3 Connie Grovo
3 Connie Grovo
Height: 5-6
Year: 2014
Hometown: Limington, Maine
High School: Bonny Eagle
Position: 2B
Major: Nursing
Bats/Throws: R/R

Accolades:

Regional All-Tournament (2011)
All Conference: 3rd Team (2011)
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 5/2/11
GNAC Honor Roll: 3/21/11, 4/25/11

2012: Starting in all 42 games as the second basemen as a sophomore…posted a .274 (37-135) with 23 runs, eight doubles, one homerun, eight RBI, a slugging percentage of .356 and a .319 OBP...tallied a six multiple-hit games, two multiple RBI games, and a hitting streak of six…went 2-3 with an RBI against Kenyon on March 13th…posted three hits in four tries with a RBI in a 3-0 win over Lasell College on March 20th…chipped in two hits in four attempts with a run, a double an RBI in a 4-0 win over Emerson College on March 30th…went 4-6 with two runs, two doubles, and two RBI in a double header sweep against Anna Maria College on March 31st…notched a 2-3 record with two runs and an RBI in a 13-1 win over Suffolk University on April 1st…went 2-3 with two runs and two doubles in a 11-1 win over Pine Manor College on April 9th…notched two hits in four tries with a double and three RBI in a 11-0 victory over Rivier College on April 13th.

2011: One of four SJC players to start all 47 games…hit .364 (56-154) with 11 doubles, three home runs and 32 RBI…led the team and ranked second in the GNAC with 15 sacrifice bunts…posted a .942 fielding percentage with nine errors in 156 chances…recorded 16 multiple-hit performances and eight mulit-RBI efforts...also posted a 14-game hitting streak as a rookie...collected Third Team All-GNAC and NCAA Regional All-Tournament honors…selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on May 2nd and was listed on the conference weekly honor roll three times…posted 16 multiple-hit efforts and drove in at least two runs in eight different games…collected her first NCAA hit – an RBI single in the fourth inning – in the Monks’ 2011 season-opener versus UMass.-Dartmouth on March 14th…went 2-3 with a run and a double against Kenyon on the same date…drove in three in a convincing win over Curry College on March 17th…was 2-3 with two runs, two RBI and her first college home run against Emerson College on March 26th…went 3-3 with a run, an RBI and her first career triple against Emmanuel College on April 8th…had five hits in eight at bats with three runs, an RBI and a two-bagger in a doubleheader versus UNE on April 19th…went 6-8 with four runs, two RBI and a double in a GNAC twinbill sweep over Pine Manor College on April 21st…added three hits, two runs and three RBI in a win over Norwich University on April 26th…went 3-4 with two runs and a career-high four RBI in a GNAC Tournament win over Rivier College on April 30th…went 2-2 with a double in the Monks’ NCAA Tournament victory over Endicott College on May 12th.

High School: Played three years of varsity softball for Jan Corliss at Bonny Eagle High School, making the Class A playoffs every year...started at shortstop her sophomore and junior years and started as a catcher her senior year...hit number 1-2-3 in the lineup and was captain junior and senior year...received team’s Most Dedicated honor as a junior and senior and collected Defensive MVP accolade as a senior...earned All-Conference honor as a senior and played in the East vs. West Senior All-Star game...also played soccer...garnered All-Academic award her senior year in both sports...named Most Dedicated Player as a senior and All-Conference as a sophomore in soccer...played for the Southern Maine Flame U16, U18 softball team for three years.

Personal: Connie Joye Grovo, born on April 12, 1992 in Portland, Maine...daughter of Jeffrey and Robin Grovo...majoring in Nursing.

CAREER STATISTICS