2011 bucknell softball media guide

BUCKNELL SOFTBALL2011 Media Guide

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Quick FactsUniversity Information

Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837Founded: 1846 as the University at LewisburgEnrollment: 3,583Nickname: BisonColors: Orange and BlueAffiliation: NCAA (Div. I), ECACConference: Patriot League* (American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate,Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy) * Institutions sponsoring softball in boldPresident: John BravmanDirector of Athletics: John P. Hardt

Softball InformationFirst Varsity Season: 1979 (507-625-7 all-time record)Head Coach: Heather Rakosik (Muskingum ’98)Record at Bucknell: 116-173-2 (six seasons)Career Record: 188-255-3 (10 seasons)Assistant Coaches: Samantha Kszepka (William Paterson ’04), Katie McConville (Mansfield ’09)Volunteer Assistant Coach: Sandra Mowery (Ohio Wesleyan ’04)2010 Record: 28-20-1, 11-9 Patriot League (3rd)Postseason: Patriot League Champions, NCAA Regional Tournament berth2011 Captains: Alison Ford, Lauren Fry, Sam Rollandi, Jessie SnyderLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 14/7Starters Returning/Lost: 4/5Home Field (Surface): Becker Field/West Fields (grass)Softball Phone: 570-577-3553Softball E-mail: [email protected] Address: Heather Rakosik, Head Softball Coach,Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837Web Site: www.BucknellBison.com

Athletic CommunicationsSoftball Contact: Becky HartPhone: 570-577-1835Fax: 570-577-1660E-mail: [email protected]

Application InformationAdmissions Phone: 570-577-1101Application Deadline: Regular Decision - Jan. 15, 2012; Early Decision I - Nov. 15, 2011; Early Decision II - Jan. 15, 2012; Financial Aid - Nov. 15 (ED)/Jan. 1 (Reg)

2011 RosterNo. Name Cl. Pos. B-T Hometown/High School 1 Mary Horton So. MI/OF L-R Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 2 Bridget Gates So. P L-R Milford, Conn./Acad. of Our Lady of Mercy Lauralton Hall 3 Kathryn Wilkinson So. OF R-R Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 4 Alicia Wheeler Jr. C/OF R-R Scottsdale, Ariz./Paradise Valley High 5 Sam Rollandi Sr. OF R-R San Carlos, Calif./N.D. Belmont 6 Caryn Connors Fr. INF/OF R-R Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township 7 Sophia Geraci Fr. 1B R-R East Moriches, N.Y./Westhampton Beach 8 Jessie Snyder Sr. 2B/UT R-R Tacoma, Wash./Stadium 9 Julia Bonnell Fr. OF L-R Stamford, Conn./King Low Heywood Thomas 10 Cassie Greenhawk So. OF L-R Oxford, Md./Easton 11 Elyse Colmenero Sr. C R-R Fresno, Calif./Central 12 Meredith Dickson Jr. C/OF R-R Fogelsville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh 13 Laura Sandford So. 2B/OF R-R New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt 14 Courtney Conover Fr. P/OF/1B R-L Ocean Township, N.J./Ocean Township 17 Kasey Segiel Fr. 3B R-R Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional 18 Brooke Forgetta Fr. OF R-R Houston, Texas/Bellaire 19 Kara Sullivan Sr. C R-R Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River 21 Lauren Fry Sr. OF L-L South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield 22 Mallory Lyons Fr. SS R-R Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area 23 Alex MacLean So. P R-R Northampton, Pa./Northampton Area 24 Alison Ford Sr. 1B/3B R-R Suisun City, Calif./Fairfield Head Coach: Heather Rakosik (Muskingum ’98), seventh season Asst. Coaches: Samantha Kszepka (William Paterson ’04), third season; Katie McConville (Mansfield ’09), first seasonVolunteer Asst. Coach: Sandra Mowery (Ohio Wesleyan ’04), fourth season

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CreditsThe 2011 Bucknell softball media guide was written, edited and designed by Becky Hart, Bucknell Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. Editorial assistance provided by Todd Merriett. Photography by Marc Hagemeier.

The Department of Athletics and Recreation strives to set the standard of excellence for intercollegiate and intramural programs in higher education, thereby advancing and drawing attention to the mission, core values, and educational goals of Bucknell University.

The Department believes that student-athletes academic programs must be their first priority. It is therefore committed to maintaining Bucknell’s high national ranking for student-athletes graduation rates and for producing Academic All-Americans, and to continued leadership of the Patriot League in Academic Honor Roll nominations, based on grade-point averages. The coaches and staffs paramount responsibility is maintaining academic priorities and supporting student-athletes education, even while providing the rigorous and serious NCAA Division I athletic opportunities Bucknell student-athletes seek.

Further, the Department promotes the personal growth of student-athletes and the general student body by encouraging personal health, development, and balance among intellectual, social, civic, and physical pursuits; by celebrating challenge and competition; and by preparing participants for service and leadership in the world. Coaches and staff direct a rich array of athletic programs and recreational opportunities aimed at increasing student engagement, as well as strengthening character, healthy living, teamwork, sportsmanship, and spirit. In creating shared experiences for students, faculty, and staff, as well as alumni, family, and friends, the Departments programs add substantially to Bucknell’s sense of community and foster life-long relationships with Bucknell.

The Department embraces the University’s decision to compete at the highest extramural level, in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Division I membership is valuable not only because this level of competition maximally challenges student-athletes, but also because it signals clearly Bucknell’s high standards and seriousness of purpose in all extracurricular endeavors and it helps position Bucknell apart from other National Liberal Arts Colleges. Likewise, the competitive success the Department seeks, measured in part by consistent contention for the Patriot League Presidents’ Cup, reflects positively upon Bucknell’s student-athletes and the University alike, and it brings distinction and national recognition to Bucknell.

A student-centered operation, the Department is committed to providing equitable opportunities to women and men, as well as members of minority and majority groups of all kinds. The Department subscribes to, and complies with, all principles and regulations of the Patriot League, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the NCAA.

The department is proud that so many of today’s exemplary Bison scholar-athletes will be tomorrow’s outstanding leaders.

Athletics Mission Statement

be a bison

The term “student-athlete” signifies something extraordinary on the campus of Bucknell University.

Being a Bison means that you have the rare blend of physical skills along with the drive and passion needed to succeed at the highest level of collegiate athletics.

Being a Bison also means that you are a scholar first and foremost. You believe that values associated with Division I ath-letics, such as time management, leader-ship, teamwork and grace under pressure, are but a part of a well-rounded college experience.

At Bucknell, our students, faculty and staff pride themselves as national leaders in upholding the scholar-athlete ideal that balances a challenging academic program with the demands of successful Division I athletics. Being a Bison means that you have pledged to be a student-athlete in the purest sense. In doing so, you will be rewarded for a lifetime.

What it means to

“As Athletes we tAlk About hArd work, dedi-cAtion, respect And perseverAnce. As A bison i’ve leArned to incorporAte these Attributes into the wAy thAt i live my life. being pArt of the softbAll teAm hAs tAught me to constAntly pursue excellence in Anything i endeAvor, And being A student Athlete At bucknell hAs tAught me A sense of community And purpose. my experience As A bison hAs become pArt of who i Am And it will be something thAt i cArry with me long After grAduAtion.”

- Senior JeSSie Snyder

eSPn The Magazine acadeMic all-diSTricT

2009-10PL Scholar-Athlete of Year

TRAVIS NISSLEY

2009-10PL Player of Year

TANIA VARELA


DANIEL FLETCHER

2009-10Academic All-District

LAUREN STOLLER

2009 & 2010All-American

ANDY RENDOS

2009-10Big South

Scholar-Athlete of YearMINJOO LEE

2009-10Academic All-American

PATRICK SELWOOD


SARAH EBRIGHT


ANDREW BROUSE


ALLISON JANDA


TOMMY CASO


JOYCE NOVACEK


KYLE ANTHONY

2009PL Offensive Player of Year

CHRISTA MATLACK

Bucknell Bison AthleticsSetting the Standard of Excellence

Bucknell takes great pride in its commitment to excellence on and off the play-ing fields. From Presidents’ Cups to Academic All-Americans to graduation rates that are ranked annually in the national top-10, Bucknell is clearly at the head of the class when it comes to upholding the scholar-athlete ideal.

According to federal data released by the NCAA each fall, Bucknell’s stu-• dent-athlete graduation rate annually ranks in the top 10 among all Divi-sion I institutions. Bucknell has led the nation in graduation rates twice in the last 10 years, and it ranked No. 2 in the 2008 study. In the most recent survey in the fall of 2009, Bucknell ranked No. 8 in the nation.

Bucknell has claimed a league-high 120 Patriot League Scholar-Athletes • of the Year since the league’s inception as an all-sports conference in 1990-91.

A total of 379 Bison appeared on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll • in 2009-10 after recording a GPA of 3.2 or better during their sport’s com-petition season. Among all BU student-athletes, 257 made the Dean’s List with GPAs of 3.5 or better in the spring of 2010.

In addition to the 119 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-Americans pro-• duced since 1970, Bucknell has also claimed 300 Academic All-District honorees over the same span, including a school-record 22 in 2008-09 and 17 more in 2009-10.

With a school-record-tying eight Patriot League championships in 2009-• 10, Bucknell has now earned 81 crowns in 20 years in the league. In addi-tion, Bucknell has had 109 conference players of the year, 89 PL coaches of the year and a whopping 491 individual league champions from sports such as cross country, track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and golf.

25 of Bucknell’s 27 varsity squads posted team GPAs of 3.0 or better in the • spring of 2010.

Bucknell has captured the Patriot League Presidents’ Cup, signifying the • league’s all-sports champion, 16 times in the 20-year history of the affilia-tion, including 12 of the last 13 years. Bucknell claimed the overall, men’s and women’s Cup titles in 2009-10. It was the 13th straight year and the 16th time overall that the Bison took home the women’s title. In 2009-10, Bucknell won Patriot League titles in women’s cross country, men’s soc-cer, women’s indoor track & field, women’s outdoor track & field, men’s outdoor track & field, women’s rowing, baseball and softball. Addition-ally, the women’s water polo team captured the CWPA Southern Division championship, and the wrestling team sent four student-athletes to the NCAA Championships and produced two All-Americans.

Bucknell ranks FIFTH in the nation (to Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State • and Stanford) in total number of ESPN The Magazine All-America selec-tions with 119.

A major element in ensuring Bucknell’s commitment to athletics excel-• lence is the Kenneth G. Langone Athletics & Recreation Center, which opened fully in 2003. One of the finest collegiate athletics facilities of its kind, the center includes the 4,000-seat Sojka Pavilion, the Olympic class Kinney Natatorium, the Krebs Family Fitness Center and the Berger Family Weight Room. A Hall of Fame area, a display of Bucknell’s Medal of Honor recipients, a new Academic All-America wall, a sports medicine suite, modern offices for coaches and staff, and locker room and class-room space are also included in the facility’s layout.


JESSIE SNYDER


JON LOCKHART


COURTNEY WARREN


SEAN KING


KIM WEAVER

2009-10PL Defensive Player of Year

BRYAN COHEN


MARY PAVLOVICH

2008, 2009 & 2010All-American

AUSTIN WINTER


SHERRY FINKEL

2009 & 2010All-American

RICHIE HYDEN


BEN ALLEN

2010PL Field Athlete of Year

CHELSEY MUSANTE

2009All-American

PL Offensive Player of YearCONOR O’BRIEN


PL Scholar-Athlete of YearLINDSAY SMITH

Bucknell Bison AthleticsA National Model in Promoting the Scholar-Athlete Ideal

Bucknell Athletics is first and foremost a student-centered organization, one that strives to be a national model when it comes to operating by a true scholar-athlete model. At Bucknell, student-athletes’ academic programs are their first priority, and providing a competitive Division I athletics program only advances the mission, values and residential learning goals of the university. To that end, the Department of Athletics and Recreation proactively seeks ways to assist student-athletes in their daily academic pursuits. Below are just some of the student-athlete support programs currently in place.

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE: The faculty athletics representative (FAR) is a member of the faculty or administrative staff who is designated to represent Bucknell in its relationships with the NCAA and the Patriot League. Bucknell’s FAR is Mitch Chernin, Professor of Biology. The FAR can enhance the student-athlete experience by promoting a balance between academics, athletics and the social lives of student-athletes, which affords them opportunities to enjoy the full range of collegiate experiences available to students generally.

SIDELINE COACH PROGRAM: This program is a truly unique initiative in Division I college athletics, and it involves the invitation of a member of the faculty, administra-tion, staff or community by one of Bucknell’s 27 varsity teams. The participant has the opportunity to discuss the overall program with the respective coaching staff, including practice preparation and strategy for the upcoming contest. The sideline coach attends a practice session and an actual intercollegiate competition, where he/she is introduced to the team and gains rarely seen insight into the relationships that exist between player-coach and player-player. The purpose of the Sideline Coaches Program is to foster a better understanding by the faculty and administration of the roles played by coaches and athletes in the university’s competitive in-tercollegiate athletic arena.

ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT CENTER: In the Fall of 2005, the Department of Athletics opened a study/computer lab for student-athletes on the concourse level of Sojka Pavilion. The center is outfitted with computers, a laser printer, four television monitors and a projection unit with computer, VCR and DVD player. Additionally, the study lab can be used as a meeting place for group projects, tutorial area or just a secluded and quiet study space before or after practice.

LAPTOP PROGRAM: The Department of Athletics owns a number of laptop computers that may be signed out by student-athletes for use on away trips.

STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAAC): Representatives from each varsity team comprise the SAAC, which is designed to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity, protecting student-athlete welfare, and fostering a positive student-athlete image. The Committee is an invaluable resource for promoting communication between athletics administration and student-athletes; promoting communication between athletics and campus-wide ad-ministration; providing feedback and insight, as well as soliciting responses into department issues and proposed NCAA legislation; building a sense of community within the athletics program involving all athletics teams; organizing community service projects and efforts; creating a vehicle for student-athlete representation on campus-wide committees; serving as a collective voice of campus student-athletes; and disseminating information to the student-athlete body.

