DANBURY, Conn. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its Division III New England Softball All-Star Team on Wednesday and Saint Joseph's College senior Theresa Hendrix (Scarborough, Maine/Cheverus) has earned First Team honors as a utility player.
A standout athlete who also played basketball and field hockey at Saint Joseph's, Hendrix started in left field, center field and shortstop while also logging a career-high 54.2 innings in the circle her senior season. The four-time All-Conference player hit .417 (50-120) with 40 runs, 13 doubles, six triples, six home runs and 11 stolen bases while leading the Monks' pitching staff in ERA (1.92), wins (7), appearances (15), strikeouts (39) and opponents' batting average (.211).
This spring, Hendrix led the GNAC in runs, total bases (93), walks (24) and slugging percentage (.775), ranked second in doubles and triples, and third in home runs and RBI. Also an ECAC First Team All-New England selection in 2012, she becomes just the third Saint Joseph's player in the last 10 years to earn multiple honors from the regional organization, joining Emily Leverone '12 and former teammate Lindsay Moore '14 on the short list.
Hendrix capped her collegiate career with a .391 (195-499) batting average while totaling 135 runs, 51 doubles, 21 triples, 16 homers, 139 RBI and 21 stolen bases in as many attempts over 168 games. She is the program's all-time triples leader and ranks second in team history in home runs, slugging (.673), total bases (336) and extra-base hits (88), third in doubles, RBI and OPS (1.131), and fourth in hits. In the circle, Hendrix posted a 16-3 record with seven saves while fanning 96 batters and holding opponents to a .206 average over 129 career innings.
Saint Joseph's College, led by Co-Head Coaches Jamie Smyth '92 and Dick Bailey, posted a 27-13 overall record with a 16-6 mark in GNAC play en route to earning the #3 seed in the conference tournament, which was played in East Boston, Massachusetts last weekend. The Monks opened tourney play with a loss to Emmanuel College on Friday, but remained in contention for the program's fifth-consecutive conference title with losers' bracket wins over top-seeded Suffolk University and Emmanuel before falling to Johnson & Wales University, 4-2, on Sunday.
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Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic liberal arts college, providing a supportive, personalized and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 474-acre campus on the shores of Sebago Lake, the College offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College Online provides certificates, undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults through an online learning program. For more, visit www.sjcme.edu.
