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2022 Softball Roster

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23 Maria Moccio

  • Position First Base
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Agawam
  • Hometown Feeding Hills, Mass.
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

CAREER: Made 162 starts in 165 total appearances … batted .264 with 131 hits including 24 doubles … knocked in 100 RBI including 18 home runs (top 10 all time in both categories) … scored 42 runs … ranks second all-time with 7 sacrifice flies … converted 880 putouts for a .983 fielding percentage … three-time America East All-Academic Team selection (’20, ’21, ’22) … 2022 All-Conference Second Team selection … Four-time America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection … 2018-19 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honoree … 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District 1 First Team selection.
 
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2022): Started all 48 games for River Hawks at first base … hit for .287 average, recording 39 hits, including 10 doubles … ranked ninth in America East with 27 RBI including 2 home runs … scored 12 runs for the River Hawks … drew 10 walks … ranked top-5 in conference play in batting average (.357) and RBI (17) … hit 6-for-8 and drove in two runs in DH vs. Maine (4.27) … tied longest hit streak of season at eight games … committed just two errors for career best .992 fielding percentage.
 
AS A SENIOR (2021): Started in all 31 games played … posted 20 hits for a .213 batting average … totaled 11 RBI with 6 runs scored … added one double and two home runs … 173 putouts and four assists for a .983 fielding percentage … America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

AS A JUNIOR (2020):
**Season shortened due to COVID-19** Started in all 16 games…finished with a career-best .347 batting average behind 17 hits, four home runs and 15 RBI…recorded at least one hit in 14 of the 16 games…had two six RBI games versus Fordham (2.7) and at Austin Peay (3.8)…second on the team in slugging and on-base percentage at .592 and .441 respectively…generated 84 putouts for a .988 fielding percentage… America East Winter/Spring Honor Roll selection…Named to America East All-Academic Team.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019):
Started all 46 games played, batting a personal-best .255 … led the team with a career-high 36 RBI … second on the team with 11 doubles … also turned in personal-best marks with 39 hits and 16 runs … slugged .503 with a .320 on-base percentage … turned in two, three-game home run streaks … career-high three hits against Maine (3.30) … four RBI against UMBC (4.21) … named to the America East Winter/Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Started 21 of 24 games played … batted .246 with 16 hits and 11 RBI … added two doubles and four runs scored … logged her first career home run to lift her squad to a walk-off victory against Maine (4.24) … season-best two hits against Stony Brook (4.28) … season-high three RBI in the America East Championship game against UAlbany (5.13) … garnered one Rookie of the Week selection … named to the America East All-Rookie Team … named to the America East Winter/Spring Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year team member at Agawam, finishing her career with a .509 batting average and a .727 slugging percentage … three-time All-Western MA First Team and Western MA Starting 9 … helped lead her team to a pair of Western MA Division I titles … senior captain … hit .688 with a .711 on-base percentage in her final season to earn a Western MA Super 7 nod … named Western MA Softball Player of the Year as a senior … Honor Roll student … involved in peer tutoring and student government … member of the National Honor Society, History National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Frank and Melissa Moccio … has one younger sister (Sophia) … spends her free time painting, playing the guitar and baking … lists Law & Order: SVU and Lethal Weapon as her favorite TV shows … names the New York Yankees as her favorite professional sports team … ranks Derek Jeter and Elaine Sortino among her favorite sports figures … chose UMass Lowell because it offers a quality education on a great campus and the chance to play softball in a competitive Division I program … majoring in mathematics.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    First Base
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    2019Sophomore

    First Base
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    2020Junior

    First Base
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    2021Senior

    First Base
    5'6"
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    2022Graduate Student

    First Base
    5'6"
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