OTHER PROGRAMMING: The Department of Athletics, through the identification of outside speakers and periodic “Brown Bag Luncheons,” thrives to enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience as well as to educate student-athletes on a variety of issues that may affect them throughout their collegiate career. Some recent topics of interest have been alcohol, nutrition, body image, hazing, sexuality, diversity, career development, study skills, religious life and gambling.

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Teams in all sports hope to build off their previous season when looking toward a new one, but few squads are starting in a better position than 2011 Bucknell softball. The Bi-son enter the new campaign just months re-moved from their second-ever Patriot League Championship and the first NCAA Tourna-ment appearance in program history. Even with the success, the Orange and Blue will not be resting on their laurels.

“We’re looking to come back and be as strong as we finished last year,” said head coach Heather Rakosik, who is heading into her seventh season with the Bison. “We have a really good core of upperclassmen return-ing, and are confident that the freshmen can

step in and fill the spots of some graduated players.“We have proved that we can win a league championship, but we want to prove

that we can do it more than once and that we can do it consistently,” Rakosik con-tinued. “This is a brand new year, and we’re looking to continue to make a name for ourselves.”

Bucknell will rely on veteran leadership, including senior captains Alison Ford, Lauren Fry, Sam Rollandi and Jessie Snyder, to help build the Bison name. With nine of its 22 roster spots this spring going to upperclassmen, Bucknell has plenty of experience to call on as it vies for a repeat of one of the most successful seasons in program history. Last season Bucknell tied the school record in wins with a record of 28-20-1; set new program high marks in runs scored (249), doubles (75) and RBI (219); and broke into the top five in games played (49), batting average (.310), hits (403), home runs (20), triples (24), walks drawn (138) and strikeouts for the pitch-ing staff (197).

Rakosik hopes to have that offense in full swing when competition officially gets underway at the Coastal Carolina Kickin’ Chicken Classic Feb. 18-20.

“We’re really looking to put some runs up on the board. Obviously that’s what it’s going to take to win games and give our pitchers some additional confidence. We definitely have a mix of short game, power and singles hitters that should give our opponents different looks every batter.”

Bucknell will have to wait until its March 30 doubleheader vs. Drexel for its first competition on its revamped field. Renamed Becker Field this winter, the Bison’s home now includes new dugouts and backstop, a state-of-the-art scoreboard, new playing surface and double turf batting cage.

PITCHING – Bucknell’s pitching rotation has a wealth of experience that belies its youth. Sophomore Alex MacLean was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, Second Team All-League and the Patriot League Tournament MVP on her way to posting a team-best 13-6 record and 2.76 ERA. Classmate Bridget Gates made an equally huge splash during her debut campaign with a 12-6 record and 3.05 ERA. She was also twice a Patriot League Rookie of the Week.

“We’re definitely looking for them to improve on their freshman year,” said Ra-kosik of MacLean and Gates. “It’s a career, not a season. For us, we’re looking for them to improve year in and year out, to reinvent themselves. Our pitching coach, Sam Kszepka, is pushing them every day to make that happen, and I feel like if we stay on course, then they can continue to be a great duo.”

Filling out the pitching rotation will be freshman left-hander Courtney Con-over.

CATCHING – Bucknell has a quartet behind the plate in Elyse Colmenero, Kara Sullivan, Alicia Wheeler and Meredith Dickson. A two-time First Team All-Patriot League selection, Colmenero was the Bison’s go-to player at catcher last season, making nearly all of her 35 starts at the position. Fellow senior Kara Sullivan saw her game-day action increase last year, and Rakosik expects that trend to continue into the new season.

“She’s a great communicator and has improved immensely over her career,” praised Rakosik.

Juniors Wheeler and Dickson continue to make strides and create a niche for themselves behind the plate as well.

FIRST BASE – The Bison will have a number of options at first base this year, among them senior Ford, who made 30 starts on the right half of the infield last season. A former All-Patriot League selection as a utility player, however, Ford will also be called on to fill a number of different roles. Expect newcomers Conover and Sophia Geraci to also play an integral part in the Orange and Blue’s infield in 2011 as well.

“We do have a couple of freshmen in Courtney Conover and Sophia Geraci that we’re really hoping can step in and help the team defensively as well as at the plate,”

said Rakosik. “We have options, but we’re going to have to look at the schematics of what’s going to give us the best offensive lineup and give us that solid defense that we’re looking for.”

SECOND BASE – Second base is another position in which Bucknell returns an all-league performer. Now a senior, Snyder earned first-team accolades a year ago, adding to her ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District citation for her work in the classroom. Snyder started 46 of her 47 games at second base and led the Patriot League in assists.

“She is a very versatile player that can play almost anywhere, so that’s a good thing,” Rakosik said of Snyder, who also spent time at shortstop last season and started regularly at the position as a freshman. “She’s shown that she’s a top-notch second baseman and a consummate leader on the field.”

Adding depth at the position are Mary Horton, Laura Sandford and Caryn Con-nors. Horton saw most of her game-day action last season as the designated player, showing off her strong left-handed bat. Sandford, who spent most of her time as a pinch runner a year ago, has used the offseason to put her more in the mix at second base in 2011.

“Laura Sandford has improved leaps and bounds and is working harder every day,” said Rakosik. “It’s definitely paying off for her and the team.”

THIRD BASE – Used to splitting her time between first and third base, Ford should continue to get a good amount of time at the hot corner, especially following the graduation of Mary Pavlovich. Ford earned just nine of her 42 starts at third base last season, but the senior co-captain was a First Team All-Patriot League selec-tion as a utility player during her sophomore campaign, showing off her versatility.

“Right now we’re really leaning on Alison Ford to be a leader on the hot corner. She’s somebody who’s proven herself,” said Rakosik. “She’s a very good leader on and off the field and a very steady competitor.”

Up and coming at the position is freshman Kasey Segiel, who will provide some depth behind Ford.

“Kasey Segiel is an extremely hard worker. Every day she gets better and does great things in practice,” lauded Rakosik. “I think she’ll be able to help the team a lot in that position.”

SHORTSTOP – Bucknell will have to replace another stalwart at shortstop hav-ing graduated Alyssa Okita, but the Bison have plenty of options to do so. Freshman Mallory Lyons, who was a first team all-area selection in high school, will be called upon early in her career to meet the team’s needs.

“She’s very capable, and she has a phenomenal arm,” Rakosik said of Lyons, one of the Bison’s seven newcomers this season. “She just needs to continue to mature as a player, but she has all the tools and we’re pushing her every day to be the best shortstop for our team and in the league.”

Snyder and Horton also have more than enough experience in the middle infield and should help solidify the shortstop position for Bucknell.

OUTFIELD – The Orange and Blue’s outfield will show a mix of old and new in 2011. Seniors Lauren Fry and Sam Rollandi provide the experience for the team, while sophomores Cassie Greenhawk and Kathryn Wilkinson, and freshmen Brooke Forgetta, Conover and Julia Bonnell should keep things fresh.

Few have proved their success in the outfield more than Fry, a two-time All-Patriot League first teamer who added Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Region and Pa-triot League All-Tournament to her resume last spring. In the field, she made all 48 of her starts in center, while offensively, she set Bucknell’s single-season walks record (31) and took over a top-three ranking in single-season runs (42) and hits (55) in the program record books. Heading into her final season in the Orange and Blue, Fry will also look to move up the career top-10 lists in runs, where she ranks fifth with 93, as well as in doubles, where she is ninth with 28.

Flanking Fry is Rollandi, who drew all 10 of her starts last season in right field. Although she has found her niche in right, Rollandi has proved herself in a number of other roles as well. As a second-year captain, her leadership has proved invaluable to the Bison, and her ability to enter the game as a pinch hitter or a pinch runner has provided Bucknell with even more threats to opponents.

“She’s proven that she really is most comfortable in right field but can handle being moved around a little bit,” said Rakosik of her veteran. “She’s just a player that has crafted herself into a very good outfielder.”

Greenhawk used her speed to make a name for herself last season, spending much of her game time as a pinch runner. That quickness should translate into added success in the outfield. Joining her is Wilkinson, who is back in action after a knee injury ended her 2010 season prematurely.

“She’s the type of player that will work and work, and she had one of the best arms on the team and still does,” said Rakosik. “We’re looking for her to come in and give us some options for the outfield to make some things happen.”

When not playing other positions, Conover will also fill in in the outfield, as will Bonnell, who brings speed to the position.

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Student-athlete ProfileS

2010: Drew 35 starts in 41 games, almost all at catcher … ranked third on the team in batting average (.345), triples (3) and walks (15) at season’s end … three triples in Patriot League play also tied her for second in the league with teammates Lauren Fry and Jessie Snyder … 15 walks was a personal season high as was her three triples … did not commit an error in Patriot League action … career-best 11-game hitting streak from April 17 to May 1 … streak tied Mary Pavlovich for longest on the team … recorded a season-high three RBI vs. Utah Valley and again at Lehigh … lone home run of the year came against Utah Valley at the Loyola Marymount Showcase … also finished 1-for-2 with two runs and two walks against the Wolverines … earned a pair of extra-base hits in game one vs. Colgate, going 2-2 with a run, a double and a triple.2009: First Team All-Patriot League for second straight year … drew 38 starts in 44 games … fourth on the team in batting average (.307) as a catcher and designated player … recorded a season-high five-game hitting streak at the end of regular-season action … hit two home runs in a game at Army … finished 2-for-3 with three RBI in that contest … also tied a career-best three RBI in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Lehigh … led team with nine sacrifices on the season.2008: First Team All-Patriot League … played in 48 games, starting 45 … finished season ranked in Bucknell’s top 10 in single-season doubles (11) and single-season runs scored (11) … tied for fourth in the Patriot League in doubles … finished 10th in the league in slugging percentage (.465) … posted two 10-game hitting streaks during the season … earned at least one hit in 29 games … hit 4-for-6 with one run and two RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Lehigh … tallied her first career home run vs. Army in a game where she finished 3-for-4 with three RBI … also hit a home run vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) … finished season with a .318 batting average and .986 fielding percentage … led the Patriot League in batting average (.468) and on-base percentage (.507) during league play ... recorded a hit in all 20 league games.Personal/H.S.: Four-year starter in softball and a three-year letterwinner in tennis at Central High School ... all-conference selection in softball as a freshman ... helped lead travel team (Corona Angels Gold) to fifth place at the 80-team Independence Day Tournament ... tennis team captain as a senior ... tennis MVP as a junior ... earned B’nai B’rith award as the top scholar-athlete at Central High School ... was heavily involved in high school student government as the athletic commissioner ... competed against the U.S. National Team in summer 2008 as a member of the Central Cal All-Stars and threw out two base runners, including Caitlin Lowe … Dean’s List member … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2010 ... majoring in economics and women’s and gender studies.

Career Batting StatisticsYear BA G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SF/B SB-A 2008 .318 48/45 129 17 41 11 1 2 20 12 3 16 3/5 0-12009 .307 44/38 101 16 31 4 1 2 17 11 4 18 3/6 3-42010 .345 41/35 84 13 29 6 3 1 12 15 1 19 0/6 1-3 Totals .322 133/118 314 46 101 21 5 5 49 38 8 53 6/17 4-8

2010: Saw action in 12 games … drew two starts at catcher … also came off the bench as the designated player, pinch hitter and pinch runner … first career multi-hit game came at Coppin State where she finished 2-for-4 … also claimed first career extra-base hit and RBI with a double at Saint Francis (Pa.).2009: Saw action in four games, three as a pinch hitter … earned first career hit in a pinch hitting appearance vs. IPFW at Rebel Spring Games … also earned time at catcher.Personal/H.S.: Four-year letterwinner in softball … two-time Colonial League First Team Catcher and Lehigh Valley All-Area Player ... helped Northwestern Lehigh to Colonial League title in 2006… high school team was also the District 11 Champion and a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association AA State Semifinalist in 2007 … Colonial League Academic All-Star … played travel softball with the Allen-town Patriettes ... Keystone State American Legion Award recipient ... earned Na-tional English Merit Award ... Johns Hopkins Gifted and Talented Search selection

… served as treasurer of high school’s National Honor Society, SADD and Future Educators of America … was involved in several activities in high school, including the Debate Team, Drama Club and Country Chorus … father, John, played baseball and basketball at Washington College … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2009, 2010 … majoring in accounting.

Career Batting StatisticsYear BA G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SF/B SB-A 2009 .250 4/0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0-02010 .333 12/2 12 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0/2 0-0 Totals .313 16/2 16 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0/2 0-0

2010: Started 42 of 48 games, primarily at first base … started 30 games at first base, nine at third and three as the designated player … moved into a tie for sixth all-time at Bucknell in career home runs with 10 … finished season tied for third in hits (25), tied for fourth in RBI (16), tied for fifth in total bases (34) and sixth in batting average (.397) in Patriot League play … led Bucknell with 30 RBI on the year and was second on the squad in hits (46), doubles (10) and home runs (3) … primarily hit fourth in the batting order … eight-game hitting streak April 21 through May 2 … also had a trio of four-game hitting streaks … registered 11 multi-hit games … recorded the sacrifice fly that scored Cassie Greenhawk and tied the score in game one of the Pa-triot League Championships vs. Colgate … Bison went on to force a final game with the Raiders after the 4-3 win in nine innings … earned first-ever hit by a Bison in an NCAA Championship game and finished 2-for-2 with a walk at Ohio State … during regular season, hit home runs in back-to-back contests vs. Army … committed just one fielding error in first 31 games of the season.2009: First Team All-Patriot League as a utility player … played in 49 games, the most of any 2010 returning player … 49 games in a single season ranks tied for 10th all-time at Bucknell … started on 47 occasions … saw action at first and third base, as well as designated player … tied for fourth at Bucknell in single-season home runs (6) and tied for ninth for career homers (7) … recorded a season-best six-game hitting streak at the end of March … also started the season with a four-game hitting streak … led the team with 15 RBI and four home runs vs. Patriot League opponents ... recorded three RBI in a single game vs. Lafayette and Lehigh and twice at Colgate … hit 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs and four RBI in the first game of a doubleheader at North Carolina Central … also hit 3-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI vs. Quinnipiac … did not commit an error in first 17 games in the field ... named to Longwood Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team.2008: Played in 32 games, starting 18 … named Patriot League Player of the Week (3/24) … hit a team-best 5-for-9 with three RBI when pinch hitting … connected for her first career home run vs. Eastern Michigan … hit 4-for-5 with three runs and six RBI in two games vs. Coppin State. Personal/H.S.: Three-time First Team All-SCAC selection … named All-Solano County by the Daily Republic … team Rookie of the Year in 2004 … led Fairfield High School to sectional runner-up showings in 2004 and 2005 … three-time scholar-athlete and letterwinner in volleyball … team captain of both soft-ball and volleyball squads … all-league honorable mention choice in volleyball as a senior … named to Principal’s Honor Roll during fall semester of senior year … has played with the West Bay Nuggets Gold and Salinas Wildcats Gold squads … Dean’s List member … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2009, 2010 … majoring in early childhood education.

