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2022 Softball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

24 Maria Pagane

  • Position Infielder
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Fifth Year
  • School CC
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.
  • Highschool Bishop Moore Catholic

Biography

Honors & Awards:
- 2019 NFCA All-Region (Second Team)
- 2019 First Team All-Ivy League
- 2019 Spring Academic All-Ivy League
- 2018 NFCA Scholar-Athlete
- 2018 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
- Ivy League Player of the Week (April 29, 2019)
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (March 5, 2018)

2021: Season canceled (COVID-19).

2020: Started and played all 10 games of a COVID-shortened season ... Hit .313 with an .859 OPS ... Recorded six runs, four doubles and four RBI ... Went 3-for-3 with two runs and two doubles against Stony Brook (Feb. 22) ... Went 1-for-2 with a double, a run and an RBI in a 10-1 win over Ball State, snapping the Cardinals' 11-game winning streak (March 1).

2019: NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team … First Team All-Ivy League … Spring Academic All-Ivy League selection … Ivy League Player of the Week (April 29) … Six-time Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll selection … Played and started all 45 games at shortstop … Hit .344 with a .386 OBP, .543 slugging percentage and .929 OPS … Led Columbia and ranked No. 3 in the Ivy League in runs scored (33) … No. 3 in the league in hits (52), total bases (82) and HBP (7) … Shared the league lead in triples (4) and was top 10 in home runs (5) and slugging … Hit .431 in 21 Ivy League contests, ranking top five across league games in batting average, runs (20), hits (31), homers (4), total bases (50) and slugging (.694) … Put together two separate 13-game hitting streaks … Went a combined 4-for-8 with a run scored on opening day at the FIU Panther Invite (Feb. 22) … Drove in a career-high four runs as part of a 3-for-3 performance in which the Lions defeated Dartmouth, 6-4, to earn the series sweep (March 24) … Opened the Princeton series by going 3-for-4 with a homer and two runs scored (March 29) … Went 3-for-3 with a run scored in game two against Harvard (April 6) …  Homered in both ends of a doubleheader against Penn (April 27) … Started a five-run sixth with a two-run homer in a 5-0 win over Brown (May 4).

2018: NFCA Scholar-Athlete … All-Ivy League Honorable Mention … Played and started all 40 games, primarily at shortstop … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week once and selected to the weekly Honor Roll four times … Hit .294 with a .370 on-base percentage and .529 slugging percentage … Scored 31 runs, which ranked No. 3 in the Ivy League and among the top five in Columbia’s single season record books … Tied for second in the Ivy League with eight home runs and ranked among the top 10 in RBIs (26) and total bases (72) … Hit a two-run home run in her very first collegiate at-bat in the season opener against Texas State (Feb. 23) … Began her career with a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 23 – March 3) … Hit a two-run homer to help Columbia defeat Virginia, 11-8, and later that day went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in a, 10-4, victory over Georgetown (March 3) … Went on to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (March 5) … Sparked Columbia’s three-run seventh with a leadoff homer to force extra innings in an, 8-6, victory over Penn (March 17) … Went 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs and two RBIs in Columbia’s, 8-2, win in game one against Yale (March 24) … Reached base four times, going 2-for-2 with a homer, two walks, three runs and an RBI in a 7-0 shutout over Brown (April 14) … Went 5-for-11 with four runs, three walks, a homer and two RBis in a series victory at Cornell (April 28-29).

Prior to Columbia: Four-year letterwinner out of Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando, Florida ... Served as team captain as a senior in 2017 ... Led Bishop Moore to a second consecutive district title her senior season ... Helped her team post a 25-3 record as a junior in 2016 ... 2016 All-District and Second Team All-Central Florida selection ... Batted .556 with an on-base percentage of .613, six home runs and 40 RBIs in 2016 ... Set Bishop Moore’s record for career pitching wins during her senior campaign ... Participated in the National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society, was an AP Scholar with distinction and was part of the 2016 Quiz Bowl Catholic Challenge Champion.

Personal: Born January 27, 1999 in Orlando, Florida ... Daughter of Elizabeth and Joseph Pagane ... Windermere Little League softball team finished runner-up at the 2012 Little League Softball World Series ... Uncle, Adolph Yates, was a member of the Harvard football team from 1976-79 ... Chose Columbia over schools including Penn ... Enrolled at Columbia College with plans to study neuroscience and behavior.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2018First Year

    Infielder
    5'6"
    24
  • 24

    2019Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'7"
    24
  • 24

    2020Junior

    Infielder
    5'7"
    24
  • 24

    2021Senior

    Infielder
    5'7"
    24
  • 24

    2022Fifth Year

    Infielder
    5'7"
    24