Senior Season (2020): Served as the Seahawks’ right fielder, starting all nine games of a shortened season… Finished the season with a .261 batting average… Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage… Went 2-3 with one RBI against Drexel.
Junior Season (2019): Served as the Seahawks’ right fielder, starting 40 games and recording 30 hits … Finished the season with a .291 batting average … Had eight multi-hit games throughout the year, including two multi-hit contests within the last four games of the year … Batted in a season-high two runs against Cleveland State (2/16) … Scored 14 runs during the season.
Sophomore Season (2017-18): Started all 43 games as the Seahawks’ right fielder … Collected 37 hits and nine RBIs while scoring 21 runs and walking six times … Had a total of 11 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits against Sacred Heart on March 31 … Batted in two runs on three different occasions while finishing with a .923 fielding percentage.
Freshman Season (2017): Named Second-Team All-NEC as a freshman … Finished her first regular season on Grymes Hill with a .314 average, good for 18
th among all NEC players, with 38 hits, 23 runs, and 15 RBIs, along with seven stolen bases … In conference play, the rookie outfielder batted .348 and scored 14 runs … Was a big part of Wagner's sweep of Robert Morris, which qualified the Seahawks for the NEC Tournament, as she delivered three hits, five RBIs, and three runs across the two games.
Before Wagner: Four-year starter at Glen Rock High School … First-Team All- League for three years and First-Team All-County for two years … All-State honorable mention and Second Team All-North Jersey selection as a senior … Only player in Glen Rock High School history with 150 hits and 150 runs … Recipient of the Glen Rock Baseball and Softball Association Scholarship, Bergen County Women Coaches Association Award and Scholarship, and Glen Rock High School Boosters Club Varsity Softball Award … Also competed in Track and Field … Played club softball for New Jersey Pride Easton.
Personal: Born in Ridgewood, NJ … Daughter of Carolyn and Jeff Bender … Her brother Zach won three-time national championships in cycling at Marian University … Member of the National Honor Society in high school