Career Batting StatisticsYear BA G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SF/B SB-A 2008 .286 32/18 63 8 18 4 1 1 11 6 0 13 0/1 1-1 2009 .268 49/47 138 21 37 5 1 6 29 10 1 16 2/3 2-2 2010 .333 48/42 138 17 46 10 0 3 30 7 0 15 3/0 0-0 Totals .298 129/107 339 46 101 19 2 10 70 23 1 44 5/4 3-3

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2010: Named First Team All-Patriot League for the second time in her career … also selected to Patriot League All-Tournament Team and Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region Second Team … started all 48 games in center field … hit either first or second in the batting order in 47 games … set Bucknell single-season walks record with 31 … also ranks second in single-season runs scored (42) and tied for third in single-season hits (55) … moved into fifth at Bucknell in career runs (93) and ninth in career doubles (28) … led Bison in batting average (.387), at-bats (142), runs (42), hits (55) and walks (31) … also second on the team in doubles (10) and triples (5) … led all players in Patriot League action in runs (17) and ranked second in total bases (41), hits (26), triples (3) and on-base percentage (.493) … also ranked third in Patriot League play in batting average (.406), doubles (6) and slugging percentage (.641), and fourth in walks (10) … recorded a nine-game hitting streak March 7-20 and had hits in 10 of first 11 games of the season … posted a team-best 16 multi-hit games … hit .438 (7-16) with three runs, four walks and an RBI in the Patriot League Tournament … during the regular season, hit .538 (7-13) with eight runs, two doubles, two triples, a home run, seven RBI and two walks in the series vs. Colgate … performance led to second Patriot League Player of the Week honor on April 19 … first award came March 22 after hitting .542 with nine runs, nine RBI, six walks and a home run during spring break trip in Los Angeles.

2009: Played in 41 games, drawing 37 starts in left field … led the Bison and tied for third in the Patriot League with five doubles against conference foes … posted a team-high nine doubles against all op-ponents … hit .300 with nine walks and no strikeouts vs. Patriot League opponents … reached base in 23 of first 26 games … recorded a season-best five-game hitting streak April 4-8 against Lafayette and Saint Francis (Pa.).2008: Named Patriot League Rookie of the Year ... selected First Team All-Patriot League ... honored as Patriot League Rookie of the Week three times (3/17, 3/31, 4/7) ... saw action in 48 games, starting 45 ... tied for seventh on program’s single-season

RBI (31) and runs scored (32) lists ... also tied Bucknell freshman record for most RBI in a single season ... tied for eighth on program single-season doubles list (11) ... ranked among the Patriot League’s top 10 in on-base percentage (4th, .417), doubles (T-4th, 11), total bases (T-5th, 70), runs (T-6th, 32), batting average (7th, .336), hits (7th, 49), RBI (7th, 31), walks (T-8th, 17) and slugging percentage (9th, .479) ... tied teammate Ashley Carlson for team lead in runs scored ... also tied Erin Curatola and Elyse Colmenero for team lead in doubles ... recorded a .963 fielding percentage ... hit 3-for-4 with five RBI and one run in the final game against Army ... also hit 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI earlier in the series vs. the Black Knights ... finished 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI and one run in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Colgate ... hit her first career home run in a game at UMBC in which she went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.Personal/H.S.: Three-year softball starter at South Plainfield High School … led team to 2005 state title … two-time First Team Greater Middlesex County selection … played with Tuff-N-Tuffer Gold travel team … member of honor roll every semester … National Honor Society member … listed among Who’s Who Among High School Students … 2006-07 student council president at South Plainfield … Dean’s List mem-ber … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2009, 2010 … majoring in psychology.


2010: Made 26 appearances with 19 starts at pitcher … ranks eighth in program history in single-season appearances (26), tied for seventh with 12 wins and tied for ninth with 133.1 innings pitched … led Bucknell in innings pitched … ranked in the top 10 in Patriot League play in ERA (sixth, 2.98), strikeouts (third, 40), wins (sixth, 5), opponent batting average (sixth, .280), appearances (third, 11), starts (sixth, 8), relief appearances (sixth, 3), innings pitched (fifth, 56.1), hits allowed (10th, 63), runs allowed (eighth, 31), home runs allowed (third, 2), walks allowed (seventh, 18) and doubles allowed (10) … finished season with a 12-6 record … joined classmate Alex MacLean as the first Bison with at least 10 wins in their freshman season since 1992 … did not allow an earned run and went 3-0 in first three career appearances … named Patriot League Rookie of the Week March 8 after going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA at the George Mason Invitational … earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week for a second time on April 19 after going 3-0 with a 1.27 ERA, 16 strikeouts and three walks against Colgate … at the plate, went 2-for-3 with a run vs. Harvard … also went 1-1 as a pinch hitter at Mount St. Mary’s.Personal/H.S.: Four-year letterwinner in softball ... team captain as a senior ... member of the 2008 Class M State Champion team … also was named the State Tournament MVP … four-time All-Con-ference … CHSCA All-State selection in 2008 and 2009 … twice selected to the Hartford Courant All-State, New Haven Register All-Area and Connecticut Post All-Area teams … received William Garfield/Lauralton Softball Scholarship as a senior … earned Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics in 2007 … awarded Excellence in Spanish Composition and English Language and Literature in 2008 … four-year honor roll student … member of National Honor Society … played travel softball with the CT Charmers Gold ... major is undeclared.

Career Pitching StatisticsYear ERA W-L G/GS CG SHO S IP H R ER BB SO OBA HP2010 3.05 12-6 26/19 10 2 0 133.1 159 79 58 30 69 .293 1 Totals 3.05 12-6 26/19 10 2 0 133.1 159 79 58 30 69 .293 1

Career Batting StatisticsYear BA G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SF/B SB-A 2010 .429 5/3 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0/0 0-0 Totals .429 5/3 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0/0 0-0

2010: Saw action in 35 games during her debut season … earned five starts in the outfield … last eight appearances of the season came as a pinch runner … entered

the game as pinch runner 22 times during the sea-son … claimed first career hit at Mount St. Mary’s, entering the game as a pinch hitter … finished 1-for-2 with a run against the Mount … scored the game-tying run in game one of the Patriot League Championships vs. Colgate … Bison went on to force a final game with the Raiders after the 4-3 win in nine innings … 13 runs scored was second among Bucknell freshmen … did not commit a fielding er-ror … finished the year 2-for-3 in stolen bases.Personal/H.S.: Four-year letterwinner in softball ... 2009 team captain ... member of the 2008 2A State Champion and 2006 runner-up teams … 2008 Louisville Slugger Second Team All-Southern Re-gion at second base ... helped team to four confer-

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2010: Saw action in 42 games, starting 24 … made 21 starts as the designated play-er and three at second base … recorded a season-best five-game hitting streak March 28-31 and finished with seven multi-hit games … scored in each of her first three games … emerged as Bucknell’s top-hitting freshman with a .309 average (29-94) … entered the game as a pinch hitter 15 times … 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter at Ohio State in the NCAA Regional Championships … four stolen bases (on five attempts) was second-most on the team … recorded a career-best three hits and two RBI vs. Marist at the George Mason Invitational … also had two runs and a double against the Red Foxes … hit 1-for-1 with two runs and two walks in game two vs. Colgate during the regular season.Personal/H.S.: Four-year letterwinner ... served as softball team captain … 2008 All-County Second Team selection … hit .464 with a .525 on-base per-centage and 32 RBI in 2008 … member of St. Thomas Calini track and field … earned the 100+ Hours Com-munity Service Award … Junior Classical League (Latin Club) member … member of National Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society … played travel softball with the Florida Fury ... high school teammate of Bison classmate Kathryn Wilkinson ... sister, Mallorie, played softball at Webber Interna-tional University ... majoring in accounting.


2010: Patriot League Rookie of the Year … Second Team All-Patriot League selec-tion … Patriot League Tournament MVP honoree … Patriot League All-Tournament Team … appeared in a team-best 28 games with 21 starts at pitcher … finished debut campaign tied for third in wins (13), tied for fourth in appearances (28), tied for eighth in strikeouts (92) and tied for 10th in games started (21) and shutouts (3) on Bucknell’s single-season record lists … led the team in ERA (2.76), wins (13), ap-pearances (28), starts (21), complete games (15), shutouts (3), strikeouts (92) and opponent batting average (.255) … in the Patriot League Tournament, finished 4-1 with three complete games, five earned runs, 19 strikeouts and five walks in 30.0 innings pitched … held opponents to .193 hitting in the Patriot League Tourna-ment … threw a no-hitter vs. La Salle on April 21 … first no-hitter since Bucknell Hall of Famer Sharon Nichols blanked Lehigh in 1991 … performance vs. Explorers and 5-1 win over Lehigh led to second career Patriot League Pitcher of the Week nod on April 26 … also had a career-best eight strikeouts in the win over Lehigh … recorded three more games with seven strikeouts … named Patriot League Pitcher

2010: Appeared in 22 games with 10 starts … all 10 starts came in right field … recorded a season-best three-game hitting streak to open the spring … later had hits vs. Utah Valley and La Salle … earned two extra-base hits on the season, recording a triple vs. Cornell and a double vs. Marist in back-to-back games … also made three appearances as a pinch hitter and four as a pinch runner.2009: Named team co-captain … saw action in 24 games … drew seven starts, includ-ing six in the outfield … also earned appearances at pinch hitter and pinch runner … recorded a hit in the first game of the season at Campbell … also earned a hit as a pinch hitter vs. Butler.2008: Played in 31 games, starting 19 … hit 2-for-2 with one RBI and one stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Army … also scored three runs vs. Coppin State … had a pair of two-RBI games … finished the season 3-for-3 in stolen bases … did not commit a fielding error.Personal/H.S.: Three-time honorable mention all-league choice … team Coaches Award winner as a freshman and the Most Inspirational Award as a sophomore and junior … member of San Jose Lady Sharks Gold summer team … four-time honor roll member … earned High Academic Achievement with 4.0 grade-point averages in the first semester of both freshman and sophomore years at Notre Dame Belmont High School … National Honor Society member … only junior at Notre Dame High School to pass the American Math Contest ... Dean’s List member … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2010 … majoring in management.

Career Batting StatisticsYear BA G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SF/B SB-A 2008 .283 31/19 53 11 15 0 1 0 9 6 3 12 1/5 3-3 2009 .095 24/7 21 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0/1 0-12010 .217 22/10 23 4 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 9 0/2 0-0 Totals .227 77/36 97 19 22 1 2 0 9 11 5 28 1/8 3-4

ence titles ... also helped squad to regional title as a freshman … Easton High School MVP in 2008 … four-time Minds in Motion Scholar-Athlete and three-time NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete … hit .653 as a junior … Maryland Distinguished Scholar Honorable Mention … Principal’s Honor Roll 2005-08 … honor roll student … member of National Honor Society … played travel softball with the Virginia Stars Gold … Dean’s List member … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2010 ... major is undeclared.


of the Week on March 29 after going 1-0 with 0.00 ERA, seven strikeouts and one hit at Coppin State … finished season with 13-6 record … joined classmate Bridget Gates as the first Bison with at least 10 wins in their freshman season since 1992 … earned first career win vs. North Dakota at the Loyola Mary-mount Showcase … did not allow a run on three hits in 5.0 innings pitched against the Fighting Sioux … recorded a six-game winning streak April 4-17 … ranked in the top five in Patriot League action in ERA (fourth, 2.07), strikeouts (third, 40), oppo-nent batting average (.267), home runs allowed (2), runs allowed (24) and doubles allowed (7) … pitched seven complete games in 10 Patriot League appear-ances.Personal/H.S.: Four-time letterwinner in softball ... 2009 team captain ... holds school records for career wins and shutouts ... 2009 Northampton Press Athlete of the Year ... three-time Express Times All-Area and Morning Call All-Area teams ... First Team Lehigh Valley Conference as a senior ... second team all-state ... 2008 Second Team Northampton Division Pitcher … member of the 2007 LVC Confer-ence Champion team …member of ASA Eastern National runner-up team … helped team to Phillies’ Carpenter Cup title in 2008 and runner-up finish in 2007 ... 2007 First Team LVC Northampton Division Pitcher … Courier Freshman Female Athlete of the Year in 2006 … posted an ERA of .71 in 2007 and .75 in 2008 as a junior … three-year officer in student government, including president as a senior … played travel softball with the Sellersville Belles ... major is undeclared.

