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2011-12 Softball Roster

14 Elyssa Boris

  • Position P / 1B
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Gardner
  • Hometown Gardner, Mass.

Biography

CAREER: Finished her Career with UMass Lowell All-Time home run record with 35 and RBI (151) • Batted .359 for her career with 207 hits, 38 doubles, 87 runs scored, 358 total bases and a .622 slugging percentage • On the mound she finished with a 3.13 ERA and 55-51 record in 141 appearances • Had 364 strikeouts and 48 complete games.

AS A SENIOR: Recipient of Lester H. Cushing Award • Named to Northeast-10 All Conference First Team • Named to the NFCA All-East Region and Daktronices All-East Region First Teams • Also Named to the Capital One Academic All-America 2nd Team • Finished the year with a .391 batting average • Had 23 runs, 66 hits, nine doubles, eight home runs and 44 RBI • On the mound, amassed a 3.12 ERA and 20-9 record in 35 appearances on the year • Threw 21 complete games • Struck out 86 batters on the year and held opponents to a .277 batting average.

AS A JUNIOR: Named to the 2011 All-East Region Second Team by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association • Also named Northeast-10 Player of Year and First Team all-conference honoree • Batted a team-best .405 and also led the River Hawks in hits (66), RBI (51), doubles (15), home runs (13) and slugging percentage (.736)• Ranked among NE-10 top five leaders in many offensive categories, including batting average (fifth), hits (third), RBI (second), homeruns (second), slugging percentage (second), and lead the league in doubles • Dominated from the pitcher's circle with a 21-14 record, 2.70 ERA and four saves during the year • Finished the season tied for second in the conference in wins (21), innings pitched (210.1) and led with 47 appearances • Tabbed as NE-10 Pitcher of the Week on three occasions.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team • Broke school single season homerun record (12), also tied for most in the NE-10 during 2010 • Finished the year with a .333 batting average • Collected a team-best 87 total bases and amassed a .707 slugging percentage • 21 of her 41 hits on the year were for extra bases • On the mound, amassed a team-best 2.93 ERA and 10-12 record in 38 appearances on the year • Threw nine complete games, pitching a no-hitter in a 7-0 victory over Minnesota-Crookston on March 16 in Cocoa Beach, FL • Struck out 93 batters on the year and held opponents to a .269 batting average • Tabbed as NE-10 Player of the Week on April 26 after breaking the program homerun record and blasting four in one week • Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll on April 12 for her three consecutive games of allowing two or less runs and five or less hits, including a 2-1 loss to nationally ranked, No. 14 New Haven.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 42 games, making 40 starts for the River Hawks • Finished the year with .281 batting average, but slugged .397 • Knocked in 24 RBI and hit two homeruns on the year • Tallied six doubles • Season-best three hits came in a 10-8 loss to American International on April 26 • Two homeruns came in each game of a doubleheader against Franklin Pierce on March 31 • Made 21 pitching appearances for the River Hawks • Pitched 103 innings on the year, earning a 5.59 ERA and amassing a 4-16 record • Tallied 88 strikeouts and 69 walks during the season • Season-best nine strikeouts came in a 6-0 loss at Southern New Hampshire on April 14 • Her .986 fielding percentage ranked third on the team.

GARDNER HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of softball at Gardner High School • Captained the squad as a senior • Member of district championship team three of her four years • Held team homerun record with eight • Voted team Most Valuable Player as a junior and league Co-MVP • Team placed second in the state her junior year • Played for the Firecracker Bad Apples club team out of Leominster • Also played field hockey at GHS • Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: One of two daughters of Jayne and Charles Boris of Gardner, Mass • Lists the Boston Red Sox as her favorite professional team • Names her parents and younger sister, Nicole, as her biggest influences • Majoring in exercise physiology with aspirations to one day open her own Physical Therapy clinic where she can help injured athletes.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2008-09Freshman

    P / 1B
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2009-10Sophomore

    P / 1B
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2010-11Junior

    P / 1B
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2011-12Senior

    P / 1B
    6'0"
    14