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2020 Softball Roster

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Mike McLaughlin
Mike McLaughlin
Mike McLaughlin
Mike McLaughlin
Mike McLaughlin

10 Melina Strano

  • Class Senior
  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-7
  • Hometown Brewster, N.Y.
  • High School Brewster
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Major Business Management

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- All-MAC Freedom First Team (2017)
- Skyline Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2019-20)

- MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019)

2020: Started nine of the 10 games she played in during her final season ... played catcher for the Valiants ... ended the season with a batting average of .333 ... hit one double against Alfred (3/10) ... led the Skyline in pop outs catching 60 ... had nine multi-catch games ... scored three times in six at bats ... season ended early due to COVID-19. 
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2019: Missed the 2019 season due to injury

2018: Appeared in 15 games with starts behind the plate as a sophomore … drove in two runs and scored four times in 14 at-bats … doubled home two runs and scored as a pinch hitter against Delaware Valley (4/15) … walked once in her final three appearances of the season.
Game-by-Game Statistics

2017: Made 32 appearances with 24 starts in her first collegiate season, making 16 starts behind the plate and eight in right field … hit .373 (28 for 75) with eight doubles, 19 RBIs and 18 runs scored … also went a perfect 6-for-6 on stolen-base attempts … had a pair of doubles and drove in two against Plattsburgh State (3/15) to start a season-best eight-game hitting streak … went 5-for-6 with two RBIs and two runs scored in a doubleheader sweep of Eastern (3/25) … had four hits in four at-bats with a season-best four RBIs and two runs scored at FDU-Florham (4/14) … had two hits, drove in three and stole two bases the next time out against Mount St. Vincent  (4/19) … drove in three runs in four MAC Freedom Tournament games.
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High School: A 2016 graduate of Brewster High School … played four years of softball for the Bears … 2016 Class A All-New York State selection, All-Section One pick and Journal News Westchester/Putnam All-Star as a senior … was named to the Hudson Valley Sports Report “Dream Team” as a senior … overall, a three-time All-Section selection and four-time All-League honoree … helped the Bears to back-to-back Sectional runner-up finishes in 2014 and 2015 … a National Honor Society student.
 
Personal: Daughter of Teresa and Giovanni Strano … has two siblings, Gianni and Dominick ... minoring in sports studies.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2017Freshman

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2018Sophomore

    Catcher/Utility
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2019Junior

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2020Senior

    Catcher
    5'7"
    10