Career Pitching StatisticsYear ERA W-L G/GS CG SHO S IP H R ER BB SO OBA HP2010 2.76 13-6 28/21 15 3 0 132.0 132 71 52 46 92 .255 7 Totals 2.76 13-6 28/21 15 3 0 132.0 132 71 52 46 92 .255 7

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2010: Named First Team All-Patriot League … ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team selection … started all 47 games in which she appeared … 46 starts came at second base … led all players in Patriot League action in assists (56) and ranked second in triples (3) … tied a career-best five-game hitting streak May 1-14 … also had six multi-hit games … singled to right field and scored the go-ahead run in the Patriot League Championship game vs. Colgate that clinched Bucknell’s first-ever trip to the NCAA Regionals … went 0-for-0 with three walks and scored three runs in game one vs. Colgate during the regular season … combined to go 5-for-7 with five runs vs. the Raiders on day two of the regular-season series … primarily hit seventh in the batting order.2009: Appeared in 48 games, starting 45 … served as second baseman in 26 games and shortstop in 22 … recorded a team-best slugging percentage of .596 … led team with four home runs and was second in batting average at .385 vs. Patriot League opponents … hit two home runs in a game at Colgate on April 11 to finish 2-for-4 with three runs and three RBI … also had a home run, four RBI and two runs in the first game of a doubleheader at North Carolina Central … broke into Bucknell record books by tying for ninth in career home runs (7) … also tied for fourth at the university in single-season home runs (6) … ranked in the Patriot League in slugging percent-age (fourth, .673), OBP (eighth, .459), batting average (t-seventh, .385), home runs (t-fourth, 4) and total bases (t-sixth, 35) … recorded a career-best five-game hitting streak at the end of April … earned three hits in each game of a doubleheader at Army during that stretch … hit 3-for-3 in the first game vs. the Black Knights, followed by 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in the second matchup.2008: Played in 51 games, the most by a 2009 returning player … appearance total ranks her third on Bucknell’s single-season games played list … started in 49 games … tallied a season-high three hits vs. Towson in four at-bats … also scored a run … hit her first home run in the second game of a doubleheader at Lafayette … went 1-for-2 with three runs, two RBI, a triple and a stolen base vs. Coppin State … finished a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases on the season, including three steals vs. Holy Cross at the end of the regular season.Personal/H.S.: Earned four letters in softball and three in volleyball at Stadium High School … three-time First Team All-Narrows League in softball … copped second-team plaudits as a freshman … three-year team captain … team’s MVP, Offensive Player

2010: Made 11 starts in 24 games … 10 starting assignments came at catcher with the 11th as the designated player … all four hits on the season came in three consecu-tive appearances … went 1-for-1 with an RBI as pinch hitter vs. Utah Valley, 2-for-2 with a three-run homer as starting catcher at Coppin State and 1-for-2 with a walk as starting catcher at Drexel during that stretch … set single-season highs in at-bats (22), runs (8), hits (4) and walks (8).2009: Played in 18 games … drew 15 starts, all at catcher … also served as the designated player and pinch runner … earned hits in back-to-back appearances at North Carolina Central and vs. Quinnipiac … single at North Carolina Central was first career hit … connected for a grand slam against Quinnipiac … committed just one fielding error on the season. 2008: Played in five games … earned a start against George Washington … totaled three at-bats during the season … scored a run vs. Army.Personal/H.S.: Three-sport star at Shoreham-Wading River High School … three-year member of the softball team … team captain as a senior … played with North Shore Rebels travel team … volleyball team MVP and captain in 2005 … all-division runner in only year on the cross country team in 2006 … National Honor Society member … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2008 ... studied abroad in Scotland during 2009 fall semester ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies: economics and math.



of the Year and Most Inspirational Player as a junior … helped team to fourth-place finish in the state of Washington … key member of Washington Sidewinders Gold travel team … Second Team All-Narrows League selection in volleyball as a junior … honorable mention choice the year before … volleyball team captain as a senior … named a Superintendent Scholar … member of honor roll for four years … Dean’s List member … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2008, 2009 ... majoring in English.


2010: Saw action in 25 games during debut campaign … made 20 appearances as a pinch runner … also entered the game twice at second base and twice as a pinch hitter … earned first career hit as pinch hitter at Mount St. Mary’s … scored in three straight games at Lafayette after entering as pinch runner.Personal/H.S.: Earned four letters in softball and three in field hockey ... member of the 2006 New Jersey Group I State Champion team and three-time conference and sectional champion squads … also named Third Team Ocean County and Sec-ond Team All-Conference in 2006 and 2009 … two-time First Team All-Conference (2007, 2008) … earned 2008 Warrior Award … served as field hockey team captain in 2008 ... helped field hockey team to state championship in 2005 … Second Team All-Conference in field hockey (2007, 2008) … serves as a New Jersey Girls’ State Delegate and senior class representative … member of National Honor Society … played travel softball with the New Jersey Breakers … Dean’s List member ... major is undeclared.


2010: Made 22 appearances … started in three games, one each at catcher, right field and designated player … went 1-for-2 with a stolen base at Coppin State ... also hit 1-for-1 with an RBI double at Drexel … made six pinch running appearances,

including at Ohio State during the NCAA Regional Championships … saw limited playing time at the end of the season due to a shoulder injury.2009: Appeared in 20 games, drawing one start as the designated player vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) … stole a base in first career game vs. Ohio … entered the game as a pinch hitter on 10 occasions … scored lone run of the season vs. Yale at the Rebel Spring Games after entering the game as a pinch hitter.Personal/H.S.: Class 4A all-star as a senior in 2008 … honorable mention all-region selection ... helped travel team, Americans Gold, to 2007 ASA 18U state championship ... three-year member of varsity softball team at Paradise Valley High School

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Newcomer Profiles

2010: Saw action in 18 games, starting three in right field … also made four appear-ances as a pinch runner and four as a pinch hitter … earned first career hit vs. Utah Valley, going 1-for-3 with an RBI … also went 1-for-1 with an RBI as a pinch hitter vs. Holy Cross … missed the last 25 games due to a knee injury.Personal/H.S.: Three-year letterwinner in softball ... awarded Second Team All-County in 2009 and Honorable Mention in 2008 … hit .419 in 2008 with 22 runs batted in and a .551 on-base percentage … high school’s team finished season 25-5 in 2008 … earned the 100+ Hours Community Service Award … Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam … member of the Junior Classical League and National Hon-or Society – veritas chapter … played travel softball with the Florida Fury ... high school teammate of Bison classmate Mary Horton ... majoring in political science and history.


Personal/H.S.: Four-year letterwinner in softball, soccer and basketball … two-year captain in each sport … named all-league in softball sophomore through senior seasons … also earned all-league honorable mention as a freshman … two-time re-cipient of softball team’s most improved player award … named all-city in soccer as a senior and all-league sophomore through senior years … selected to All-New Eng-land and all-league teams and earned Coaches Award in basketball all four years … member of Environmental Club and Gay-Straight Alliance in high school … finished junior and senior years with high honors … attended Nation Youth Leadership Fo-rum with a focus on medicine as a rising high school senior ... major is undeclared.

Personal/H.S.: Four-year varsity starter in softball … three-time All-Conference selection … named captain of high school and travel teams … National Merit Scholar … Honor Roll member … member of National Honor Society, National Mathemat-ics Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society … played basketball all four years … played travel softball for Orland Park Sparks ... major is undeclared.

Personal/H.S.: Named All-Monmouth County in 2008 and 2009 … also selected All-Shore Third Team and All-Division in 2009 … Spartan Scholar … member of National Honor Society … played travel softball for Jersey Intensity Gold ... major is undeclared.

Personal/H.S.: Four-year varsity starter at Bellaire High School … member of team that qualified for Regional Semifinals in 2008 and 2009 … selected First Team All-District in 2009 and Second Team All-District in 2008 … also named Second Team All-Greater Houston in 2009 … member of National Honor Society … AP Scholar … National Merit Commended … born in Boston, Mass. … played travel softball with Texas Peppers Gold ... major is undeclared.

Personal/H.S.: Four-year starter at first base … earned Suffolk County Rookie of the Year and Westhampton Beach Coach’s Award as a freshman … named All-League three times … also named All-Division as a sophomore and junior and All-County as a junior … named Westhampton Beach High School’s Best Female Athlete in 2010 … two-year softball team captain … also played varsity volleyball as a freshman and sophomore … earned Advanced Math and Business Student awards in 2008 … four-year member of Principal’s Honor Roll … member of National Honor Society, For-eign Language Honor Society and Science Honor Society … played travel softball for Long Island Express ... majoring in management.

Personal/H.S.: Selected First Team All-Chesmont … also selected First Team All-Area … team captain as a junior and senior … chosen Best Offensive Player as a ju-nior … four-year honor roll student … member of National Honor Society … played travel softball for Pennsbury Gems ... major is undeclared.

Personal/H.S.: Earned four letters in softball and three in basketball … 2009 Tri-bune Review All-Star … member of National Honor Society and Science National Honor Society … achieved Highest Honors with Distinction … played travel softball with Pittsburgh Spirit ... major is undeclared

... also spent one year on track squad ... four-year member of marching band ... was drum major for two years ... member of National Honor Society and the Society of Women’s Scholars ... studies abroad during 2010 fall semester … Dean’s List mem-ber … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2009, 2010 … majoring in political sci-ence and Spanish.

Career Batting StatisticsYear BA G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SF/B SB-A 2009 .000 20/1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0/1 1-2 2010 .125 22/3 16 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0/0 1-1 Totals .067 42/4 30 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 0/1 2/3

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Heather Rakosik was hired as the fourth head coach in the history of the Bucknell softball program in 2004 and enters her seventh season at the helm in 2011.

When hired, Rakosik had just finished leading Ohio Wesleyan to a record-setting season. Led by three all-region performers and the first All-American in program history, the Battling Bishops won a school-record 28 games and captured the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title for the first time. In three seasons as head coach at OWU, Rakosik’s teams improved their record every year, and she compiled a 60-54-1 overall ledger.

A native of Toledo, Ohio, Rakosik led the 2008 Bison to their first tourna-ment in three years on her way to being named the Patriot League Coach of the Year. The tournament appearance came on the heels of close calls in 2006 and 2007 when Bucknell entered the final weekend of regular-season play in playoff contention but fell just short.

The 2010 squad earned Bucknell’s third consecutive postseason appearance and was Rakosik’s fourth Patriot League Tournament contender. After guiding the Bison to their second Patriot League Champion-ship trophy, Rakosik led the 2010 team to the program’s first-ever NCAA Championships appearance and a trip to the Columbus, Ohio, Region with California, Ohio State and Kentucky. With a 28-20-1 re-cord at the season’s end, Rakosik’s squad also tied the Bucknell record for most wins in a season.

After taking over a Bucknell team that went 14-26 overall and 8-12 in the Patriot League in 2004, she helped the Bison increase their win total to 16 in her first season as they qualified for the Patriot League Tournament for the second

rAkosik fileEducation

1993-1998: Muskingum University, Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) Health and Physical Education1998-2000: Defiance College, Master of Arts Education

Coaching Experience1998-2000: Defiance College Assistant Softball Coach Defiance College Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach2000-2001: Hiram College Head Softball Coach Hiram College Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach2001-2004: Ohio Wesleyan University Head Softball Coach Ohio Wesleyan University Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach2004-pres.: Bucknell University Head Softball Coach

Work Experience2000: BP Oil Headquarters Fitness Director2000-2001: Hiram College Fitness for Life course PHED 200 Instructor2001-2004: Ohio Wesleyan University Physical Education Instructor

consecutive year after enduring a three-year hiatus from the postseason. That year Rakosik helped tutor Lauren Wible to a .524 batting average, which led the nation.

The last several years Rakosik has expanded the team’s schedule to nearly 50 games in hopes of preparing the team better for Patriot League play. Additionally, she has had the squad begin the season in mid-February, rather than mid-March, as had been the case before her arrival.

In addition to her duties as head softball coach at Ohio Wesleyan, Rakosik also served as an instructor in the physical education department as well as assistant women’s basketball coach. She helped guide the team to a winning record in each of her three seasons, highlighted by an NCAC championship and NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” appearance in 2002.

Prior to her tenure at Ohio Wesleyan, Rakosik served as head softball coach and assistant women’s basketball coach at Hiram College. There, she led the diamond squad to its best overall record in 11 years.

Rakosik is a 1998 graduate of Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio. She graduated cum laude with a degree in health and physical education, as well as a K-12 teaching certificate. She also gained valuable athletics experi-ence working as an assistant in the sports information office as well as with the women’s athletic director. As a student-athlete, Rakosik starred in both basketball and softball. On the hardwood she was a 1,000-point scorer (1,378) who broke school records for points (37) and 3-pointers (8) made in a game. She was a First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection in softball and the recipient of the OAC Clyde A. Lamb Scholar-Athlete Award. Her stellar career with the Muskies recently led to her induction into the Muskingum Athletic Hall of Fame in the fall of 2009.

Rakosik went on to earn a master’s degree in education from Defiance (Ohio) College in 2000. While at Defiance, Rakosik also served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the women’s basketball program, helping to guide the team to a 22-5 record and a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. As the head junior varsity coach, she led her team to a 14-3 record.

At Bucknell, Rakosik has won more than 100 games in her first six seasons and in 2008 passed Janelle Breneman for second place on the Bison career wins list.

During her first six years at the helm of the Bison, Rakosik has tutored nine different players to First Team All-Patriot League plaudits, including two-time selections Lauren Litts, Lauren Wible, Elyse Colmenero and Lauren Fry. Addi-tionally, eight other players have earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors and two more have been named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year.

All-time coAching records

Coach (Years) W-L-T Pct.Terrie Grieb (1979-90, 1992-2000) 307-324-2 .487Dale Franquet (1991) 28-11-1 .713Janelle Breneman (2001-04) 56-117-2 .326Heather Rakosik (2005-pres.) 116-173-2 .402Totals 507-625-7 .448

coaching Staff

hEAthER RAkOSikhead coach

Seventh SeaSonmuSkingum ’98

at Bucknell: 116-173-2


Samantha Kszepka, a former All-American player at William Paterson Uni-versity, was named an assistant softball coach at Bucknell in July 2008.

Kszepka works closely with the Bucknell pitchers and is an integral part of the Bison recruiting effort. In her second year with the program, Kszepka helped guide current Bison pitcher Alex MacLean to Patriot League Rookie of the Year and Patriot League Tournament MVP honors.

