2013 Softball
Roster
Ryleigh Fitzgerald
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Lewiston-Porter
- Hometown:
- Lewiston, NY
2013: Saw action in 46 games, starting 42 ofthem at short stop. Had her first multi-hit game vs. NorthernIllinois (4/21)…was effective on the base paths as she stolesix bases and was caught just once. Defensively, had aseason-high four putouts on three different occasions and also hadfour assists in five different games.
High School: Captained the Lewiston-PorterLancers for two seasons as a middle infielder... earned fiveletters under coach Nina Calarco... batted .492 as a senior, with a.529 on-base percentage and a .794 slugging percentage... was namedher high school''s Athlete of the Year... Niagara Frontier LeagueFirst Team... All Western New York First Team... All New York StateFifth Team... also earned four letters in basketball and sixletters in cross country, setting the school''s record for mostvarsity letters in a career (with 15)... was a two-time captain inbasketball and a three-time captain in cross country... played clubsoftball with the Amherst Lightning... led the team with a .523average and also set the pace in stolen bases, hits, doubles, andtriples... led the team to 12 tournament wins over a two-yearstretch.
Personal: Born April 1, 1994... daughter ofMichael and Kelly... has one brother, Sullivan... majoring inexercise science, with the goal of becoming a strength andconditioning coach... favorite athlete is Derek Jeter... favoritefood is "anything BBQ"... favorite movies are Titanic andInception... favorite TV show is Criminal Minds, where her brotherworks on the productions staff... favorite music groups are O.A.Rand The Who... favorite athletic experience was when she wonthe section semi-final in her senior year of softball by hittingthe game-winning three-run homer... her father played collegebaseball... volunteered for Leadership for Youth of Niagara,at local nursing homes, soup kitchens, and community missions.
