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2019 Softball

27 Molly Hampsey

  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Tunkhannock, Pa.
  • High School Tunkhannock
  • Position OF
  • Major Finance

Biography

  • Four-year letter-winner who has started 95 of the 99 games in which she has played during her first three seasons with the Royals
  • Has a career batting average of .288 to go along with a .367 slugging percentage and a .329 on-base percentage
  • Has 102 hits including 18 doubles and five triples while scoring 57 runs and adding 37 RBI during her time at Scranton
  • Ranks among Scranton's all-time leaders in: triples (t-19th); doubles (t-23rd, 17); at bats (25th, 282)

Senior Year (2019)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Appeared in 38 games
  • Batted .292 with a .306 slugging ercentage and a  .329 on-base percentage
  • Totaled 21 hits including one double
  • Scored three runs and added 5 RBI
  • Posted a .958 fielding percentage with 22 putouts and one assist

Junior Year (2018)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Appeared in 34 games and made 33 starts as an outfield
  • Batted .274 with a .337 slugging percentage and a .330 on-base percentage
  • Totaled 26 hits including four doubles and one triple
  • Scored 17 runs and added nine RBI
  • Drew seven walks and tied for the team-lead with eight sacrifice bunts
  • Went 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts
  • Posted a .909 fielding percentage with 17 putouts and three assists
  • Ranked among Scranton's single-season leaders in: doubles (t-16th) and at bats (25th)

Sophomore Year (2017)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 33 games in which she played in the Royals' outfield
  • Batted .327 with 34 hits including nine doubles and two triples, tying for the team-lead in triples
  • Posted a .452 slugging percentage and a .351 on-base percentage
  • Scored 23 runs and had 16 RBI while earning three walks and stealing five bases
  • Recorded 28 putouts and one assist for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage
  • Had seven mult-hit games including three-hit efforts against SUNY Oneonta (March 11) and Cazenovia (April 11)
  • Finished the year ranked 13th in doubles and tied for 20th in most at-bats in a single-season in Scranton history

Freshman Year (2016)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started 29 games in her first season in the program in the outfield
  • Hit .253 in 83 plate appearances, posting 21 hits, four doubles and two triples
  • Scored 14 runs and recorded seven RBI throughout the course of the year
  • Had four multiple-hit games throughout the course of the year
  • Best game of the year came on Mar. 26 against Moravian, as she went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored
  • Went 2-for-4 against Cazenovia on Mar. 30, with a double, triple and two RBI
  • Last multiple hit game came at Penn State Hazleton on Apr. 25, going 2-for-3 in a Scranton win
  • In the field, she posted 27 putouts in 31 chances to record a .935 fielding percentage for the season

High School

  • Prepped at Tunnhannock High School, where she was a three-sport student-athlete, earning letters in softball (four), basketball (three) and golf (three)
  • Helped lead Tunkhannock to a runners-up finish in the PIAA District Two Softball Tournament and was member of 2014 District Two Girls Golf Championship team
  • In four-year career at Tunkhannock, batted over .400 and posted a career fielding percentage over .920
  • Was a four-year All-Conference Coaches' selection (2012-15) and was a four-year First Team All-Wyoming Conference pick (2012-15)
  • Was named to the Citizens Voice All-Region Softball Team twice (2014, 2015)
  • Played in Academic All-Star Game in Colorado Fireworks Tournament in Aurora, Colorado
  • Was Tunkhannock's softball co-captain in 2015 and Basketball team's Co-Captain in 2014-15
  • Also named basketball team MVP twice (2014 and 2015) and golf team MVP in 2013
  • Member of the National Honor Society and was awarded the PIAA Scholar Athlete Award. Was also Tunkhannock's Class of 2015 President

Awards/Honors

  • Landmark Conference All-Sportsmanship Team (2019)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019)

Personal

  • The daughter of Gabrielle and Ronald Hampsey
  • Parents are both graduates of the University of Scranton and were both student-athletes: mother played basketball for two seasons and father played baseball for two seasons
  • Aunt Katie Geiger-Gallagher and Uncle Shawn Gallagher are both members of Scranton's Wall of Fame for accomplishments in basketball
  • Has two older sisters: Casey and Jamie
  • Casey attended Colgate University, while Jamie is a 2016 graduate of the University of Scranton

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2016Freshman

    OF
    27
  • 27

    2017Sophomore

    OF
    27
  • 27

    2018Junior

    OF
    27
  • 27
    C

    2019Senior

    OF
    27
    C
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