Kszepka, a highly decorated player during her college career, was a Third Team All-America selection as a utility player in 2002. She was also the New Jersey Athletic Conference and ECAC Player of the Year the same season when she hit a team-best .463 with three home runs and 30 runs batted in and posted a 13-4 record with a miniscule 0.86 ERA. After a 9-1 mark in the circle as a senior in 2003, Kszepka finished her career 36-10 with a 1.50 ERA.

A 2004 graduate of William Paterson with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and movement science, Kszepka broke into coaching at the high school level in 2006 when she was an assistant softball coach at Willingboro High School in New Jersey. The New Egypt, N.J., native also taught health and physical education at Willingboro for two years.

Kszepka made the jump to the college level in 2007 when she joined the softball staff at nearby Susquehanna University and helped lead the squad to a solid 16-12 mark. While with the Crusaders she direct-ed workouts for the pitchers, assisted with recruiting and implemented the winter workout and conditioning program.

A year later Kszepka moved to Division I Norfolk State as an assistant. There, she was the recruiting coordinator and was in charge of workouts for pitchers, catchers and the outfield for a team that posted 23 victories.

A recent graduate of Mansfield University, Katie McConville became the newest member the Bucknell coaching staff when she joined the team prior to the 2011 season.

McConville was a four-year student-athlete with Mansfield softball. She also served as a Student Advisory Committee representative and as team captain during her senior campaign with the Mounties. Off the field, the Lake Ariel, Pa., native earned her bachelor’s degree in mass communications and public relations and minored in history. McConville also served as a representative with the university’s orientation program, giving campus tours and organizing information sessions for students.

McConville has developed experience in diverse camp settings over the last several years. Most recently she worked as the Pool & Aquatics Manager at Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh, N.C., and was an intern with the Clemson University Adventure Camp. While at Clemson, McConville taught wilderness safety and ethics as well as served as an instructor in activities such as mountain biking, canoeing, hiking, rock climbing and rafting.

Previously, she was a counselor with the New York State Sheriffs’ Associa-tions Summer Camp. Working in conjuction with D.A.R.E. and the New York State Sheriffs’ Department, McConville taught team sports to underprivileged children and educated them on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.

coaching Staff

Sandra Mowery, a former student-athlete at Ohio Wesleyan under current Bison head coach Heather Rakosik, is in her fourth year as an assistant coach with the Bison. Mowery began her tenure as a graduate assistant coach and is now in her second season as a volunteer assistant.

Mowery, a native of Euclid, Ohio, was a four-year letterwinner on the Ohio Wesleyan softball team from 2001-04, the last three with Rakosik as her mentor. She served as team captain her senior year, was named First Team All-North Coast Athletic Conference and helped the team to a share of a conference title be-fore graduating with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education in 2004.

Following graduation, Mowery was a permanent building substitute teacher at Thomas Jefferson Magnet School, an employee of the Euclid Board of Educa-tion and a private tutor for third- and fifth-grade students in subjects ranging from math and science to spelling.

In addition to her many experi-ences in school settings, Mowery spent nearly a decade working for Euclid Parks and Recreation in vari-ous roles, including as a sports camp counselor.

In 2007, Mowery got her start coaching at the high school level when she served as Euclid High School’s junior varsity softball coach.

Mowery recently completed her master’s degree in counseling at Bucknell.

For the fifth consecutive year, Bucknell led the league in Academic Honor Roll selections as 12 Bison were recognized in 2010. The Patriot League’s Academic Honor Roll cites student-athletes with a grade-point average of 3.20 or better during the semester coinciding with his or her sport.

pAtriot leAgue AcAdemic honor roll

Name Major Elyse Colmenero ...........................Economics/ Women’s and Gender Studies Meredith Dickson ......................... Accounting Sherry Finkel ............. Environmental Studies Alison Ford ...........Early Childhood Education Lauren Fry .....................................Psychology Cassie Greenhawk ......................... Undeclared Alyssa Okita ................................Mathematics

SAMANthA kSzEpkAaSSiStant coach

third SeaSonwilliam PaterSon ’04

kAtiE MCCONviLLEaSSiStant coach

firSt SeaSonmanSfield ’09

SANdRA MOwERYvolunteer aSSiStant coach

fourth SeaSonohio weSleyan ’04

Name Major Mary Pavlovich ........................... Biology Sam Rollandi ......................Management Jessie Snyder............................... English Lauren Trosch ...........................Spanish/ Environmental Studies Alicia Wheeler ..............Political Science/ Spanish


Player Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA

Bridget Gates .429 5-3 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 .429 0 1 2 0 0 0-0

Lauren Fry .387 48-48 42 55 10 5 2 2 25 .570 31 3 17 0 4 3-6

Jane Messersmith .358 43-41 109 22 39 4 6 2 17 .560 6 3 15 2 5 5-7

Elyse Colmenero .345 41-35 84 13 29 6 3 1 12 .524 15 1 19 0 6 1-3

Sherry Finkel .341 48-46 135 21 46 11 1 3 28 .504 9 0 10 1 8 0-0

Alison Ford .333 48-42 138 17 46 10 0 3 30 .471 7 0 15 3 0 0-0

Meredith Dickson .333 12-2 12 1 4 1 0 0 1 .417 0 0 3 0 2 0-0

Lauren Trosch .333 41-0 6 16 2 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 1 0 0 1-2

Mary Pavlovich .323 45-44 130 25 42 10 1 4 28 .508 21 2 9 1 8 3-3

Mary Horton .309 42-24 94 19 29 7 2 0 8 .426 9 2 8 0 1 4-5

Shelly McCormack .308 42-36 104 10 32 8 1 1 23 .433 3 3 17 2 6 0-0

Jessie Snyder .258 47-47 124 16 32 3 3 0 14 .331 13 0 20 1 7 2-5

Laura Sandford .250 25-0 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0-1

Alyssa Okita .223 48-48 121 7 27 3 1 3 22 .339 7 2 18 2 9 2-2

Sam Rollandi .217 22-10 23 4 5 1 1 0 0 .348 4 1 9 0 2 0-0

Cassie Greenhawk .200 35-5 10 13 2 0 0 0 0 .200 2 1 3 0 0 2-3

Kara Sullivan .182 24-11 22 8 4 0 0 1 4 .318 8 0 1 0 1 0-0

Kathryn Wilkinson .150 18-3 20 4 3 0 0 0 2 .150 3 0 2 0 1 1-1

Alicia Wheeler .125 22-3 16 1 2 1 0 0 1 .188 0 0 4 0 0 1-1

Totals .310 49 1301 249 403 75 24 20 219 .450 138 19 173 12 60 25-39

Opponents .279 49 1286 202 360 58 12 24 179 .399 100 19 197 6 36 29-38

Pitcher ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO AB BA WP

Alex MacLean 2.76 13-6 28 21 15 3 0 132.0 132 71 52 46 92 517 .255 7

Bridget Gates 3.05 12-6 26 19 10 2 0 133.1 159 79 58 30 69 542 .293 1

Liz Fanning 3.97 2-1 10 3 1 0 0 24.2 27 17 14 4 16 103 .262 2

Jane Messersmith 6.69 1-7 10 6 1 0 1 30.1 42 35 29 20 20 127 .331 12

Totals 3.34 28-20 49 49 27 5 1 320.1 360 202 153 100 197 1289 .279 22

Opponents 4.33 20-28 49 49 28 5 1 322.0 403 249 199 138 173 1301 .310 33

2010 results (28-20-1, 11-9 pl)March 6 at George Mason # W, 6-3 vs. Cornell # L, 10-6March 7 vs. Marist # W, 11-0 (5 inn.) vs. Cornell # L, 6-1March 16 vs. Harvard $ W, 7-6March 18 vs. Utah Valley % L, 7-6 (8 inn.) at Loyola Marymount % L, 10-1March 19 vs. North Dakota % W, 7-4 at Loyola Marymount % L, 14-2 (5 inn.)March 20 vs. Utah Valley % L, 13-10 vs. North Dakota % W, 9-1 (5 inn.)March 28 at Coppin State L, 5-0 at Coppin State W, 9-1 at Coppin State W, 9-1 (5 inn.)March 31 at Drexel L, 3-1 at Drexel W, 3-2 (9 inn.)April 3 HOLY CROSS * W, 8-0 (5 inn.) HOLY CROSS * W, 8-1April 4 HOLY CROSS * L, 2-1 (8 inn.) HOLY CROSS * L, 5-4April 6 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 11-4 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 8-0 (5 inn.)

April 10 at Lafayette * W, 6-5 at Lafayette * W, 9-1 (5 inn.)April 11 at Lafayette * L, 5-4 at Lafayette * W, 3-1April 15 at Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 5-4 at Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 11-1 (6 inn.)April 17 COLGATE * W, 3-2 COLGATE * W, 13-3April 18 COLGATE * L, 8-5 COLGATE * W, 9-5 (8 inn.)April 21 LA SALLE W, 3-2 LA SALLE T, 0-0 (5 inn.)April 24 at Lehigh * L, 9-1 (6 inn.) at Lehigh * W, 5-1April 28 at Lehigh * L, 10-8 at Lehigh * L, 4-2 May 1 ARMY * W, 4-3 ARMY * L, 6-5May 2 ARMY * L, 2-1 ARMY * W, 4-0May 13 vs. Lehigh ! W, 4-3May 14 vs. Colgate ! L, 5-4 (8 inn.) at Army ! W, 2-1

2010 StatiSticS

May 15 vs. Colgate ! W, 4-3 (9 inn.) vs. Colgate ! W, 6-4May 21 vs. California ^ L, 10-0 (5 inn.)May 22 at Ohio State ^ L, 6-0

# - George Mason Invitational (Fairfax, Va.) $ - Los Angeles, Calif.% - Loyola Marymount Showcase (Los Angeles, Calif.)! - Patriot League Tournament (West Point, N.Y.)^ - NCAA Regionals (Columbus, Ohio)* - Patriot League Game Home Games in BOLD CAPS

2010 Bison at the NCAA Championships Columbus Regional


teAm records

Games Played 1. 2006 52 2008 52 3. 2009 51 4. 2007 49 2010 49

At Bats 1. 2008 1421 2. 2006 1353 3. 2007 1343 4. 1999 1324 5. 1997 1322

Batting Average 1. 1980 .340 2. 1993 .310 2010 .310 4. 1991 .294 5. 1999 .292

Hits 1. 2008 411 2. 2010 403 3. 1999 386 4. 2006 365 2007 365

Home Runs 1. 2009 28 2. 2008 22 3. 2005 20 2010 20 5. 2004 17 2006 17

Triples 1. 1999 31 2. 1995 27 3. 2001 26 4. 1997 24 2010 24

Doubles 1. 2010 75 2. 2008 67 3. 2007 63 4. 1997 60 2006 60

Runs Scored 1. 2010 249 2. 2008 248 3. 1991 217 4. 2009 210 5. 1993 200

Stolen Bases 1. 1991 90 2. 1990 89 3. 1992 64 4. 1993 59 5. 1980 44

Runs Batted In 1. 2010 219 2. 2008 205 3. 2009 185 4. 1999 178 5. 1993 161

Walks (Batting) 1. 1991 140 2. 2010 138 3. 2008 133 4. 2009 130 5. 2003 121

Wins 1. 1991 28 2010 28 3. 1993 27 4. 1988 24 5. 2008 23

Shutouts 1. 1988 10 1989 10 1990 10 1991 10 5. 2008 9

ERA 1. 1985 1.02 2. 1989 1.40 3. 1993 1.65 4. 1991 1.66 5. 1988 1.77

Strikeouts(Pitching)

1. 2007 222 2. 1991 197 2010 197 4. 2006 193 5. 2008 183

Innings Pitched 1. 2008 345.1 2. 1997 333.1 3. 2006 325.2 4. 2007 324.2 5. 2009 320.2

2010 pAtriot leAgue

stAndings/AwArds

Patriot League OverallTeam W-L Pct. W-L Pct.Army 15-5 .750 33-20 .623Lehigh 14-6 .700 31-19 .620Bucknell * 11-9 .550 28-20-1 .582Colgate 8-12 .400 27-23 .540Holy Cross 8-12 .400 14-31 .311Lafayette 4-16 .200 15-33 .313* Patriot League Champion

Patriot League AwardsPlayer of the Year: Julie Fernandez (Lehigh)Pitcher of the Year: Tiffany Curtis (Lehigh)Rookie of the Year: Alex MacLean (Bucknell)Coach of the Year: Michelle DePolo (Army)Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Jennifer Colquhoun (Lehigh)

Bucknell’s All-Patriot League SelectionsName Position TeamJessie Snyder 2B FirstLauren Fry OF FirstAlex MacLean P SecondShelly McCormack DP Second

Bucknell’s Patriot League All-Tournament Team SelectionsName Position Sherry Finkel OFLauren Fry OFAlex MacLean P (PL Tournament MVP)Jane Messersmith OF

Bucknell’s Weekly AwardsName Date AwardBridget Gates 3/8/10 Rookie of the WeekLauren Fry 3/22/10 Player of the WeekAlex MacLean 3/29/10 Pitcher of the WeekLauren Fry 4/19/10 Player of the WeekBridget Gates 4/19/10 Rookie of the WeekAlex MacLean 4/26/10 Pitcher of the Week

miscellAneous records

Team Game Hits ....................................29, vs. Mansfield (1981)Triples ................... 4, vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2001)Doubles ...................................6, vs. Colgate (1997)................................. 6, vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2010)Runs ......................................32, vs. Juniata (1980)Total Bases.......................36, vs. Mansfield (1981)Walks .............................. 20, vs. Macalester (1993)RBI .....................................20, vs. Mansfield (1981)

Team SeasonPitching

Complete Games ..........................40 (1995, 1997)Walks ..................................................... 217 (2000)Highest ERA ........................................ 4.66 (2006)

