Columbia University Athletics

2023
Played in 25 games and earned 21 starts as a junior … Went 12-for-49 at the plate with two doubles, three homers and 11 RBI … Hit two home runs, including a walk-off to seal the team’s 6-4 win over Dartmouth in the eighth inning (3/31) … Named to the Academic All-Ivy Team … Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
 
2022
Went 12-61 at the plate, finishing with a .197 average … Recorded two doubles and three RBI … Recognized as an Easton-NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.
 
2021
Season canceled (COVID-19).

Prior to Columbia
Six-year letterwinner in softball and four-year letterwinner in soccer at Troy High School in New York's Capital District ... Helped Troy to the 2015 New York State Class 2A Championship Series in 2015 ... Won both the section and the region in 2016 before going on to the final four of the state tournament ... Starting catcher for the Flying Horses since seventh grade ... Four-time all-state catcher and was also named a First Team All-Area catcher by the Times Union ... Statistics include hitting .448 with 26 RBI and 24 runs as a freshman, as well as .419 with seven home runs and 21 RBI as a sophomore ... On the soccer field, recorded a combined 867 saves in three seasons as the starting goalkeeper and was a three-time Suburban Council All-Area keeper ... Graduated as class valedictorian and had a slew of academic honors.

Personal
Born December 21, 2001 in Niskayuna, New York ... Daughter of Mary Ann and Chad Rifenberick ... Chose Columbia over Penn, Colgate, CCSU and Siena College ... Has volunteered for American Red Cross and was a math tutor … Enrolled in Columbia College studying evolutionary biology.