PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Location... University Park, Pa. Founded...1855 Enrollment.... 46,610 Nickname.... Nittany Lions Colors....Blue and White Conference... Big Ten Conference Home Facility..Nittany Lion Softball Park (1,084) President................... Dr. Eric J Barron Director of Athletics... Sandy Barbour Senior Women s Administrator Charmelle Green Faculty Representative... Dennis Scanlon Athletics Website.... GoPSUsports.com COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Amanda Lehotak (Fifth Year) Alma Mater... Nebraska-Omaha 03 Overall Record.... 284-326 (11 Years) Record at Penn State... 96-120 (Four Years) Email... ajl22@psu.edu Assistant Coach.... Sarah Sigrest (Third Year) Alma Mater... Jacksonville 12 Email...szs34@psu.edu Assistant Coach....Jennifer Abrams (Second Year) Alma Mater... Providence 11 Email... jea41@psu.edu NITTANY LION SOFTBALL PARK Office... 302 Nittany Lion Softball Park... Park Avenue...University Park, PA 16802 Office Phone... (814) 865-0936 Office Fax... (814) 863-8120 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Softball Contact....Megan Samassa Office Phone... 814-865-7993 Cell Phone... 814-321-3804 Email...mps5768@psu.edu Fax... 814-863-3165 Mailing Address....101 Bryce Jordan Center... University Park, Pa. 16802 TEAM INFORMATION 2017 Overall Record... 23-33 2017 Big Ten Record (Finish)...... 8-15 (12th) Starters Returning/Lost... 4/5 Position Players Returning/Lost... 5/8 Pitchers Returning/Lost.... 3/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 10/9 Newcomers... 9 PROGRAM HISTORY First Varsity Year...1965 All-Time Record...1,019-995-3 (52 Years) All-Time Big Ten Record... 209-355-1 (26 Years) NCAA Postseason Appearances...10 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record...12-20 NFCA All-Americans...4 Academic All-Americans...16 First Team All-Big Ten Selections...14 Second Team All-Big Ten Selections...23 Third Team All-Big Ten Selections...22 RETURNING HITTING LEADERS Batting Average... Tori Dubois (.346) Slugging Percentage... Tori Dubois (.529) Runs Scored... Tori Dubois (31) Hits... Tori Dubois (53) RBI... Tori Dubois (30) Stolen Bases... Toni Polk (6) Fielding Percentage... Tori Dubois (.982) RETURNING PITCHING LEADERS Appearances... Cummings & Smith (16) Starts... Jessica Cummings (3) Innings... Jessica Cummings (45.2) Strikeouts... Jessica Cummings (36) Earned Run Average.. Jessica Cummings (4.60) Wins... Cummings & Smith (3) 2017 AWARDS / HONORS All-Big Ten First Team... Tori Dubois Academic All-Big Ten... Gianna Arrizurieta... Jessica Cummings... Tori Dubois...Madison Shaffer
2018 PENN STATE SOFTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Year B/T Height Hometown High School 1 Jessica Cummings P Sr. L/R 5-8 Owings, Md. Northern 2 Amanda Grieco INF So. R/R 5-5 Basking Ridge, N.J. Union Catholic Regional 3 Christa Wagner OF So. L/R 5-9 Plainville, Mass. King Phillip 5 Kennedy Legg C So. R/R 5-7 Keller, Texas Keller (Ole Miss) 6 Madison Shaffer P Jr. L/R 5-9 New Castle, Pa. Neshannock 8 Dani Fey UTL Fr. R/L 5-6 Bangor, Pa. Bangor 9 Tori Dubois UTL Jr. R/R 5-8 Mt. Vernon, N.H. Bishop Guertin 10 Emily Hudgins INF Fr. L/R 5-6 Wadsworth, Ill. Warren Township 11 Erin Murray OF Fr. R/R 5-6 Great Falls, Va. Paul VI Catholic 12 Ashton Mensinger P Sr. R/R 5-7 Nescopeck, Pa. Berwick 13 Paige Johnson INF Jr. L/R 5-6 