OtherBest Fielding Average ....................... .964 (1993)Lowest Fielding Average................... .858 (1980)Fewest Errors ......................................... 31 (1982)Most Errors .......................................... 116 (1999)Most Assists ......................................... 559 (1999)Losses ...................................................... 37 (2006)Longest Game ........19 innings vs. Colgate (1997)

Individual GameHitting

Hits .............................5, Lisa Fink vs. Army (1993).................................Betsy Doyle vs. Juniata (1980).............................. Sherry Finkel vs. Colgate (2010)RBI ......................7, Betsy Doyle vs. Juniata (1980)Home Runs .......................................2, seven times..................... last: Elyse Colmenero at Army (2009)Triples ................................................... 2, 12 times.......................... last: Lauren Fry vs. Colgate (2010)Doubles ....3, Mary Pavlovich vs. Penn State (2007)Runs Scored ... 6, Stephanie Buck vs. Juniata (1980)

PitchingStrikeouts ... 17, Brandi Porter vs. Lafayette (2002)Walks .........11, Katie McDonald at Colgate (2009)..................................... Allison Love vs. SBU (1992).................................. Lisa Fink vs. Lafayette (1991)

Individual SeasonHitting

Total Bases......................96, Jenny Snyder (1999)Slugging % ....................903, Lauren Wible (2005)Hitting Streak ..............20, Jen Yuengling (1993)

PitchingW-L Record ..................... 6-1, Sheryl Sauer (1979)Walks .......................82, Jane Messersmith (2009)Complete Games ..............22, Allison Love (1995)................................................Christie Wiest (2008)Consecutive Scoreless Innings .................................................................28.0, Sharon Nichols (1990)Consecutive Innings w/out Allowing an ER ..........................................59.2, Sharon Nichols (1991)

OtherPut Outs ..........................374, Kelly Dugan (1999)Assists............................150, Jenny Snyder (1999)

team/miScellaneouS recordS


seAson records

Games Played 1. Lauren Wible (2006) 52 Erin Curatola (2008) 52 3. Jessie Snyder (2008) 51 Ashley Beans (2009) 51 Ashley Carlson (2009) 51 6. Ashley Carlson (2006) 50 Kris Devore (2006) 50 Lauren Litts (2006) 50 Ashley Beans (2008) 50 10. Ashley Beans (2006) 49 Ashley Beans (2007) 49 Erin Curatola (2007) 49 Monica Grinage (2007) 49 Mary Pavlovich (2008) 49 Alison Ford (2009) 49 Batting Average (2 AB per Game)

1. Lauren Wible (2005) .524* 2. Stephanie Buck (1979) .500 3. Kaye Swartz (1979) .474 4. Betsy Doyle (1980) .444 5. Stephanie Buck (1981) .440 Lisa Fink (1993) .440 7. Jenny Snyder (1999) .429 8. Stacey Spitko (1988) .407 9. Angie Stackhouse (2004) .402 10. Jen Jasionsowski (1996) .400*-NCAA leader

Hits 1. Jenny Snyder (1999) 66 2. Jenna Demetriades (1999) 58 3. Erin Curatola (2007) 55 Lauren Fry (2010) 55 5. Kristen Sandel (1997) 54 Lauren Wible (2005) 54 7. Stacey Waite (1999) 53 Erin Curatola (2008) 53 9. Kris Devore (2006) 52 Lauren Litts (2006) 52

Home Runs 1. Lauren Wible (2005) 8 Lauren Litts (2006) 8 Ashley Beans (2009) 8 4. Lisa Fink (1990) 6 Karen Smolskis (1991) 6 Angie Stackhouse (2004) 6 Cassie Lloyd (2008) 6 Jessie Snyder (2009) 6 Alison Ford (2009) 6 10. Lynne Walshaw (1988) 5

Triples 1. Kristen Sandel (1995) 8 Lauren Titus (1999) 8 Meredith Gill (2001) 8 4. Lisa Fink (1991) 7 Jenn Gombos (1997) 7 6. Jenn Gombos (1995) 6 Lynne Walshaw (1988) 7 Kristen Sandel (1997) 7 Jenna Demetriades (1999) 7 Ashley Beans (2009) 7 Jane Messersmith (2010) 7

Doubles 1. Lauren Wible (2005) 15 Mary Pavlovich (2007) 15 3. Jenny Snyder (1999) 14 Lauren Litts (2006) 14 5. Jenny Snyder (1997) 13 Kris Devore (2006) 13 7. Jennifer James (2006) 12 8. Jenna Demetriades (1999) 11 Jenna Demetriades (2000) 11 Elyse Colmenero (2008) 11 Erin Curatola (2008) 11 Lauren Fry (2008) 11 Sherry Finkel (2010) 11

Runs Scored 1. Jenny Snyder (1999) 44 2. Lauren Fry (2010) 42 3. Lisa Fink (1991) 39 4. Lisa Fink (1992) 38 5. Lisa Fink (1990) 37 6. Jen Yuengling (1993) 33 Jenny Snyder (1997) 33 Erin Curatola (2008) 33 9. Lisa Fink (1993) 32 Ashley Beans (2009) 32

Stolen Bases 1. Lisa Fink (1990) 24 2. Lisa Fink (1991) 23 Lisa Fink (1993) 23 4. Lisa Fink (1992) 20 Jen Yuengling (1992) 20 6. Jen Yuengling (1991) 19 7. Adrienne Ekern (1989) 17 Karen Smolskis (1990) 17 Jen Yuengling (1993) 17 10. Karen Smolskis (1991) 16

Runs Batted In 1. Angie Stackhouse (2004) 35 Lauren Litts (2006) 35 3. Karen Smolskis (1991) 34 Stacey Waite (1999) 34 5. Lauren Litts (2007) 33 Erin Curatola (2008) 33 7. Heather Hoehn (1992) 31 Jenna Demetriades (1999) 31 Lauren Wible (2005) 31 Lauren Fry (2008) 31

Walks 1. Lauren Fry (2010) 31 2. Jen Yuengling (1991) 26 Lauren Wible (2003) 26 4. Carol Gesler (1991) 25 5. Lauren Wible (2005) 24 Ashley Beans (2008) 24 7. Ellen Gabriel (1992) 22 8. Denise Lipsett (1989) 21 Mary Pavlovich (2010) 21 10. Teresa Barg (1990) 20 Meredith Gill (2003) 20 Mary Pavlovich (2008) 20

cAreer records

Games Played 1. Ashley Beans (06-09) 199 2. Ashley Carlson (06-09) 197 3. Mary Pavlovich (07-10) 184 4. Erin Curatola (05-08) 182 5. Jenna Demetriades (99-02) 173 6. Lauren Wible (03-06) 170 7. Angie Stackhouse (01-04) 169 8. Kris Devore (03-06) 168 9. Lauren Litts (04-07) 167 10. Jenny Snyder (96-99) 166

Batting Average (min. 50 AB) 1. Linda Palm (80-83) .437 2. Jacqui Crump (80-82) .424 3. Lisa Fink (90-93) .423 4. Stephanie Buck (80-82) .401 5. Lauren Wible (03-06) .350 6. Kristen Sandel (95-98) .346 7. Dawn Straub (80-82) .338 8. Jenny Snyder (96-99) .336 9. Jen Yuengling (90-93) .332 10. Jenna Demetriades (99-02) .324

Hits 1. Lisa Fink (90-93) 205 2. Jenny Snyder (96-99) 189 3. Jenna Demetriades (99-02) 172 4. Lauren Wible (03-06) 167 5. Jen Yuengling (90-93) 163 6. Kristen Sandel (95-98) 160 7. Erin Curatola (05-08) 157 8. Ashley Carlson (06-09) 151 9. Mary Pavlovich (07-10) 150 10. Lauren Litts (04-07) 143

Doubles 1. Jenny Snyder (96-99) 47 2. Lauren Litts (04-07) 43 3. Lauren Wible (03-06) 40 4. Mary Pavlovich (07-10) 37 5. Angie Stackhouse (01-04) 32 6. Kristen Sandel (95-98) 30 Jenna Demetriades (99-02) 30 8. Meredith Gill (00-03) 29 9. Lauren Fry (08-pres.) 28 10. Lisa Fink (90-93) 27 Melanie Kulis (95-98) 27 Kris Devore (03-06) 27

Home Runs 1. Lauren Litts (04-07) 20 2. Lauren Wible (03-06) 17 3. Lisa Fink (90-93) 12 Charity Ford (98-01) 12 5. Ashley Beans (06-09) 11 6. Angie Stackhouse (01-04) 10 Alison Ford (08-pres.) 10 8. Jenna Demetriades (99-02) 9 9. Cassie Lloyd (06-09) 9 10. Karen Smolskis (88-91) 7 Kris Devore (03-06) 7 Mary Pavlovich (07-10) 7 Jessie Snyder (08-pres.) 7

Runs Batted In 1. Lauren Litts (04-07) 107 2. Lauren Wible (03-06) 96 3. Heather Hoehn (91-94) 93 4. Lisa Fink (90-93) 90 5. Charity Ford (98-01) 82 6. Mary Pavlovich (07-10) 81 7. Jenna Demetriades (99-02) 80 8. Kristen Sandel (95-98) 75 Angie Stackhouse (01-04) 75 10. Stacey Waite (96-99) 72

Runs Scored 1. Lisa Fink (90-93) 146 2. Jen Yuengling (90-93) 111 3. Jenny Snyder (96-99) 109 4. Ashley Carlson (06-09) 98 5. Lauren Fry (08-pres.) 93 6. Mary Pavlovich (07-10) 90 7. Jen Jasionowski (94-97) 83 8. Jenna Demetriades (99-02) 81 9. Ashley Beans (06-09) 75 10. Lauren Wible (03-06) 74

Stolen Bases 1. Lisa Fink (90-93) 90 2. Jen Yuengling (90-93) 67 3. Ashley Carlson (06-09) 47 4. Karen Smolskis (88-91) 46 5. Adrienne Ekern (86-89) 28

hitting recordS

Jenny Snyder

Kris Devore


seAson records

Games 1. Christie Wiest (2008) 32 2. Christie Wiest (2007) 30 3. Christie Wiest (2006) 29 4. Brandi Porter (2001) 28 Katie McDonald (2009) 28 Alex MacLean (2010) 28 7. Katie McDonald (2008) 27 8. Christie Wiest (2005) 26 Meaghan Haley (2006) 26 Bridget Gates (2010) 26

Games Started 1. Christie Wiest (2008) 28 2. Christie Wiest (2007) 27 3. Melanie Kulis (1997) 23 Stacey Waite (1997) 23 Lauren Potente (1999) 23 6. Allison Love (1995) 22 Stacey Waite (1999) 22 Katie McDonald (2009) 22 Jane Messersmith (2009) 22 10. Brandi Porter (2001) 21 Christie Wiest (2006) 21 Alex MacLean (2010) 21

Wins 1. Sharon Nichols (1991) 16 2. Sharon Nichols (1988) 14 3. Heidi Dawson (1993) 13 Allison Love (1993) 13 Christie Wiest (2008) 13 Alex MacLean (2010) 13 7. Sharon Nichols (1990) 12 Bridget Gates (2010) 12 9. Allison Love (1995) 11 Melanie Kulis (1997) 11 Stacey Waite (1998) 11 Stacey Waite (1999) 11

Losses 1. Christie Wiest (2007) 16 2. Stacey Waite (1997) 15 3. Lauren Potente (1999) 14 Brandi Porter (2002) 14 Katie McDonald (2008) 14 6. Melanie Kulis (1997) 13 Stacey Waite (1999) 13 Kelli Haskins (2004) 13 Christie Wiest (2006) 13 Christie Wiest (2008) 13

Shutouts 1. Sharon Nichols (1988) 9 2. Sharon Nichols (1990) 8 Sharon Nichols (1991) 8 4. Stacey Waite (1998) 7 5. Sharon Nichols (1989) 6 6. Dawn Becker (1985) 5 Christie Wiest (2008) 5 8. Allison Morena (1989) 4 Allison Love (1992) 4 10. Heidi Dawson (1995) 3 Brandi Porter (2002) 3 Lauren Box (2003) 3 Katie McDonald (2009) 3 Alex MacLean (2010) 3

Saves 1. Julie Williams (2005) 3 2. Molly Bell (1996) 2 Stacey Waite (1996) 2

Innings Pitched 1. Christie Wiest (2008) 181.2 2. Melanie Kulis (1997) 165.1 3. Christie Wiest (2007) 153.2 4. Stacey Waite (1997) 153.1 5. Brandi Porter (2001) 150.1 6. Lauren Potente (1999) 148.2 7. Stacey Waite (1999) 147.1 8. Sharon Nichols (1991) 147.0 9. Katie McDonald (2009) 133.1 Bridget Gates (2010) 133.1

ERA 1. Sharon Nichols (1991) 0.38 2. Kathy O’Brien (1988) 0.84 Sharon Nichols (1990) 0.84 4. Dawn Becker (1985) 0.89 5. Sharon Nichols (1988) 1.09 6. Lynn Connelly (1985) 1.20 7. Sharon Nichols (1989) 1.26 Dawn Becker (1984) 1.32 9. Allison Morena (1986) 1.39 Heidi Dawson (1993) 1.55

Strikeouts 1. Christie Wiest (2007) 122 2. Christie Wiest (2008) 106 3. Brandi Porter (2002) 104 4. Brandi Porter (2001) 101 Sharon Nichols (1990) 99 6. Sharon Nichols (1991) 98 7. Christie Wiest (2006) 94 8. Lisa Fink (1991) 92 Alex MacLean (2010) 92 10. Allison Love (1995) 89

Games 1. Christie Wiest (05-08) 117 2. Stacey Waite (96-99) 84 3. Sharon Nichols (88-91) 81 4. Allison Love (92-95) 78 Katie McDonald (06-09) 78 6. Lauren Box (00-03) 75 7. Heidi Dawson (92-95) 70 8. Brandi Porter (00-02) 69 9. Julie Williams (03-05) 65 10. Melanie Kulis (95-98) 59

