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2016 Softball Roster

3 Heidi Grieger

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool FD Roosevelt
  • Hometown Hyde Park, N.Y.

Biography

2015 (Junior Year): Named to All-CCC third team after going 12-7 with a team-leading 2.11 ERA...appeared in 22 games, making 17 starts (13 complete games)...struck out 43 batters, walked 27 and allowed 54 runs (34 earned) in 113.0 innings of work...tossed a complete-game, allowing one run on seven hits in a 4-1 win over Bowdoin (3/15)...followed that up two starts later with a complete-game shutout, scattering three hits in a 1-0 win over Plattsburgh State (3/18)...struck out five batters and allowed just one earned run over seven innings in a 5-2 victory against Roger Williams (4/4)...turned in another complete game shutout, striking out four in a 2-0 win over Nichols (4/6)...struck out a season-high six batters and went the distance in a 6-0 shutout of Trinity (4/21)...allowed just one run over seven innings as Western New England fell to Williams 1-0 in the NCAA Tournament (5/9)...named CCC Pitcher of the Week (3/23).

2014 (Sophomore Year): Had a breakout season in the circle for the Golden Bears, earning second-team All-Commonwealth Coast Conference accolades as the team's top pitcher...named CCC Pitcher of the Week for April 21 after accounting for two of the Golden Bears' wins during a 3-1 week in which she didn't allow an earned run and had eight strikeouts against only one walk in nine innings of work...ranked second in the CCC with a 1.62 earned-run average, shaving over 2 runs off her 3.95 mark as a freshman...also had a career-high 11 victories that led the Golden Bears and was fourth in the conference...other personal records included three shutouts, 10 complete games, 121-1/3 innings, 46 strikeouts and a .237 opponent batting average...received the WNE Unsung Hero Award, which is given to the player whom the softball coaching staff believes has made significant contributions to the team and who receives little or no recognition for her stellar play...WNE Student-Athlete of the Week (April 24)...hit her first career home run on April 13 versus Wentworth in the first game of a doubleheader.

2013 (Freshman Year): Posted a 3-5 record and 29 strikeouts in 56-2/3 innings that covered 19 games.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Franklin Delano Roosevelt...also lettered twice in volleyball...served as a softball team captain as a senior...played junior varsity basketball during her freshman year.

Personal: Born Heidi Elizabeth Grieger on July 14, 1994, in Hyde Park, N.Y., to parents Chris and Keely...sister's name is Stephanie...enjoys singing...Favorites: TV shows--One Tree Hill, Criminal Minds; actor--Liam Neeson; pro teams--New York Yankees of MLB and New York Giants of the NFL; athlete--Mariano Rivera; food--Taco Bell; musician--Ke$ha...majoring in forensic chemistry and has a minor in criminal justice.

What I Like Best About WNE: "Small class size, beautiful campus."



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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2013Redshirt

    P/OF
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2014Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2015Junior

    Pitcher
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2016Senior

    Pitcher
    5'4"
    3