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2020 Softball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

2 Genny Soltesz

  • Position Outfielder
  • B/T L/R
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • School SEAS
  • Hometown Kalamazoo, Mich.
  • Highschool Mattawan

Biography

2019: NFCA Scholar-Athlete … Played in 35 games and made 25 starts … Started 24 games in the outfield and one at second base … Hit .217 with a .341 OBP, scoring 13 runs and driving in five … Scored two runs in a 9-1 game-two victory as part of a three-game sweep over Dartmouth (March 24) … Came up with the game-tying hit to help the Lions defeat Princeton, 2-1, and win the series … Went 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI and reached base four times in a 6-3 victory over Manhattan (April 3) … Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll (April 8) … Scored a career-high three runs in a 12-0 game one shutout of Cornell, followed by two runs in the 12-4 game two victory (April 13).

2018: NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... Played in 26 games and made six starts in the outfield … Tallied 10 runs and had two hits … Carried a perfect fielding percentage on 10 chances … Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored against Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 24) ... Scored runs in three straight appearances against Penn (March 17), Yale (March 25) and Dartmouth (March 31) … Singled in her only AB of a 14-0 victory over St. Peter’s (April 5).

2017: Played in 26 games and made 13 starts in the outfield ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... Hit .324 with 11 hits and 10 runs scored … Appeared for the first time as a pinch runner at the EMU Madeira Beach Invitational (Feb. 25) … Scored her first run in against Army West Point and started her first game against Fairfield at the Patriot Classic (March 4) … Got her first hit as part of a 2-for-4, 2-RBI performance, including her first double and the game-winning single in extra innings to lead Columbia over George Mason, 6-5 (March 18) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs in a 12-2 win at Rider (April 19) … Reached base three times and scored a run as part of a 1-for-2 game at Princeton (April 22).

Personal: A second base standout for Mattawan High School in Michigan ... Earned 2016 MaxPreps second team All-American honors and was the 2016 Kalamazoo Gazette area softball Player of the Year ... An all-conference, all-district and all-region player her final two years, picking up first team all-state honors her senior season ... Helped Mattawan to a state title her freshman year, while the team went to the state semifinals her junior and senior seasons ... Also participated in cross country ... The daughter of Sarah and Chris Soltesz ... Will attend the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017First Year

    Outfielder
    5
  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    5
  • 2

    2019Junior

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2020Senior

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    2