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2021 Softball

5 Megan Zinn

  • Height 5-3
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Bridgewater, N.J.
  • High School Bridgewater-Raritan
  • Position OF
  • Major Early Childhood and Primary Education

Biography

  • 2019 NFCA Third Team All-American selection
  • 2019 & 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team selection
  • Three-year letter-winner who has earned All-Landmark Conference honors for all three seasons with the Royals
  • Has totaled 164 hits including 38 doubles, three triples, and two home runs while scoring 108 runs and collecting 76 RBI
  • Is a career .407 hitter with a .531 slugging percentage and a .439 on-base percentage
  • Ranks among Scranton's all-time leaders in runs scored (2nd), hits (3rd), doubles (3rd), batting average (4th), total bases (4th)  at-bats (5th), on-base percentage (9th) and RBI (10th)

Junior Year (2019)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Appeared in 47 games
  • Batted a .459 with a .624 slugging percentage and a .485 on-base percentage
  • Totaled 72 hits including 21 doubles, one triple, and one home run
  • Scored 51 runs and had 43 RBI
  • Drew 11 walks and went 10-for-11 in stolen base attempts
  • Defensively, posted a perfect 1.000 percentage with 68 putouts and one assist

Sophomore Year (2018)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started 43 games in which she played in the outfield
  • Batted .362 with a .449 slugging percentage and a .397 on-base percentage
  • Totaled 50 hits including seven doubles, one triple, and one home run
  • Scored 31 runs and had 15 RBI
  • Drew eight walks, had three sacrifice bunts, and went 3-for-5 in stolen base attempts
  • Defensively, posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 36 putouts and three assists
  • Struck out just twice in 146 plate appearances to rank among toughest to strikeout in the nation
  • Had at least one hit in 31 games on the season with 14 multi-hit performances
  • Collected three hits in six games during the spring
  • Ranked among Scranton's single-season leaders in: at bats (3rd, 138); hits (t-9th, 50); runs scored (t-13th, 31); and total bases (21st, 62)

Freshman Year (2017)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 34 games in the outfield
  • Posted a .389 batting average with 42 hits including a team-high 10 doubles to go along with one triple
  • Also totaled 18 RBI and 26 runs scored
  • Finished the year with a .500 slugging percenage and a .422 on-base percentage
  • Had 54 total bases and went a perfect 4-4 on stolen base attempts
  • Recorded 32 putouts and one assists with one error for a .971 fielding percentage
  • Had 12 multi-hit games including a season-high four-hit effort at Drew on April 23
  • Also made two pitching appearances, picking up on strikeout while yielding four runs on three hits in 2.0 total innings in the circle
  • Led team in runs scored and doubles
  • Finished the year ranked among Scranton's single-season all-time leaders in: doubles (tied for 11th), hits (tied for 13th), at-bats (15th), and total bases (tied for 24th)

Awards/Honors

  • CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2019, 2020)
  • NFCA Third Team All-American (2019)
  • NFCA First Team All-Atlantic Region (2019)
  • All-Landmark Conference First Team (2017, 2019)
  • All-Landmark Conference Second Team (2018)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Landmark Conference Player of the Week (Apr. 29, 2019)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Mar. 18, 2019)

High School/Personal

  • The daughter of Jennifer and Christopher Zinn
  • Prepped at Bridgewater Raritan High School, where she earned four letters in softball
  • Helped the team record a 69-47 record in four years, as they won a Sectional and Group 4 North Championship in 2015 and their conference title in 2016
  • Was a First-Team all-conference selection twice (2015,2016)
  • Selected as Player of the Year in 2015, earning First-Team All-Group 4 and Third-Team All-State honors, as well
  • Had 100 hits in her senior season and is the all-time hit leader in Bridgewater Raritan history
  • Mother is a graduate of the University of Delaware, while father graduated from York College
  • Has a younger sister, Loren

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    P/OF
    5
  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    P/OF
    5
  • 5
    C

    2019Junior

    OF
    5'3"
    5
    C
  • 5
    C

    2020Senior

    OF
    5'3"
    5
    C
  • 5
    C

    2021Graduate Student

    OF
    5'3"
    5
    C
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