Clarksville, Tenn. Montgomery Central (Northwest Florida State) 18 Madey Smith P So. R/R 5-9 Washington, N.J. Warren Hills Regional 21 Gianna Arrizurieta INF Sr. R/R 5-6 Pembroke Pines, Fla. American Heritage Plantation 22 Haley Vallejos C Fr. R/R 5-4 Chandler, Ariz. Corona Del Sol 26 Delaney Elling INF/C So. R/R 5-11 Washington, Pa. Trinity 28 Tori Hackenberg INF Fr. R/R 5-10 Mifflinburg, Pa. Mifflinburg Area 41 Destiny Weber C/INF So. R/R 5-4 Grafton, Ohio Keystone 42 Toni Polk INF/OF Jr. L/R 5-5 Niagara Falls, N.Y. Niagara Falls 82 Meghan Williams INF Jr. R/R 5-10 Bethlehem, Pa. Salisbury 2018 PENN STATE SOFTBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Year B/T Height Hometown High School 21 Gianna Arrizurieta INF Sr. R/R 5-6 Pembroke Pines, Fla. American Heritage Plantation 1 Jessica Cummings P Sr. L/R 5-8 Owings, Md. Northern 9 Tori Dubois UTL Jr. R/R 5-8 Mt. Vernon, N.H. Bishop Guertin 26 Delaney Elling INF/C So. R/R 5-11 Washington, Pa. Trinity 8 Dani Fey UTL Fr. R/L 5-6 Bangor, Pa. Bangor 2 Amanda Grieco INF So. R/R 5-5 Basking Ridge, N.J. Union Catholic Regional 28 Tori Hackenberg INF Fr. R/R 5-10 Mifflinburg, Pa. Mifflinburg Area 10 Emily Hudgins INF Fr. L/R 5-6 Wadsworth, Ill. Warren Township 13 Paige Johnson INF Jr. L/R 5-6 Clarksville, Tenn. Montgomery Central 5 Kennedy Legg C So. R/R 5-7 Keller, Texas Keller (Ole Miss) 12 Ashton Mensinger P Sr. R/R 5-7 Nescopeck, Pa. Berwick 11 Erin Murray OF Fr. R/R 5-6 Great Falls, Va. Paul VI Catholic 42 Toni Polk INF/OF Jr. L/R 5-5 Niagara Falls, N.Y. Niagara Falls 6 Madison Shaffer P Jr. L/R 5-9 New Castle, Pa. Neshannock 18 Madey Smith P So. R/R 5-9 Washington, N.J. Warren Hills Regional 22 Haley Vallejos C Fr. R/R 5-4 Chandler, Ariz. Corona Del Sol 3 Christa Wagner OF So. L/R 5-9 Plainville, Mass. King Phillip 41 Destiny Weber C/INF So. R/R 5-4 Grafton, Ohio Keystone 82 Meghan Williams INF Jr. R/R 5-10 Bethlehem, Pa. Salisbury Head Coach: Amanda Lehotak (Fifth Season) Assistant Coach: Sarah Sigrest (Third Season) Assistant Coach: Jennifer Abrams (Second Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Sara Haefeli Director of Operations: Christina Diaz (First Season) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE LIONS BY ELIGIBILITY LIONS BY POSITION LIONS BY STATE Giana Arrizurieta GEE-on-AH AH-rizz-UH-REE-tah Dubois DO-Boys Lehotak leh-ho-tack Seniors (3): Arrizurieta, Cummings, Mensinger Juniors (5): Dubois, Johnson, Polk, Shaffer, Williams Sophomores (3): Elling, Grieco, Legg, Smith, Wagner, Weber Freshmen (4): Fey, Hackenberg, Hudgins, Murray, Vallejos Catchers (2): Legg, Vallejos Infielders (8): Arrizurieta, Elling, Grieco, Hackenberg, Hudgins, Johnson, Polk, Weber, Williams Outfielders (2): Murray, Wagner Pitchers (4): Cummings, Mensinger, Shaffer, Smith Utility Player (2): Dubois, Fey Arizona (1): Vallejos Florida (1): Arrizurieta Illinois (1): Hudgins Maryland (1): Cummings Massachusetts (1): Wagner New Hampshire (1): Dubois New Jersey (2): Grieco, Smith New York (1): Polk Ohio (1): Weber Pennsylvania (6): Elliing, Fey, Hackenberg, Mensinger, Shaffer, Williams Tennessee (1): Johnson Texas (1): Legg Virginia (1): Murray
