victories…Fired nine shutouts which ranked 11th-most in the country…Set the single-season team records in innings pitched (206.2) and strikeouts (226), logging the third-lowest batting average against team annals (.201)…Matched her own program record with 26 pitching victories…Had nine total shutouts on the year…Fell just one appearance shy of tying her team record of 26, set last season…Was the eighth-lowest in Hawks history of her 1.49 earned run average…Recorded 300th career strikeout against Mercy…Ranked 12th in the entire conference in total amount of strikeouts with 226 and first in the NE10…Tied for first in the conference in innings pitched (206.2)…Led the conference in wins with 26…Was third in the NE10 in complete games with 22…Ranked 35th in strikeout-to-walk ration (4.81)…Was second in ERA in the conference with a 1.49…Limited Georgian Court, to only one hit across seven innings, striking out 13 batters…Fired a season-high 14 strikeouts against Bentley on Apr. 25…Recorded a perfect 15-0 conference record across 16 games from Mar. 30 through May 3…Fanned 115 batters and allowed only 12 earned runs and pitched 12 complete games in conference play…Earned Most Outstanding Player in the NE10 Tournament en route to helping the Hawks to their first-ever conference championship…Fired 10 innings against Adelphi on May 4, locking down the extra-inning win in the league’s title game…Yielded only one earned run and struck out 19 batters across 21 innings of play in the NCAA Division II East 1 Regional…Pitched two complete game shutouts against cross-town rival Southern New Hampshire to earn the Hawks a spot in the East Super Regional for the second consecutive season.
2018: Made 35 appearances as a sophomore, starting 32 games in the circle…Went 26-5 with a 1.67 ERA and one save…Struck out 184 batters in 193.0 innings with just 39 walks…Threw 19 complete games…Led NE10 in starts and wins, second in innings pitched and appearances, third in strikeouts and ERA, fifth in complete games and strikeouts per seven innings (6.67)…Tied for seventh in Division II in wins and 17th in shutouts (9), 20th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.72), tied for 30th in strikeouts and 34th in ERA…Set single-season school records in wins, appearances, starts, innings pitched and strikeouts…Pitched nine shutouts, tying for second in a single season in program history...Held opponents to .215 batting average – fifth-lowest in program history for a single season…Went 7-1 with a 1.33 ERA over 63.1 innings of work during 10 NCAA Tournament appearances…Threw eight-hit shutout in the 3-0 victory over No. 8 Southern Arkansas to send Hawks to national championship series of 2018 NCAA Division II Softball Championship on May 27…Held No. 8 Southern Arkansas to one run over nine innings of a 2-1, nine-inning win in the team’s first game at the 2018 NCAA Division II Softball Championship on May 24…Pitched both games of the NCAA Division II East Super Regional against LIU Post on May 17-18, holding the Pioneers to one run on seven hits with 14 strikeouts in two complete-game wins…Struck out 10 batters and allowed just one unearned run in a 3-1 victory over Southern N.H. in game two of NCAA Division II East 2 Regional on May 11…Earned first-career save, striking out all six batters she faced in 3-2 win against Merrimack in opening game of NCAA Division II East 2 Regional on May 10…Fanned season-high 12 in two-hit shutout against West Virginia St. during 5-0 victory on Feb. 17…Struck out 11 during four-hit shutout of USciences during 5-0 win on Mar. 5…Tossed one-hit shutout with eight strikeouts in 3-0 win over American Int’l on Apr. 8 before holding No. 23 Southern N.H. to three hits in a 5-0 shutout the next day.
2017: Made 20 appearances in the circle as a freshman, including 15 starts…Was 5-10 with a 3.66 ERA and 10 complete games…Struck out 50 batters in 99.1 innings of work…Second on team in all major pitching categories…Tied for 12th in NE10 in complete games, tied for 19th in starts, 20th in strikeouts, 21st in innings pitched, tied for 22nd in appearances, 23rd in strikeouts per seven innings (3.52) and 29th in ERA…Threw three-hit shutout with one walk and four strikeouts in the 1-0 win over Southern New Hampshire in game two of the doubleheader sweep on Apr. 13...Struck out season-high seven in six-hit shutout in the 2-0 win over Stonehill in game two of the doubleheader sweep on Apr. 29…Allowed two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 2-0 victory at Bentley to seal doubleheader sweep on Apr. 22.
BEFORE SAINT ANSELM: Played four years of softball and two years of volleyball at Amity Regional High School...New Haven Register All-Area Softball Team...All-Southern Connecticut Conference...Amity Softball Most Valuable Player.
PERSONAL: Parents Robert and Melissa...Sister Dana...Majoring in Nursing...Class I, II, and III award recipient...Honor Roll student.