Honors and Awards
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete - 2022 | 2023 | 2024
2025
Stalwart backstop played and started 37 games … hit .267 (23-for-86) with 13 runs scored, and 14 driven in … finished the year with eight extra base hits (five doubles, a triple, and two home runs) … slugged .419 and boasted a .382 on base percentage … was a perfect 3-for-3 on stone base attempts … threw out seven would-be base stealers on the year … had four multiple RBI games in 2025 … was the perfect table setter for the Lions hitting .400 (11-for-25) to start an inning.
2024
Started in 36 games and appeared in 39 games as a junior… Had 21 hits and a .226 average with one home run and nine RBI… Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2023
Earned 23 starts and appeared in 29 games as a sophomore … Batted 14-for-54 with two home runs and nine RBI … Registered five stolen bases for the season … Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
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2022
Appeared in 20 of the Lions’ 38 games … Earned seven starts … Recorded two hits and a double in 15 plate appearances … Named an Easton-NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.
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Prior to Columbia
Joins the roster from Lexington High School in Lexington, Massachusetts ... Earned Middlesex League All-Star honors her freshmen, sophomore and senior seasons ... Named Co-MVP of the league as a senior after hitting .639 for the season with a .755 OBP and 1.333 slugging percentage ... Season highlights included hitting three home runs in one game ... Earned the Softball Rotary Award as a senior and was named to the Boston Herald All-Scholastic Team ... Member of her school’s National Honor Society ... Competed for Raiders Softball at the club level, helping her team with the ASA All-American Tournament in 2018.
Personal
Father, Michael competed in football and baseball at Temple (1984-89) and played Minor League Baseball in the Cleveland Indians organization for one year ... Grandfather, Stan Palys, played Minor League Baseball in both the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds organizations ... Enrolled in Columbia College double majoring in biology and history.
