22 Emily Leverone
22 Emily Leverone
Height: 5-5
Year: 2011
Hometown: Hampton, NH
High School: Winnacunnet
Position: Outfield
Major: Physical Education
Bats/Throws: R/R

2010: One of five SJC players to appear in all 40 games…hit .450 (58-129) with 40 runs, 14 doubles, eight home runs, 60 RBI and four steals…recorded a .775 slugging percentage with a .486 on-base percentage…led the Monks in at bats, hits, runs, doubles, RBI, slugging and OBP…also paced the Royal Blue with 15 multiple-hit efforts and 17 multi-RBI contests…notched an 11-game hitting streak during the season and finished the year on a six-game streak…broke the Monks’ single-season record for RBI in 2010…hit just .259 (7-27) during the Monks’ 10-game southern swing in Fort Myers, FL but hit .500 (51-102) during 30 New England contests…scored two runs and drove home a pair in the team’s season-opening win over Ohio-Wesleyan on March 7th…went 3-3 with two runs, two doubles and an RBI against Wartburg on March 8th…improved her batting average by 135 points after going 6-6 with six runs, seven RBI, two doubles and a triple in a doubleheader against Albertus Magnus on March 21st…continued to swing a hot stick against Mount Ida in the team’s next twinbill against Mount Ida on March 26th…she went 5-7 with three runs, six RBI, three doubles and a homer against the Mustangs that day to push her average up to .450…was 2-3 with a double and three runs batted in against Emmanuel on March 27th…went 3-3 with three runs, a double and an RBI against Suffolk on March 29th…was 6-8 with five runs, four RBI, two doubles and a homer against Norwich on April 2nd…posted five consecutive two-RBI efforts from April 6th through April 11th… was 3-3 with a run, double, triple, home runs and three RBI against Simmons on April 12th…went 6-8 with five runs, eight RBI and three home runs against Lasell on April 14th… the two long balls against the Lasers was the first multi-homer game of her collegiate career…was 4-5 with two runs, four RBI and a pair of taters against Simmons in the GNAC Tournament on April 24th…earned First Team All-Conference honors for the second straight season…also collected NEISCA Second Team and ECAC New England Second Team accolades following the season’s completion…owns 11 program records in just two seasons at Saint Joseph’s…she is the Monks’ all-time leader in home runs (16), slugging percentage (.850) and on-base percentage (.535) and ranks second in career batting average (.500)…she also ranks fifth all-time in RBI (110), sixth in doubles (31) and 10th in hits (133).

2009: Started all 43 games; 32 at third, 6 at DH and 5 in right…posted one of the finest offensive seasons in program history…hit .547 (75-137) with 41 runs, 50 RBI, 17 doubles, 8 homers and 5 triples…set new program records for hits, doubles, home runs, batting average, slugging (.920) and OBP (.581)…ranked second in all of NCAA DIII Softball in batting, 7th in slugging and 8th in OBP...collected All-GNAC First Team, All-Northeast Region Second Team and ECAC Second Team honors following the season…notched 26 multiple-hit and 16 multi-RBI games…notched a 12-game hitting streak…recorded an RBI single in her first collegiate at bat against SUNY-Oswego on March 9th…went 2-3 with a run, a double and three RBI in her first game…was 2-4 with 2 RBI and a double against College of Wooster on March 12th…went 2-4 with 3 RBI and her first NCAA home run against Fitchburg State on March 13th…homered again the next day against WNEC…was 3-3 with 2 runs against Delaware Valley on March 14th…closed out the Florida trip on a seven-game hitting streak and notched seven multiple-hit games with a .515 (17-33) batting average and 12 RBI on the southern swing…was 5-7 with two runs and two triples in a doubleheader against Emerson on March 21st…was 3-4 with 2 runs, a triple and an RBI against Simmons on March 27th…went 7-8 with 3 runs, 2 RBI a triple and a home run in a two-game set against Pine Manor on March 28th…was 3-4 with 2 runs and a triple against JWU on April 5th…hit a three-run homer against USM on April 7th…went 7-8 with 2 runs, 3 RBI and 2 doubles in a twinbill against Norwich on April 10th…the next day, was 4-6 with 2 runs, 4 RBI and 2 home runs in a doubleheader against Suffolk…was 5-8 with 5 runs, 4 RBI, 3 doubles and a homer in a two-game set against Mount Ida on April 17th…her long ball against the Mustangs was her seventh of the year and broke the SJC program record for taters…went 4-6 with 4 runs and 5 RBI in two games against Lasell on April 18th…hit a three-run jack against Suffolk in the first round of the GNAC playoffs on April 24th…earned GNAC Weekly honors three times and was named NEISCA Player of the Week on April 22nd…named as the Monks’ Most Valuable Player.

High School: Played four years of varsity softball for Diane Wheeler and Les Shepard at Winnacunnet High School...named NH Class L All-State her senior year and earned Honorable Mention honors as a junior...named team MVP following her junior season...batted over .300 all four years...also played basketball and was a member of the 2007 NH Class L Basketball State Championship team.

Personal: Emily Margaret Leverone, born on March 29, 1989 in Stoneham, MA...daughter of Stephen and Joan Leverone...majoring in Physical Education.

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