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2019 Softball Roster

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28 Desiree Buboi

  • Class Senior
  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Villa Park, Calif.
  • High School Orange Lutheran
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Major Biology

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- Fastpitch News Preseason All-America First Team (2017)
- NFCA All-East Region First Team (2016)
- NFCA All-East Region Second Team (2019)
- NFCA All-East Region Third Team (2017)

- ECAC Metro/Upstate Region Rookie of the Year (2016)
- ECAC Metro/Upstate Region All-Star Second Team (2016)
- All-ECAC Honorable Mention (2019)

- MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year (2016)
- All-MAC Freedom First Team (2016, 2017)
- All-MAC Freedom Honorable Mention (2019)

- NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (2016)
- Manhattanville Female Rookie of the Year (2015-16)

- MAC Freedom Player of the Week (3/28/16, 4/3/17)
- MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2019)

Career: All-time program leader in hits (215) and runs scored (150), second in total bases (353) and walks (64), third in games played (174) and runs batted in (147), tied for third in home runs (31), fourth in doubles (45); also ranks among the top 10 in slugging percentage.
 
2019: Started all 42 of her appearances during senior season … fourth on the team with a .399 AVG, third with 57 hits and fourth with 33 RBI’s … went 2-for-2 with three runs and three RBI’s in win over Cal Lutheran (03/10) … went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI’s in win over La Sierra (03/14) … went 4-for-5 with three runs and six RBI’s in MAC Freedom sweep of Eastern (03/27) … went 3-for-5 with four runs and two RBI’s in doubleheader sweep of William Paterson (04/10) … went 3-for-6 in NCAA Tournament against Lynchburg (05/10)
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2018: Started 42 of the team’s 43 games at second base as a junior … hit .281 (38 for 135) with five homers, 22 RBIs, 19 runs scored and 14 walks … ranked second on the team with 11 multi-hit games … started the season with an 11-game hitting streak, recording 17 hits during that span … homered in the team’s first game of the year against Fontbonne (3/2) … homered, doubled and walked in three plate appearances against Wilkes (4/14) … had four hits and drove in two in a pair of MAC Freedom Tournament title-round wins over King’s (5/5).
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2017: Started 46 of 47 games at second base as a sophomore … hit .385 (55 for 143) with seven homers, 40 RBIs, a career-high 18 doubles and a team-leading 47 runs and 24 walks from the third spot in the order … finished her year 11th in D-III and first in the MAC Freedom in doubles … second in the conference in on-base percentage, walks, total bases and RBIs and third in hits … ranked second in doubles, third in runs scored, fourth in walks, ninth in total bases and 10th in hits on the school’s single-season list … ranked third on the team with her .657 slugging percentage and .473 on-base percentage … second on the team with 18 multi-hit games and fourth with nine multi-RBI games … went 4-for-6 with two homers, eight RBIs and five runs scored in two wins over King’s (4/2), driving in five in game one and launching two go-ahead homers in game two … went 4-for-4 and tied her own school postseason record with six RBIs in the MAC Freedom Tournament clincher against King’s (5/7) … had seven hits in nine at-bats as the Valiants won three games on Sunday to capture the MAC Freedom Tournament title.
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2016: Finished her stellar first season hitting .464 (65 for 140) with 14 home runs, 13 doubles, 52 RBIs, 53 runs scored, 120 total bases, an .857 slugging percentage and a .522 on-base percentage … finished the year first in program history in single-season total bases; tied for first in homers; second in slugging percentage, hits and runs; third in RBIs, fifth in doubles … led all D-III freshmen in homers and ranked fourth overall nationally in homers, while also ranking 19th in RBIs and slugging percentage and 21st in runs per game ... led the MAC Freedom in five categories (hits, homers, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage), while also ranking second in batting average and runs, third in doubles and RBIs, and sixth in walks … after one season, already is tied for seventh in career homers at Manhattanville … started her Valiant career with a 16-game hitting streak, including nine multi-hit games … named MAC Freedom Player of the Week after hitting going 4 for 5 with a homer, four RBIs, four runs scored and two walks in two wins over FDU-Florham (3/23) … after one hitless game, went on a program-record 19-game hitting streak to finish the regular season … went 6 for 7 with a homer, seven runs scored and four RBIs in a two-game sweep of DeSales (4/8), including a season-best four-hit game in the opener … named to the All-Tournament team at the NCAA Tournament Ewing Regional after hitting .353 with two homers and nine RBIs in five games … homered, scored twice and drove in a program postseason-record six runs in the NCAA Tournament opener against Neumann (5/13), then homered again in the title-round win over TCNJ (5/15).
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High School: A 2015 graduate of Orange Lutheran High School … played softball for the Lancers.
 
Personal: Daughter of Denise and Vasile Buboi ... minoring in sport studies.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2016Freshman

    Second Base
    5'5"
    21
  • 28

    2017Sophomore

    Infield
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2018Junior

    Infield
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2019Senior

    Infield
    5'5"
    28