FEBRUARY Fri. 9 $ vs. Ole Miss Gulf Shores, Ala. 1 p.m. Fri. 9 $ vs. Lipscomb Gulf Shores, Ala. 4 p.m. Sat. 10 $ vs. Georgia Tech Gulf Shores, Ala. 1 p.m. Sat. 10 $ vs. Alabama Gulf Shores, Ala. 6 p.m. Sun. 11 $ vs. Central Arkansas Gulf Shores, Ala. 10 a.m. Fri. 16 ^ at Duke Durham, N.C. 5 p.m. Sat. 17 ^ vs. Virginia Tech Durham, N.C. 9:30 a.m. Sat. 17 ^ at Duke Durham, N.C. 2:30 p.m. Sun. 18 ^ vs. Virginia Tech Durham, N.C. 10 a.m. Fri. 23 # vs. UCF Jacksonville, Fla. 2:30 p.m. Fri. 23 # at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. 7:30 p.m. Sat. 24 # vs. Western Carolina Jacksonville, Fla. 2:30 p.m. Sat. 24 # at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. 7:30 p.m. Sun. 25 # vs. JMU Jacksonville, Fla. 9 a.m. MARCH Tues. 6 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 7 p.m. Fri. 9 & vs. Northwestern Houston, Texas 4 p.m. Sat. 10 & vs. Lipscomb Houston, Texas 10 a.m. Sat. 10 & vs. Northwestern Houston, Texas 12:30 p.m. Sun. 11 & vs. Iowa State Houston, Texas 12:30 p.m. Sun. 11 & at Houston Houston, Texas 3 p.m. Fri. 16 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 6 p.m. Sat. 17 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 3 p.m. Sun. 18 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 1 p.m. Wed. 21 HOFSTRA (DH) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 5 p.m. Fri. 23 * MARYLAND UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 6 p.m. Sat. 24 * MARYLAND UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 3 p.m. Sun. 25 * MARYLAND UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 1 p.m. Wed. 28 ROBERT MORRIS (DH) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 5 p.m. Fri. 30 * at Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. 3 p.m. Sat. 31 * at Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. 1 p.m. APRIL Sun. 1 * at Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. 12 p.m. Tues. 3 PITTSBURGH UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 6 p.m. Fri. 6 * MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 6 p.m. Sat. 7 * MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 3 p.m. Sun. 8 * MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 1 p.m. Wed. 11 * at Ohio State (DH) Columbus, Ohio 5 p.m. Fri. 13 * MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 6 p.m. Sat. 14 * MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 3 p.m. Sun. 15 * MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 1 p.m. Wed. 18 SAINT FRANCIS (DH) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 5 p.m. Fri. 20 * at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 6 p.m. Sat. 21 * at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 1 p.m. Sun. 22 * at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 12 p.m. Wed. 25 BUCKNELL (DH) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 5 p.m. Fri. 27 * ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 8 p.m. Sat. 28 * ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 3 p.m. Sun. 29 * ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 12 p.m. MAY Fri. 4 * at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 7 p.m. Sat. 5 * at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 2 p.m. Sun. 6 * at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 2 p.m. Thurs. 10 Big Ten Tournament Madison, Wis. TBA Fri. 11 Big Ten Tournament Madison, Wis. TBA Sat. 12 Big Ten Tournament Madison, Wis. TBA All times Eastern $ Sand Dollar Classic hosted by Alabama ^ Big Ten/ACC Challenge hosted by Duke # JU Tournament hosted by Jacksonville & Houston Tournament hosted by Houston * Big Ten contest Home games in BOLD CAPS at Nittany Lion Softball Park & Beard Field
