UMass Lowell Athletics

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 38 games, making 37 starts on the year • Batted .187 with seven RBI and three doubles • One of only two River Hawks to make no errors in the field • Her season-high two hits came in a 12-4 loss at LeMoyne on April 19 • First collegiate hit came in an 8-1 loss against Southwest Minnesota State. READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year varsity softball player at Reading Memorial High School • Member of North Division Champion team as a junior • Middlesex League All-Star as a senior. PERSONAL: One of three children of Danita and James Ruszkowski of Reading, Mass • Names the Boston Red Sox and Celtics, as well as the New England Patriots as her favorite professional teams • Lists softball players India Chiles, Angela Tincher and Michelle Smith as her favorite athletes • An undeclared health major, aspiring to one day be a nurse.