BE POSITIVE

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Wesley Wolverine sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

STAY IN SHAPE

Pictured, from top, Wesley Wolverine 
freshman #11 C Alyssa Zimmerman (Hagerstown, MD), 
senior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE)
senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE).

SUCCESS & FAILURE

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

SUCCEED WITH PASSION

Wesley Wolverine senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE).

FUTURE DEPENDS ON...

Wesley Wolverine freshman #11 C Alyssa Zimmerman (Hagerstown, MD).

ALL-CAC PLAYERS

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Wesley Wolverine senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

NINA NAMED ATHLETE OF YEAR

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Wesley Wolverine senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE)

was presented the 2017 Wesley College Female Athlete of the

Year Award by the President of Wesley College Robert E. Clark II.

Nina is congratulated by, left-to-right, softball Head Coach Juli Greep, Assistant Coach Breanna Hartman and Assistant Coach Brooke Donovan.

Nina with co-winners of the 2017 Wesley College Men’s Athlete of the Year Award, baseball’s senior Trey Mears on left and football’s senior Jamar Baynard on right.

Both Nina and Jamar are 2013 graduates

of Middletown High School, Middletown, DE.

Wesley Wolverine senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).

NCAA STATS

Links to databases
NCAA individual player & team
fastpitch statistics, rankings online

Like stats? NCAA posts online quite a variety of current and past year statistics for teams and individuals.

A quick review shows that for this 2017 season the Wesley Wolverines as a team ranked 24th nationally in batting average and 29th in stolen bases at the DIII level. 

Individually, senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE) takes 13th in victories, while senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE) ranks 11th in RBI as well as 17th in hits and total bases. Junior #4 IF Samantha Burns ** (Magnolia, DE) finishes 49th in walks.

**There can be spelling errors, e.g. Samantha Burns is listed as “Samantha Burn”.

► CLICK HERE for the SOFTBALL RANKING SUMMARY. To find our present Wolverine roster summary, click on “Division III” then “2016-17”, next “thru games 4/23/2017” and finally “Wesley”.

► CLICK HERE to find INDIVIDUAL PLAYER or TEAM STATS by year: that's ANY player, ANY team, almost ANYWHERE. This includes rankings for the 2017 schedule and past seasons.

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Wesley Wolverine freshman #6 P/UT Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD).

ONE OF 2.1%!

Be one of a select few

WOLVERINE FASTPITCH, 

A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY

Softball, by the national numbers…

COLLEGE SOFTBALL:

► There are only 31,406 college softball players in all 3 NCAA divisions, NAIA & NJCAA.

► That means only 5.4% of high school softball players ever play softball at any collegiate level! (according to ncaa.com)

► And only 1.6% of high school softball players play softball at NCAA Division I, or Division II and only 2.1% play softball at Division III! (ncaa.com)

PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL:

► Only 90 players get to play professional softball on one of the 5 teams in the NPF!

USA SOFTBALL NATIONAL TEAM:

► Only 20 players get the honor of representing the US on our national team.

► And only 16 fortunate few will be on our 2020 Olympic Softball Team!

Wesley Wolverine freshman #2 3B/SS Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

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CAC STAT LEADERS

Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) 

From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
junior #4 IF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE),
sophomore #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), 
sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE),
senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).

SOFTBALL BANQUET

END OF SEASON TEAM 

AWARDS & PRESENTATIONS

Sunday, April 23, College Center, Wesley College campus.

After remarks from Head Coach Juli Greep and Assistant Coaches
Brooke Donovan and Breanna Hartman, the senior class
gave each coach a framed photo of the team.

Head Coach Juli Greep and the team presented 

the Assistant Coaches Brooke Donovan and Breanna Hartman 

with a framed autographed shot of the players at Myrtle Beach.

From left, Wesley Wolverines senior #42 P/1B Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA), senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE) and senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE).

The softball squad’s 3.35 team GPA is the highest
this semester among all sports programs at Wesley College.

Pictured from left, players with 3.0+ GPA: Wesley Wolverines sophomore #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE), junior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE), senior #17 OF Casey Beall (Severn, MD), senior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE), freshman #6 P/UT Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD), junior #4 IF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE), freshman #23 UT Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD), senior #42 P/1B Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA), sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE).

Wesley Wolverine senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE). 

Wesley Wolverine senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE). 

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA). 

Wesley Wolverine senior #42 P/1B Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA). 

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE). 

Wesley Wolverine freshman #23 UT Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD). 

Jose Marcano, the father of senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), has been the man with a camera at the Wolverines softball games these past four years. It is estimated that he probably shot in excess of 14,000 photos this season, which chronicled every player and almost every inning. A good portion of his work has been posted to this blog throughout the year.

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Pictured, Wesley Wolverine junior #4 IF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE).

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MIRANDA KINNEY

Ninth committed recruit
Miranda Kinney, “a strong bat,
a quality arm”, signed as Wolverine

Now there are nine – officially!

Miranda Kinney from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, PA, signed today as the last of the nine committed Wesley Wolverine fastpitch freshman for the 2017-2018 year.

Miranda is a catcher/ first base player who currently takes the field for Pennsylvania's Liberty High Hurricanes and the Phantoms Elite 18U travel team.

Miranda Kinney

“Miranda brings with her a strong bat, a quality arm and the ability to contribute in a number of areas on the field,” affirms Wolverine Head Coach Juli Greep.

The Wolverine graduating class leaves several open positions to fill across the diamond – infield, outfield, and pitching as well as a considerable loss of lumber at the plate to drive runs home.

“Those are very big shoes to fill but we believe players like Miranda will help in the transition and bridge the gap,” noted Coach Greep. 

“The 2017-2018 season should be a fun and exciting one as we welcome 9 new faces to the program.”

For those Wolverine fans who have not kept count, the nine 2017 fall freshmen – 4 from Pennsylvania, 3 from New Jersey and 2 from Maryland -- are:

2017 recruit SS/ CF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ)
2017 recruit P/ UT Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD)
2017 recruit OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA)
2017 recruit P/ 1B Julianna Neel (Haddon Township, NJ)
2017 recruit P/ 1B Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA)
2017 recruit 1B/ 3B/ C Mykayla Bird-Clahar (Egg Harbor City, NJ)
2017 recruit C/ 1B Miranda Kinney (Bethlehem PA)
2017 recruit OF Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD)
2017 recruit P/OF Zoee Garis (Lebanon, PA)

POWER OF TWO

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From left, Wesley Wolverines senior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE)
and sophomore #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

PLAYED WITH HEART

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA) and sophomore #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

EASTERN MARCANO PHOTOS

Wesley Wolverine junior #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE).

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JOSE MARCANO PHOTOS

WOLVERINES VS

EASTERN EAGLES

APRIL 15, 2017

From top, Wesley Wolverines sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), freshman #23 UT Brooke Retkowski (Baltimore, MD).

CLASS OF 2017

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Bottom row, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
Assistant Coach Brooke Donovan,
senior #17 OF Casey Beall (Severn, MD),
senior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE),
senior #42 P/1B Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA),
senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE),
senior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE),
Head Coach Juli Greep.