2017 OVERALL STATISTICS Record: 23-33 Home: 7-8 Away: 6-15 Neutral: 10-10 Big Ten: 8-15 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 9 Dubois, Tori.346 56-56 153 31 53 6 2 6 30 81.529 18 8 16 1.441 0 4 2-3 107 5 2.982 15 Ziegler, Rebecca.322 55-55 171 33 55 12 1 6 28 87.509 24 2 30 0.409 1 2 3-4 94 4 3.970 42 Polk, Toni.290 56-56 162 29 47 8 3 1 18 64.395 11 3 31 1.345 1 5 6-7 75 113 36.839 52 Brackpool, Kristina.275 55-55 171 19 47 8 0 4 29 67.392 11 2 31 0.326 0 3 3-4 367 12 6.984 22 Sorenson, Mollie.272 38-38 114 12 31 0 0 0 6 31.272 7 0 14 0.314 0 9 6-8 60 48 5.956 77 Miller, Shelby.260 55-55 146 18 38 8 0 4 32 58.397 29 4 23 1.388 4 3 2-4 53 99 7.956 26 Elling, Delaney.237 54-54 135 12 32 4 0 3 16 45.333 24 3 20 1.364 0 4 0-0 93 6 0 1.000 13 Monopoli, Mia.217 39-25 69 3 15 4 0 0 5 19.275 4 2 19 1.276 1 0 0-0 84 7 1.989 3 Wagner, Christa.214 24-9 28 11 6 0 0 0 2 6.214 1 0 6 0.241 0 0 3-3 0 0 0.000 11 Shanahan, Sam.169 45-36 77 13 13 2 1 0 9 17.221 14 1 19 1.304 0 4 1-1 22 1 1.958 21 Arrizurieta, Gianna.157 40-31 89 7 14 2 0 0 4 16.180 6 0 6 2.206 2 4 1-2 62 45 6.947 2 Haug, Jessica.152 33-11 33 6 5 1 0 0 1 6.182 4 1 8 1.256 1 1 0-1 12 0 0 1.000 25 Weber, Destiny.143 26-17 42 4 6 1 0 0 4 7.167 5 1 10 0.250 0 1 0-0 32 3 0 1.000 82 Williams, Meghan.118 11-5 17 1 2 0 1 0 5 4.235 1 0 3 0.167 0 2 0-0 8 1 0 1.000 5 Ferlisi, Amanda.000 14-1 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 5 0.000 0 1 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 Totals.257 56 1417 201 364 56 8 24 190 508.359 159 27 241 9.341 10 43 27-37 1088 431 73.954 Opponents.287 56 1499 284 430 84 18 36 254 658.439 156 21 194 0.360 12 37 65-74 1112 441 50.969 LOB - Team (346), Opp (356). DPs turned - Team (9), Opp (18). IBB - Team (3), Dubois 1, Elling 1, Polk 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Miller 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 7 Laubach, Marlaina 3.22 12-12 34 25 14 3/0 1 156.2 174 95 72 47 70 32 7 15.278 7 7 0 6 21 51 Seifert, Madison 4.23 4-9 22 15 6 0/0 0 82.2 104 65 50 31 36 22 5 8.293 8 4 0 3 4 1 Cummings, Jessica 4.60 3-4 16 7 3 2/0 1 45.2 54 38 30 23 36 5 2 6.278 9 2 0 1 1 6 Shaffer, Madison 5.19 1-4 12 3 1 0/0 0 31.0 44 38 23 17 17 9 4 1.321 10 3 1 0 6 5 Ferlisi, Amanda 6.00 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 5 7 4 7 3 2 0 0.250 0 1 0 0 0 18 Smith, Madey 6.33 3-4 16 6 1 0/0 0 42.0 49 41 38 31 32 14 0 6.292 12 4 0 2 5 Totals 4.19 23-33 56 56 25 5/0 2 362.2 430 284 217 156 194 84 18 36.287 46 21 1 12 37 Opponents 3.15 33-23 56 56 26 11/0 3 370.2 364 201 167 159 241 56 8 24.257 22 27 0 10 43 PB - Team (5), Weber 3, Elling 1, Monopoli 1, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Elling (27-30), Monopoli (21-25), Seifert (19-23), Laubach (20-22), Weber (17-18), Smith (12-13), Cummings (7-9), Shaffer (6-6), Ferlisi (1-1).