Games Started 1. Christie Wiest (05-08) 93 2. Sharon Nichols (88-91) 76 Stacey Waite (96-99) 76 4. Allison Love (92-95) 73 5. Heidi Dawson (92-95) 66 6. Lauren Box (00-03) 54 7. Melanie Kulis (95-98) 52 Katie McDonald (06-09) 52 9. Brandi Porter (00-02) 51 10. Lauren Potente (99-01) 48

Wins 1. Sharon Nichols (88-91) 51 2. Allison Love (92-95) 42 3. Heidi Dawson (92-95) 39 4. Stacey Waite (96-99) 36 5. Christie Wiest (05-08) 33 6. Allison Morena (86-89) 23 Katie McDonald (06-09) 23 8. Melanie Kulis (95-98) 22 9. Dawn Becker (82-85) 20 10. Brandi Porter (00-02) 18

Losses 1. Christie Wiest (05-08) 50 2. Stacey Waite (96-99) 42 3. Lauren Box (00-03) 37 4. Brandi Porter (00-02) 33 Katie McDonald (06-09) 33 6. Allison Love (92-95) 32 7. Melanie Kulis (95-98) 30 Lauren Potente (99-01) 30 9. Julie Williams (03-05) 29 10. Heidi Dawson (92-95) 28

cAreer recordsShutouts

1. Sharon Nichols (88-91) 31 2. Stacey Waite (96-99) 12 3. Allison Love (92-95) 11 4. Christie Wiest (05-08) 10 5. Dawn Becker (82-85) 6 Heidi Dawson (92-95) 6

Saves 1. Julie Williams (03-05) 3 Christie Wiest (05-08) 3 2. Allison Morena (86-89) 2 Molly Bell (96) 2 Stacey Waite (96-99) 2 Meaghan Haley (06-07) 2 Katie McDonald (06-09) 2

Innings Pitched 1. Christie Wiest (05-08) 560.2 2. Sharon Nichols (88-91) 522.2 3. Stacey Waite (96-99) 504.1 4. Allison Love (92-95) 496.0 5. Heidi Dawson (92-95) 466.1 6. Melanie Kulis (95-98) 360.1 7. Lauren Box (00-03) 349.0 8. Brandi Porter (00-02) 345.0 9. Katie McDonald (06-09) 331.2 10. Lauren Potente (99-01) 302.1

ERA (min. 50 IP) 1. Sharon Nichols (88-91) 0.83 2. Kathy O’Brien (85-88) 1.61 3. Andrea Nicholson (96) 1.63 4. Dawn Becker (82-85) 1.68 5. Laurie Fisher (89-90) 1.86 6. Allison Morena (86-89) 2.05 7. Allison Love (92-95) 2.13 8. Lisa Fink (91-92) 2.17 9. Brandi Porter (00-02) 2.23 10. Lauren Box (00-03) 2.29

Strikeouts 1. Christie Wiest (05-08) 364 2. Sharon Nichols (88-91) 332 3. Allison Love (92-95) 321 4. Brandi Porter (00-02) 233 5. Katie McDonald (06-09) 176 6. Melanie Kulis (95-98) 144 7. Stacey Waite (96-99) 140 8. Lauren Box (00-03) 131 9. Heidi Dawson (92-95) 125 10. Lisa Fink (90-93) 113

Pitching recordS

Stacey Waite

1997 teAm reunion

During the April 14, 2007 doubleheader with Lehigh, the Bucknell softball team recognized the 10-year anniversary of the first Patriot League title in program history. Among the 1997 team members to return to Lewisburg for the celebration were Jennifer Delardo, Ashley Elder, Jenn Gombos, Jen Jasionowski, Melanie Ku-lis, Kristen Sandel, Jenny Snyder, Stacey Waite, Nicole Zergebel, student trainer Kathy Davis and head coach Terrie Grieb.

1997 Patriot LeagueChampionship Team

1997 Patriot LeagueChampionship Team Reunion


AwArds/honors

Patriot League Player of the Year1993 Lisa Fink1999 Jenny Snyder2005 Lauren Wible

Patriot League Pitcher of the Year1993 Heidi Dawson1994 Allison Love (co-selection)

Patriot League Rookie of the Year2008 Lauren Fry2010 Alex MacLean

Patriot League Coach of the Year1994 Terrie Grieb1996 Terrie Grieb1999 Terrie Grieb2004 Janelle Breneman2008 Heather Rakosik

First Team All-Patriot League1991 Lisa Fink (OF) Heather Hoehn (1B) Jennifer Kalochie (2B) Sharon Nichols (P) Karen Smolskis (OF)1992 Lisa Fink (OF) Heather Hoehn (1B)1993 Kelly Corr (SS) Heidi Dawson (P) Lisa Fink (OF) Heather Hoehn (2B) Jen Yuengling (C)1994 Jen Jasionowski (OF) Allison Love (P)1995 Allison Love (P) Kristen Sandel (3B)1996 Jen Jasionowski (OF)1997 Jenn Gombos (2B) Kristen Sandel (3B) Jenny Snyder (SS)1998 Stephanie Morgan (OF) Jenny Snyder (SS)1999 Jenna Demetriades (OF) Jenny Snyder (SS) Stacey Waite (DP)2000 Jenna Demetriades (OF)2001 Jenna Demetriades (OF)2004 Angie Stackhouse (C)2005 Lauren Wible (1B)2006 Lauren Litts (DP) Lauren Wible (1B)2007 Lauren Litts (C)2008 Elyse Colmenero (C) Lauren Fry (OF) Cassie Lloyd (1B) Christie Wiest (P)

2009 Elyse Colmenero (C) Ashley Beans (OF) Alison Ford (U)2010 Jessie Snyder (2B) Lauren Fry (OF)

Second Team All-Patriot League1994 Heidi Dawson (P) Kerry McDonnell (OF)1995 Colleen Bannister (DP/UT) Kelly Corr (SS) Heidi Dawson (P) Jenn Gombos (2B) Casey Hollister (C) Jen Jasionowski (OF)1996 Jenn Gombos (2B) Casey Hollister (C) Jenny Snyder (SS) Stacey Waite (DP/UT)1997 Stacey Waite (DP)1998 Charity Ford (1B) Melanie Kulis (OF/P) Kristen Sandel (3B) Stacey Waite (P)1999 Kelly Dugan (1B) Nicole Zergebel (2B)2001 Charity Ford (3B) Meredith Gill (SS) Brandi Porter (P)2002 Jenna Demetriades (OF) Brandi Porter (P)2003 Kris Devore (OF) Lauren Wible (1B)2004 Jill Pompeii (OF) Lauren Wible (1B)2006 Ashley Beans (OF) Jennifer James (2B)2007 Ashley Carlson (OF)2008 Erin Curatola (DP) Mary Pavlovich (3B)2009 Cassie Lloyd (1B)2010 Alex MacLean (P) Shelly McCormack (DP)

Opponent W L T 1st MetAkron 0 0 0 2011Army 32 39 0 1997Binghamton 1 1 0 2003Butler 1 7 0 2002Coastal Carolina 4 11 0 1987Colgate 43 40 0 1988Columbia 2 7 0 2000Coppin State 4 1 0 2008Cornell 2 6 0 1994Drexel 17 21 0 1982Fairleigh Dickinson 1 1 0 2006George Mason 4 9 0 1994Hartford 0 0 0 2011Holy Cross 44 27 0 1991James Madison 0 1 0 2002La Salle 1 5 1 1992Lafayette 59 34 1 1979Lehigh 35 67 0 1979Longwood 0 2 0 2008Mount St. Mary’s 22 7 0 1989Quinnipiac 2 1 0 2003Saint Francis (Pa.) 21 14 0 1987Saint Joseph’s 5 4 0 1992Saint Peter’s 2 1 0 1996Stony Brook 4 0 0 1991Wisconsin Green Bay 0 3 0 2005Youngstown State 4 3 0 1997Totals 310 312 2

bison vs. 2011 opponents

awardS/honorS

Angie Stackhouse

Lauren Litts

All-time results

Year Record League Pct.1979 8-4-0 N/A .6671980 7-8-0 N/A .4671981 7-10-0 N/A .4121982 6-11-0 N/A .3531983 7-14-0 N/A .3331984 9-9-1 4-2 (ECC) .4861985 10-12-0 6-6 .4551986 12-12-0 5-7 .5001987 10-16-1 4-8 .3771988 24-9-0 7-5 .7271989 18-17-0 6-8 .5141990 20-14-0 9-5 .5881991 28-11-1 9-3 (PL) .7091992 20-17-0 7-5 .5411993 27-8-0 8-4 .7711994 17-21-0 10-2 .4471995 19-23-0 7-5 .4521996 20-15-0 7-3 .5711997 18-30-0 6-4 .3751998 18-20-0 12-6 .4741999 19-28-0 12-8 .4042000 11-26-0 2-8 .2972001 19-26-2 8-12 .4262002 12-32-0 5-15 .2732003 11-33-0 6-14 .2502004 14-26-0 8-12 .3502005 16-22-0 8-10 .4212006 15-37-0 8-12 .2882007 15-33-1 7-12 .3162008 23-29-0 13-7 .4422009 19-32-0 9-11 .3732010 28-20-1 11-9 .582Totals: 507-625-7 204-203 .448

Patriot League FemaleScholar-Athlete of the Year

2005 Lauren Wible

Patriot League SoftballScholar-Athlete of the Year

1993 Lisa Fink1998 Kristen Sandel1999 Stacey Waite2002 Lauren Titus2005 Lauren Wible2008 Erin Curatola

Academic All-America1984 Dawn Becker (2nd team) Janet Unger (1st team)1985 Dawn Becker (2nd team) Carol Rowland (1st team)1987 Stacey Spitko (1st team)1988 Stacey Spitko (1st team)1992 Lisa Fink (3rd team)1993 Lisa Fink (1st team)1997 Kristen Sandel (3rd team)1999 Stacey Waite (3rd team)2002 Lauren Titus (1st team)2005 Lauren Wible (2nd team)


Jill Henry (’81): A three-sport captain in field hockey, basketball and softball, Henry-Feeney set game and season scoring records in basketball and was twice named to the Academic All-America College Division Team. Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 1993.

Jen Yuengling (’93): Considered one of the best catchers and leadoff hitters in the history of the Bucknell softball program, Yuengling’s .332 career average ranks ninth all-time. She also broke school records for career walks (66) and recorded the longest hitting streak (20) in program his-tory. Yuengling was named to the All-East Coast Conference Team in 1990 and to the All-Patriot League squad in 1993. She was later named to the Patriot League All-Decade Team. Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2009.

The following former softball players have been inducted into Bucknell’s Athletic Hall of Fame:

Lisa Fink (’93): One of Bucknell’s top female athletes and arguably the top softball player in school history, Fink was also a star on the basketball court for the Bison. A four-time all-league selection in softball, Fink batted .440 during her senior year and earned Patriot League Player of the Year and First Team Academic All-America honors. Fink owned a .378 career batting average and never hit below .344 in her four-year career. The rare first-ballot Hall of Famer was an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee in 1993. Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2003.

Sharon Nichols (’91): The most dominating softball pitcher to ever wear the Orange and Blue, Nichols graduated with every pitching record, and to this day she still holds eight Bucknell marks - including three career records. A perennial all-con-ference selection, she posted a 0.83 career earned run average, notched 332 strikeouts and had 51 victories in the circle. During her career she threw four no-hitters and a perfect game, and in 1991 she compiled a streak of 59.2 innings without al-lowing an earned run. As a senior, Nichols ranked sixth nationally with a 0.38 ERA and compiled a 16-6 mark with eight shutouts. Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2001.

Lynne Walshaw (’89): A four-year starter and All-East Coast Conference selection, Walshaw graduated Bucknell holding 14 school records. Of those 14 records, her .702 slugging percentage was still tops on the Bucknell single-season list when entering Hall of Fame. Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2000.

Dianne Czarnecki (’87): A four-year letterwin-ner and All-East Coast Conference selection in both field hockey and softball, Czarnecki also picked up all-region honors on the diamond her senior season. Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 1999.

Dawn Becker (’85): An outstanding pitch-er, Becker compiled one of the most im-pressive careers in Bucknell softball his-tory. Becker set nu-merous Bucknell soft-ball pitching records and was a two-time East Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete and Second Team Aca-demic All-American.

Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 1997.

Stacey Spitko (’88): An outstanding basket-ball and softball player, Spitko started every basketball game and all but two softball games in her career. En route, she set school records and earned Academic All-America honors in both sports. Entered the Hall of Fame with the Class of 1995.

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Jenna Demetriades ’02• Four-time all-league se-lection (3 first team)• Second in PL with .591 slugging % in 2000• Named to All-Decade team after playing only two years

Lisa Fink ’93• Four-time all-league se-lection• Hit .440 as a senior• PL MVP in 1993• Held five individual Bi-son records at conclusion of career

Jenn Gombos ’97• Three-time all-league selection• Third on Bison career triples list (16)• Game-winning hit in 1997 19-inning title-game win over Colgate

Heather Hoehn ’94• Three-time all-league selection• Bison record 93 career RBIs and 1,014 putouts• All-league player in vol-leyball

Kristen Sandel ’98• Three-time all-league selection• Academic All-America selection as a junior• Fourth on Bison single-season hit list (54) and tied for first in triples (8)

Jenny Snyder ’99• Four-time all-league se-lection• PL Player of the Year (1999)• Graduated with a total of 15 Bison records, in-cluding season hits (66)

Stacey Waite ’99• Four-time all-league se-lection• Named all-league three times as DP and once as a pitcher• Regional Academic All-America selection as ju-nior and senior

Jen Yuengling ’93• All-league selection• Batted .397 as a senior with a 20-game hitting streak• Still holds BU record for walks in a season (26) and career (66)

bison plAyers on pAtriot leAgue All-decAde teAm

Sharon Nichols

Dawn Becker

Stacey Spitko

2005 nAtionAl bAtting chAmpion

In 2005, Bucknell’s Lauren Wible hit .524 to lead the nation and break Bucknell and Patriot League records. The Dover, Pa., na-tive was named the Patriot League Player of the Year, became the first Bison since 1999 to earn a spot on the All-Mid Atlantic Region First Team and copped Academic All-America honors. She also earned plaudits as the Patriot League Softball and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Wible completed the 2005 campaign second nationally in doubles per game (0.39), third in slugging percentage (.903) and 21st in walks per game (0.63).

