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2017 Softball

11 Jacqueline DeSarro

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bethlehem Catholic
  • Hometown Bethlehem, Pa.

Biography

  • Has started 128 of 144 career games
  • Finished four-year career with a .316 batting average with 31 doubles, two triples, and 12 home runs while scoring 82 runs and totaling 87 RBI
  • Also posted career slugging percentage of .488 and an on-base percentage of .389
  • Defensively, totaled 419 putouts while posting a career fielding percentage of .966
  • Was a two-time Second Team All-Landmark Conference honoree
  • Finished career ranked among Scranton's all-time leaders in numerous categories: putouts (4th), doubles (tied for 4th), RBI (7th), defensive chances (8th), total bases (tied for 8th), home runs (9th), walks (9th), at-bats (7th), hits (9th), fielding percentage (12th), runs scored (tied for 13th), and slugging percentage (tied for 15th)

Senior Year (2017)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Earned All-Landmark Conference Second Team honors after playing in all 35 games including 34 as a starter
  • Batted .292 with 28 hits including eight doubles, one triple, and two home runs while drawing a team-leading 12 walks
  • Also totaled 24 RBI and scored 20 runs
  • Posted a .458 slugging percentage and a .372 on-base percentage on the year
  • Had a .977 fielding percentage with 122 putouts and eight assists
  • Finished the year ranked among Scranton's single-season record leaders in several categories: doubles (18th), putouts (21st), fielding percentage (23rd), and RBI (tied for 24th),

Junior Year (2016)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started 35 games on the year at catcher or designated player, batting .302 in 96 at-bats
  • Posted 19 hits, four doubles, a home run, 16 RBI and scored 22 runs
  • Forced 11 walks at the plate
  • Had a hit in 22 games on the year, posting seven multiple-hit games throughout the course of the year
  • Had two hits in a game seven times, with her best game coming on Mar. 24 against Oberlin, a 2-for-4, three RBI performance
  • Smashed her lone home run of the year against Elizabethtown on Apr. 17, a two-run shot that helped Scranton take a 10-7 win over the visiting Blue Jays
  • Posted 103 putouts on 116 chances defensively, with only three errors to post a .974 fielding percentage, the second highest at the end of the year on the team
  • Caught four runners stealing throughout the year, while not allowing a passed ball all season

Sophomore Year (2015)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • One of only two players to start all 34 games (Shannon Stricker was the other)
  • Split time behind the plate at catcher with fellow sophomore Jenna Snyder and also saw action as the designated player
  • Batted .364, with 12 doubles, 1 triple, and 4 home runs, and scored 24 runs and drove in 25 runs
  • Was voted second-team All-Landmark Conference in a ballot conducted among the conference's seven head coaches
  • Finished second on the team in batting average, at bats (110), hits (40), total bases (66), slugging percentage (.600), and put-outs (118)
  • Led Royals in on-base percentage (.433)
  • Hit safely in 25 games and had 11 multi-hit games
  • Opened and closed the season with 7-game hitting streaks, batting .500 during the streak that opened the year and .481 during the one that closed it.
  • Drove in at least one run in a game 15 times, including seven multi-RBI games
  • Belted home runs against SUNY Fredonia (March 16), Marywood (April 15), Moravian (April 19, 2nd game), and Hunter College (April 24, 2nd game)
  • In a 10-5 win over Hunter in the second game, drove in a season-high four runs with a home run and a sacrifice fly
  • Defensively, made only five errors in 134 chances to finish with a .953 fielding percentage
  • Finished fourth in doubles, fifth in home runs, sixth in total bases, and seventh in walks in the Landmark Conference

Freshman Year (2014)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Appeared in 27 games, started 25 times, and hit .280, with four doubles and tied senior Caitlin McHenry for the team-lead in home runs with three
  • Also scored 11 runs, drvoe in 14 runs, and had a slugging percentage of .453 and an on-base percentage of .333
  • One of seven players on the roster to have at least 20 hits
  • Hit safely in 13 games and had six multi-hit games, including three hits apiece in an 11-10 win over Dubuque on March 18 in Clermont, Florida, and in a 7-5 loss in the second game of a Landmark Conference doubleheader against Juniata College on April 12 at the Jessup Youth Sports Complex
  • Belted a solo home run in a 4-3 win over the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on March 20 in Clearmont, Florida; hit a grand slam in an 11-3 win in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader against Wilkes University on April 1 in Edwardsville, Pennsylvania; and hit a solo shot in a 9-2 loss to Elizabethtown College in the second game of a Landmark Conference doubleheader on April 5 at the Jesuup Youth Sports Complex
  • Defensively, played a majority of the time behind the plate but also did see action at third-base
  • Finished the season with a .946 fielding percentage (76 putouts, 30 assists, six errors)

Awards & Honors

  • All-Landmark Conference Second Team (2015, 2017)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016, 2017)

Personal

  • Daughter of Dominick and MaryAnn DeSarro

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2014Freshman

    C/3B
    11
  • 11

    2015Sophomore

    C/3B
    11
  • 11

    2016Junior

    C/3B
    11
  • 11

    2017Senior

    C/3B
    11
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