2017 BIG TEN STATISTICS Record: 8-15 Home: 5-6 Away: 2-7 Neutral: 1-2 Big Ten: 8-15 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 9 Dubois, Tori.457 23-23 70 18 32 5 2 5 19 56.800 5 4 9 1.519 0 1 0-0 53 3 1.982 26 Elling, Delaney.283 21-21 53 5 15 4 0 0 4 19.358 8 1 9 1.387 0 1 0-0 19 1 0 1.000 42 Polk, Toni.261 23-23 69 14 18 3 0 0 6 21.304 5 3 17 0.338 0 2 2-2 34 45 16.832 15 Ziegler, Rebecca.243 23-23 70 12 17 2 1 2 7 27.386 13 0 11 0.357 1 1 1-1 48 2 1.980 21 Arrizurieta, Gianna.218 19-19 55 4 12 2 0 0 4 14.255 3 0 3 2.254 1 3 1-2 43 30 5.936 52 Brackpool, Kristina.214 23-23 70 7 15 4 0 1 14 22.314 6 1 14 0.286 0 2 2-2 145 7 4.974 2 Haug, Jessica.214 14-6 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 3.214 3 0 5 0.333 1 0 0-0 5 0 0 1.000 13 Monopoli, Mia.211 11-5 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 5.263 1 0 4 0.250 0 0 0-0 13 2 0 1.000 25 Weber, Destiny.200 14-11 25 3 5 1 0 0 3 6.240 3 0 5 0.286 0 1 0-0 32 3 0 1.000 77 Miller, Shelby.197 23-23 66 6 13 3 0 1 14 19.288 10 0 13 0.295 2 1 1-1 25 38 4.940 3 Wagner, Christa.188 8-6 16 4 3 0 0 0 2 3.188 1 0 2 0.235 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.000 22 Sorenson, Mollie.167 11-11 30 1 5 0 0 0 2 5.167 1 0 4 0.194 0 4 0-1 12 12 0 1.000 11 Shanahan, Sam.043 16-12 23 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.043 5 1 6 0.241 0 2 0-0 7 0 1.875 5 Ferlisi, Amanda.000 9-1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 2 0.000 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.000 Totals.244 23 585 81 143 25 3 9 78 201.344 64 10 104 4.327 5 19 7-9 445 173 33.949 Opponents.310 23 626 141 194 39 9 18 127 305.487 78 10 57 0.392 6 15 27-31 455 181 22.967 LOB - Team (147), Opp (149). DPs turned - Team (7), Opp (7). IBB - Team (0), Opp (1). (Big Ten games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 7 Laubach, Marlaina 3.69 5-6 15 11 6 0/0 1 66.1 90 50 35 22 17 17 4 9.314 1 3 0 3 7 1 Cummings, Jessica 4.14 1-1 7 2 2 1/0 1 25.1 22 15 15 15 16 2 1 1.229 3 0 0 0 1 51 Seifert, Madison 5.42 1-3 8 3 1 0/0 0 20.2 33 24 16 6 8 6 1 3.355 4 1 0 2 1 6 Shaffer, Madison 7.50 0-1 4 2 0 0/0 0 9.1 12 15 10 9 3 2 3 1.300 3 2 0 0 2 18 Smith, Madey 8.75 1-4 9 5 0 0/0 0 24.0 34 32 30 19 13 10 0 4.340 8 4 0 1 4 5 Ferlisi, Amanda 10.50 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 3 5 4 7 0 2 0 0.300 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 5.19 8-15 23 23 9 1/0 2 148.1 194 141 110 78 57 39 9 18.310 19 10 0 6 15 Opponents 3.23 15-8 23 23 10 3/0 2 151.2 143 81 70 64 104 25 3 9.244 9 10 0 5 19 PB - Team (3), Weber 3, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Weber (17-18), Smith (11-12), Laubach (7-7), Elling (5-6), Monopoli (5-6), Seifert (4-5), Cummings (3-5), Shaffer (2-2).
2018 Penn State Softball 2018 TV/RADIO ROSTER 1 JESSICA CUMMINGS Sr. P L/R Owings, Md. 9 TORI DUBOIS Jr. UTL R/R Mt. Vernon, N.H. 21 GIANNA ARRIZURIETA Sr. INF R/R Pembroke Pines, Fla. 82 MEGHAN WILLIAMS Jr. INF R/R Bethlehem, Pa. 2 AMANDA GRIECO So. INF R/R Basking Ridge, N.J. 3 CHRISTA WAGNER So. OF L/R Plainville, Mass. 10 EMILY HUDGINS Fr. INF L/R Wadsworth, Ill. 22 HALEY VALLEJOS Fr. C R/R Chandler, Ariz. HC AMANDA LEHOTAK Head Coach Fifth Season 11 ERIN MURRAY Fr. OF R/R Great Falls, Va. 26 DELANEY ELLING So. INF/C R/R Washington, Pa. Ac SARAH SIGREST Assistant Coach Second Season 5 KENNEDY LEGG So. C R/R Keller, Texas 12 ASHTON MENSINGER Sr. P R/R Nescopeck, Pa. 28 TORI HACKENBERG Fr. INF R/R Mifflinburg, Pa. ac JENNIFER ABRAMS Assistant Coach First Season 6 MADISON SHAFFER Jr. P L/R New Castle, Pa. 13 PAIGE JOHNSON Jr. INF L/R Clarksville, Tenn. 41 DESTINY WEBER So. C/INF R/R Grafton, Ohio Vc SARA HAEFELI Vol. Assistant Coach First Season 8 DANI FEY Fr. UTL R/L Bangor, Pa. 18 MADEY SMITH So. P R/R Washington, N.J. 42 TONI POLK Jr. INF/OF L/R Niagara Falls, N.Y. OP CHRISTINA DIAZ Director of Operations First Season