Lauren Wible

hall of fame/Pl all-decade team

Jen Yuengling


About BucknellBucknell University is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation. Our

academic programs encompass:The traditional liberal arts • disciplines—arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sci-ences.Professional programs in ac-• counting, management, educa-tion, engineering, and music.Preprofessional programs in • law and medicine.

With more than 3,500 under-graduates and 150 graduate stu-dents, we combine the personal at-tention of a small college with the resources of a large university.

The Campus: Beautiful and centrally locatedMore than 100 facilities for learning, living, and recreation.• Recent additions: music building, residence hall, geology/psychology build-• ing, engineering building, and athletics center. The new West Fields com-plex is home to field hockey, women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s soccer.Approximately three hours from Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, and • Washington D.C.

Academics: Broad opportunities to learnMore than 50 majors leading to bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bach-• elor of engineering, bachelor of science in education, bachelor of science in business administration, or bachelor of music.Arts & Sciences Departments and Programs: Animal Behavior, Art and Art • History, Astronomy, Biology, Cell Biology/Biochemistry, Chemistry, Clas-sics, Computer Science, East Asian Studies, Economics, Education, English, Environmental Studies, French, Geography, Geology, German History, Hu-manitities, International Relations, Latin American Studies, Management, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Russian, Sociology and Anthropol-ogy, Spanish, Theatre and Dance, Women’s and Gender Studies.Engineering Departments: Biomedical, Chemical, Civil and Environmental, • Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical.

The Faculty: Focused on the studentsMore than 330 full-time faculty.• 95% of faculty members hold doctoral degrees. • Undergraduate learning is highest priority.• Faculty members are active scholars who conduct research, produce creative • works, and publish their findings, often in collaboration with students.

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about bucknell


Located on the west side of Route 15, Bucknell’s Becker Field Field is the home venue for the Bison softball team. Adjacent to baseball’s Depew Field, the softball field is a fenced complex that contains a natural grass outfield with a manicured infield. The facility, named in honor of Hall of Famer Dawn Becker’s parents, underwent extensive renovations at the conclusion of the 2010 cam-paign and included new dugouts, scoreboard, backstop and playing surface.

Bucknell owns a 213-199-4 (.517) all-time record on its home field. The Bi-son went 8-5-1 in 2010. Becker Field is scheduled to host no fewer than 14 games in 2011, including eight weekend Patriot League contests.

The Bucknell University Department of Athletics and Recreation prides itself on set-ting the standard of excellence when it comes to success both on the playing fields and in the classroom. With 16 Patriot League Presidents’ Cups in 20 years, national leadership in graduation rates, 119 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans in 39 years and 120 Patriot League Scholar-Athletes in 20 years, Bucknell is clearly at the head of the class in terms of upholding the scholar-athlete model.

The addition of the Kenneth G. Lan-gone Athletics and Recreation Center, one of the finest collegiate athletics and recreation venues of its kind, ensures the continuation of that success.

The facility enhances each of Buck-nell’s 27 varsity programs and greatly expands the scope of its growing intra-mural and recreational sports offerings. A visually appealing structure located along Moore Avenue on the “downhill” side of campus, the Langone Athletics and Recreation Center was designed to reach out to all members of the campus community, including the student body, varsity student-athletes, faculty, staff and alumni.

Three primary venues lie within the facility: the Arthur D. Kinney Jr. Nata-torium, the 4,000-seat Gary A. Sojka

Pavilion and the Krebs Family Fitness Center. Other features include a new location for the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame, a display of Bucknell’s Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, a new display highlighting Bucknell’s all-time Academic All-Americans, a sports medicine and athletic training suite, classrooms, modern offices for coaches and staff and increased locker room space for varsity and recreational athletes.

The facility is named in honor of Ken Langone, a 1957 Bucknell graduate who, along with his wife Elaine, pledged $11 million toward the center’s construction. Langone was a member of the university Board of Trustees from 1980 to 1996.

One of the special qualities of the Langone Athletics and Recreation Center is the manner in which it supplements the pre-existing facilities. The construction surrounds Gerhard Fieldhouse and historic Davis Gymnasium, which has been restored as a competi-tion venue for the Bison wrestling and volleyball teams, as well as intramural, recreation and other varsity practice activities.

As Bucknell continues to strive toward its mission of setting the standard of excellence in college athletics, the Langone Athletics and Recreation Center becomes the center-piece in an already impressive cache of athletics facilities that includes the 13,100-seat Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium and its FieldTurf and 8-lane track surface; the scenic Bucknell Golf Club; Depew Field, the home of the Bison baseball team; the spa-cious West Fields with Becker Field for softball, Emmitt Field for soccer and Graham Field for field hockey, including Holmes Stadium with covered grandstand seats, ticket and concession areas, team rooms, a training room and a press box area for soccer, field hockey and women’s lacrosse.

Sojka Pavilion Kinney Natatorium Krebs Fitness Center Gerhard Fieldhouse

Holmes Stadium Davis Gym

Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium

Varsity Softball Field Varsity Tennis Courts

KLARC Lobby

Becker Field

KLARC Front Entrance

facilitieS


Now in its third decade as an all-sport conference combining academic and ath-letic excellence, the Patriot League sponsors

championships in 23 men and women’s sports. Initially started as an NCAA Division I-AA football conference in 1986, the Patriot League became an all-sport conference in 1990 and includes

American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy as full members, and Fordham, Georgetown and MIT as associate members. These institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation and their alumni have, and continue to play leadership roles in shaping our country.

Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each year among all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid in the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League finished at the top spot with 96 percent of its teams reporting a graduation rate of 85 percent or higher in the most recent data. In addition, 90 Patriot League teams earned NCAA Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Awards after posting academic progress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports.

The Patriot League’s mission is simple, to provide successful competitive athletic experiences while maintaining high academic standards, and to prepare its student-athletes to be leaders in society.

During the 2009-10 academic year, Patriot League student-athletes and teams have accomplished the following:

11 Patriot League student-athletes earned CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Aca-• demic All-America honors, with Army’s Andrew Maisano (Men’s Lacrosse), Erin Anthony (Women’s Basketball) and Elizabeth Betterbed (Women’s Soccer), Navy’s Beth Reed (Women’s Soccer), Alex Buck (Men’s Swimming and Diving) and Mark Van Orden (Track and Field) and Bucknell’s Patrick Selwood (Men’s Soccer) receiving First-Team Academic All-America recognition.50 Patriot League student-athletes received CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine • Academic All-District honors. The Patriot League placed second among all Division I conferences with 90 • teams receiving NCAA Public Recognition Awards for their performance in the classroom. Navy’s Beth Reed and Mark Van Orden received NCAA Postgraduate Scholar-• ships. Reed was also named the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Women’s Soccer Aca-• demic All-American of the Year, and won the Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Army’s Andrew Maisano won the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for Men’s • Lacrosse, and earned the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Army’s Elizabeth Betterbed was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. • Holy Cross’ Olivia Pruszko earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant-• ship. Fordham’s John Skelton became the first Patriot League player taken in the • NFL Draft since 1995. Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum was named the ECAC Men’s Basketball Rookie of the • Year and received multiple national freshman honors. Navy’s Adam Meyer was named the Mid-Major Swimmer of the Year by Col-• legeSwimming.com, and received Honorable Mention All-America honors at the NCAA Championship Meet. Bucknell won the 2010 Patriot League Presidents’ Cup. The Bison also won the • male and female trophies. It was the eighth time in Patriot League history that a school won the overall, male and female titles. Every Patriot League team won at least one championship for just the fifth • time in League history. Army Men’s Lacrosse defeated No. 2 Syracuse, 9-8, in double overtime in the • NCAA Tournament first round. Bucknell defeated Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Soccer • Tournament. Three Patriot Leaguers were selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year • Player Draft, while a pair were chosen in the Major Lacrosse League Draft. Army’s Garret Thul was named national freshman of the year by Inside La-• crosse.

the presidents’ cup

The Presidents’ Cup signifies overall excellence in the 23 sports sponsored by the Patriot League, and Bucknell has won the Cup 16 times in its 20-year existence, including 12 of the last 13 years.

The Presidents’ Cup is awarded annually to the institution that accumulates the highest point total over the entire academic year, with points awarded on the basis of the school’s finish in each of the 23 Patriot League sports. If there is a league tourna-ment in a sport, the points are awarded based on the average of the regular season and tour-nament finish, and if there is no post-season tournament, points are awarded based on regular-season standings.

1991 — Bucknell1992 — Bucknell1993 — Bucknell1994 — Army1995 — Army1996 — Bucknell1997 — Army1998 — Bucknell1999 — Bucknell2000 — Bucknell

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Presidents’ Cup Champions

Bucknell softball won the 2010 Patriot League Championship on May 15, twice coming from behind to defeat Colgate 4-3 (9 inn.) and 6-4 on the final day of play at West Point, N.Y. The championship was the second in pro-gram history and the first since 1997.

2010 pl chAmps & ncAA QuAlifiers

With its Patriot League Tourna-ment success, Bucknell advanced to its first-ever NCAA Championships. In the Columbus, Ohio Regional on May 21-22, the Bison took on nationally ranked California and the host Ohio State.


Bucknell is a unique national univer-sity where liberal arts and professional programs complement each other, where more than 3,500 full-time stu-dents are educated for a lifetime of criti-cal thinking and strong leadership. For 160 years, the University has remained true to its fundamental purpose: to educate and prepare students for lives that make a difference and have a posi-tive impact on the world.

In keeping with that purpose, the University has developed The Plan for Bucknell, which includes its collective vision — “To provide students with the premier undergraduate experience in American higher education.”

The Plan comprises five strategies.

Strengthen the Academic Core aims to ensure that a Bucknell educa-tion is challenging and engaging, with

openness to new ideas and a culture of innovation;

Deepen the Residential Learning Experience will provide a residential learning and living experience that complements the academic program, integrates the athletics and recreation program and promotes personal growth and development and civic and ethical responsibility;

Enhance Diversity is a commitment to diversity in all its forms within a civil and supportive environment of open exchange to prepare Bucknell graduates to live and work in a globally integrated and intercultural world;

Build Bridges will bring the world to Bucknell — through visiting scholars and sports teams, international students and alumni, guest speakers, international focus semesters, and electronic communica-tions — and bring Bucknell to the world through strategic partnerships and com-munity engagement activities as well as opportunities for off-campus study and faculty research;

Secure Our Financial Future will secure resources necessary to engage new opportunities, lessen dependence on tu-ition, and ensure our financial future.

The Plan for Bucknell was unan-imously approved by the Board of Trustees on April 29, 2006, having previously been approved by the students and faculty. We have be-gun implementing it and are determined to make it a reality over the next decade. To read the com-plete version of The Plan for Bucknell or to request a published version, see http://www.bucknell.edu/ThePlanforBucknell.

the plAn for bucknell

Admissions & ApplicationsYou can reach our Admissions Office by calling 570-577-1101. To receive an ap-plication, please call our admissions office or send a written request to: Bucknell Admissions Office, Freas Hall, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837.

CalendarA typical recruiting calendar for a prospective student-athlete interested in softball would go something like this:

** Summer 2011 — Make unofficial visits to schools of interest.** September 2011 — Contact head coach Heather Rakosik with test scores and class rank if Bucknell falls within your top-five list of potential colleges. Send a letter expressing interest in the softball program. It would be helpful to include a transcript and any videotape you may have available. Also, the student-athlete should be registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse. See your high school athletics director or guidance counselor for information.** October 2011 — Head coach Heather Rakosik will be in contact regarding the student-athlete’s interest and possible visit date. The student-athlete and family should file CSS Financial Aid Profile Form. See your college guidance counselor for information.** November 15, 2011 — Deadline for Admissions Early Decision I and Financial Aid applications for Early Decision I candidates.** Late December, 2011 — Target date for Admissions letters to go out for Early Decision I candidates.** January 15, 2012 — Deadline for Admissions Regular Decision and Early Decision II. Deadline for Financial Aid applications for Regular Decision and Early Decision II candidates.** Late January, 2012 — Target date for Admissions decision letters to go out for Early Decision II candidates.** Late March, 2012 — Target date for Admissions decision letters to go out for Regular Decision candidates.** Mid-April, 2012 — Target date for open house weekend for all accepted applicants.** May 1, 2012 — Deadline for securing spot in class of 2015 with deposit.

ClearinghouseThe NCAA mandates that all student-athletes interested in competing at the Division I or II level must be certified through the NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse. Contact high school coaches, athletics director and/or guidance counselor for necessary paperwork.

ContactsAs per NCAA by-law 13.02.3, a contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the prospect’s parent or legal guardian and an institutional staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting. Any such face-to-face encounter that is prear-ranged or takes place on the grounds of the prospect’s high school, or at the site of organized competition or practice involving the prospect’s high school, preparatory school, two-year college, or all-star team is considered a contact, regardless of the conversation that occurs. We are limited to three off-campus contact days per prospective student-athlete.

CorrespondenceIt is important that the prospective student-athlete get in touch with head coach Heather Rakosik as soon as possible. A simple letter of inquiry into the softball program or an email to [email protected] will initiate the recruiting process. In the spring of your sophomore year or early junior year is the most appropriate time to contact Coach Rakosik.

If a prospective student-athlete and/or parent has any questions, please feel free to call head coach Heather Rakosik at 570-577-3553 and/or visit the Recruiting and Compliance links on Bucknell’s athletic Web site, www.BucknellBison.com. Also, please feel free to forward any cor-respondence you feel will be helpful in Coach Rakosik’s assessment of a prospective student-athlete.

recruiting informAtion

the Plan for Bucknell/recruiting information

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2011 Schedule

2011 bucknell softball media guide

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