Biography
AWARDS
• 2023 NFCA All-America Third Team
• 3x NFCA All-Region First Team (2022, 23, 24)
• 2023 ECAC Player of the Year
• 2x All-ECAC Team (2022, 23)
• 2x Patriot League Player of the Year (2022, 23)
• 3x All-Patriot League First Team (2022, 23, 24)
• 2023 Academic All-Patriot League Team
• 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 24)
• 2x Mildred Barnes Award (2023 & 2024 top female BU student-athlete)
• 7x Patriot League Player of the Week (3/1/22, 3/8/22, 3/15/22, 2/28/23, 3/28/23, 5/9/23, 3/12/24)
• 4x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2021, 22, 23, 24)
• 2x NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2023, 24)
AS A SENIOR IN 2024
Started all 60 games played at short to help the Terriers sweep the Patriot League regular season and tournament titles for the second consecutive year while also boasting 53 wins, tying the 2002 UMass squad for the most ever by a program located in the Northeast ... Also helped the Terriers end the season nationally ranked by two organizations (#21 D1Softball, #23 NFCA) for the first time ... Batted .382 with a team-high 84 hits, 13 doubles, three triples, 45 RBIs and 46 runs scored alongside 10 stolen bases to collect her third NFCA All-Region and All-PL First Team honors ... Posted 28 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI performances ... Started the season an incredible 12-for-16 in the first four games with a pair of doubles and seven runs scored ... Tallied four RBIs in a win against Queens with the help of two doubles and added an RBI at then-No. 6 Duke ... Tallied two RBIs in a win at UConn and three RBIs during the victory against Elon ... Batted 2-for-3 with an RBI double and two runs scored for the NCAA win over Cleveland State ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the third time for earning a 3.20+ GPA ... Claimed both her second CSC Academic All-District and NFCA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA) honors as well.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Earned the Patriot League's first-ever NFCA All-America (third team) award and BU's third overall alongside BU Hall of Famers April Setterlund (2010 first team outfielder) and Audrey West (1996 third team pitcher) as the Terriers' first infielder to claim the recognition ... Started all 62 games at shortstop to help the Terriers five-peat as Patriot League regular season champions for the first time and set both a program and conference record with 52 wins, the most by a Northeast school since 2002 ... BU entered both the PL tournament and NCAA tournament in back-to-back weeks ranked No. 25 in the NFCA poll for the first time since 1996 ... Finished third nationally with a school and PL record 92 hits, as she batted .430 with 56 runs scored, BU record 55 RBIs, 13 doubles, 11 walks, 11 stolen bases, nine homers and four triples ... Repeated as PL Player of the Year while adding ECAC Player of the Year accolades ... Accumulated 26 multi-hit performances and 12 multi-RBI games ... Went 3-for-4 at South Florida with two RBIs and two runs scored in 8-0 (6) win ... Batted combined 3-for-7 with three RBIs and three runs for two wins over Penn State ... Went perfect 4-for-4 at Cal State Fullerton in 10-0 (5) win with two RBIs and double ... Bashed Boston College with 4-for-4 performance, highlighted by a grand slam for five RBIs and two runs scored ... Earned putout in 2-0 win against then-No, 12 Baylor ... Went combined 3-for-9 in PL tournament with two RBIs and two runs scored ... Earned a single in both NCAA games vs. No. 25 Virginia Tech while also hitting 2-for-3 in BU's first-ever NCAA run-rule victory over MEAC champion NC Central with two RBIs and run scored ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) a third time and an NFCA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA) for the first time.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
Had a breakout sophomore campaign, claiming Patriot League Player of the Year honors along with NFCA All-Region, All-ECAC and All-PL First Team honors ... Finished the regular season No. 2 nationally at 78 hits and then the year No. 7 with a program-record 81 hits ... Also ranked No. 14 with a .431 batting average, 21st in triples (5), 77th in on-base percentage (.476) and 86th in runs per game (0.86) ... Started all 57 games to help BU four-peat as conference regular season champions for the first time in program history and reach 40 wins for the third time ever ... Tallied 49 runs, 36 RBIs, 15 walks, 12 doubles, eight stolen bases, five triples and four homers ... Batted .492 in conference play with a .522 on-base percentage ... Tabulated 28 multi-hit performances with seven three-hit games alongside 12 multi-RBI games ... Went a combined 5-for-8 with two doubles and two triples to help the Terriers defeat two Power 5 programs on the same day for the first time in program history with victories over No. 13 Georgia and Purdue ... Earned three hits against Georgia, Cal State Fullerton, Lafayette (2x), Bucknell, Boston College and Colgate ... Tabulated three RBIs apiece in back-to-back wins at Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State ... Scored four runs against Akron ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second time for earning a 3.20+ GPA.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
Appeared in 18 games, making 16 starts, to help the Terriers three-peat as Patriot League champions and post a 36-4 record ... Split time between the outfield and second ... Recorded seven hits, six runs, six RBIs, two homers, two stolen bases and a double ... Collected her first career hit in the second game at Providence ... Reached home plate in games three and four while adding a hit, RBI and stolen base ... Had an RBI double in the first game against Stony Brook before delivering RBIs in back-to-back games at Boston College and Lehigh ... Hit a pinch-hit homer with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to help BU send the second Colgate game of the April 4 DH to extra innings for the 5-4 victory ... Earned a homer in her next at-bat on April 9 against Army before adding a single ... Suffered a season-ending injury sliding into home ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for earning a 3.20+ GPA.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
A three-time All-State, All-Region and All-Conference honoree at Donovan Catholic ... Batted .526 with 57 runs scored, 35 RBIs, 17 doubles and five homers as a junior to help team win the tournament of champions ... Claimed NFCA Third Team All-America accolades as a sophomore hitting .559 with 51 runs, 38 RBIs, 11 doubles, three homers and two triples ... Helped team win the Shore Conference championship ... Hit .490 as a freshman, as squad won the state sectional title ... Competed with the NJ Batbusters on the club side ... Named most valuable midfielder on the field hockey team as a freshman ... Used to play baseball and in 2014 helped Little League team win the NJ State championship en route to the Eastern Regional in Bristol, Conn. ... Member of the National Honor Society and Operation Smile ... Served as president of Students against Destructive Decisions ... Earned academic honors for physics, algebra I and world history.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Linda and Ray Roncin ... Has one older sister, Taylor ... Father was a member of the track and field team at Rutgers ... Her aunt, Rene Nani, was on the track team at West Virginia, while another aunt, Dianne DeOliveira, competed at Middle Tennessee State ... Enrolled in Sargent College, majoring in health science.
