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2024 Softball Roster

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  • INF
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Washington, Pa.
    Hometown
  • 5'9
    Height
  • Trinity
    High School
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Marlaina Bozek Headshot 2023
#21
Marlaina Bozek
INF
Position
Senior
Class
Washington, Pa.
Hometown

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Biography

2024 - SENIOR
  • Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship Honoree
  • Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 5)
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete for the fourth year in a row
  • 2024 Peter N. Stearns Provost Scholar Athlete
  • Played in all 52 games (career-high) with 52 starts (career-high) at second base for the Patriots
  • Batted .333/.405/.426 with 54 hits (career-high), eight doubles, two triples, one home run (ties 2023 career-high), 21 walks, 26 runs scored, 19 RBI, two sacrifice flies, one sacrifice bunt and five stolen bases
  • Recorded a fielding percentage of .961, with 84 putouts, 90 assists (career-high) and seven errors
  • Led the team in... Batting average (.333, tied with Rachel Warrens), Games played/started (52, tied with Sydney Bales & Maddy Myers), walks (21), on-base percentage (.405), sacrifice flies (2, tied with Emily Lamppela & Logan Pickford)
  • Was second on the team in... OPS (.871), at-bats (162), runs scored (26), hits (54), doubles (8, tied with Emily Lampela), triples (2, tied with Sydney Bales), total bases (69)
  • Was third on the team in... RBI (19), slugging percentage (.426)
  • Was fourth on the team in... Stolen bases (5, tied with Emily Lampela)
  • Was fifth on the team in... Home runs (1, tied with Rachel Warrens, Kamryn Inman & Kaleigh Friend)
  • Was seventh on the team in... Strikeouts (16), sacrifice bunts (1, tied with Emily Lampela & Kamryn Inman)
  • Had 37 games with a hit (career-high) and 13 with multiple hits... Recorded four three-hit games (March 2 vs. Stony Brook, April 13 @ UMass, April 16 @ George Washington & April 20 vs. Saint Louis)
  • Recorded nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 24 to March 8
  • Went 2-for-4 with one double, one triple, two runs scored and two RBI on March 15 against Providence
  • Went 3-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, three runs scored and two RBI on April 13 at UMass Game Two)
  • Recorded 150th career hit on April 14 at UMass 
  • CAREER FIGURES AND ALL-TIME RECORDS (AS OF JUNE 2024)
    • 9th: Stolen bases (32, tied)
    • 10th: Hits (166)
    • 11th: Games Played (183), Games Started (180), Doubles (30, tied)

2023 - JUNIOR
  • Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
  • Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete for the third year in a row
  • Played in 50 games with 48 starts at second base for the Patriots... Started every game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament and in the NCAA Regional
  • Batted .307/.400/.433 with 46 hits, 10 doubles (career-high), three triples (career-high), one home run (career-high), 25 walks (ties 2022 career-high29 runs scored (career-high), 13 RBI and four sacrifice flies (career-high)
  • Recorded a career-high fielding percentage of .992, with 64 putouts, 60 assists and a career-low one error
  • Led the team in... Walks (25), sacrifice flies (4)
  • Was second on the team in... Triples (3)
  • Was third on the team in... OBP (.400), runs scored (29), HBP (1)
  • Was fourth on the team in... Hits (46), batting average (.307), OPS (.833)
  • Was fifth on the team in... Doubles (10), total bags (65)
  • Was sixth on the team in... RBI (13), SLG% (.433)
  • Had 31 games with a hit for the second consecutive season (ties 2022 career-high) and 13 with multiple hits... Recorded two three-hit games (March 15 vs. Coppin St. & April 7 @ St. Bonaventure)
  • Hit first-career home run and recorded career-high three RBI in a single game against George Washington on April 12
  • Hit first triple of the season against Loyola Chicago on March 19... Hit second triple in Game #1 against St. Bonaventure on April 7... Hit third triple in Game Two against St. Bonaventure on April 7
  • Went 3-for-3 with one double and two runs scored against Coppin St. on March 15
  • Went 3-for-4 with a triple, double, a run and an RBI against St. Bonaventure on April 7
  • Recorded 100th career hit on April 16 against Saint Joseph's in Game One.

2022 - SOPHOMORE
  • VaSID All-State Second Team
  • Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
  • NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete for the second year in a row
  • Played in 50 games with 50 starts in the infield for the Patriots
  • Batted .377/.485/.449 (all career-highs) with 52 hits, eight doubles, one triple, 25 runs scored, three sacrifice bunts (career-high) and 23 RBI (career-high)
  • Career-highs in OPS (.934) and HBP (4)
  • Recorded a fielding percentage of .952, with 92 putouts (career-high) and 68 assists (career-high)
  • Had the second-most hits on the team for the season with 52
  • Stole 11 bases (career-high), the second-most on the team
  • Posted the second highest on base percentage on the team with .485
  • Had 31 games with a hit and 16 with multiple hits (career-high)
  • Went 3-for-4 with a double, a run, an RBI and two putouts and one infield assist in a win against Iona on February 25
  • Notched two hits with one run and one RBI including a career-high in stolen bases in one game with three in a win against St. Bonaventure on March 14
  • Posted a 3-for-3 performance with a double, a run and a putout in a game against UMASS on April 10
  • Recorded three hits, two doubles and three putouts against MD Eastern Shore on April 27.

2021 - FRESHMAN
  • Played in 31 games, with 30 starts at shortstop for Mason
  • Batted .222/.329/.286 with 14 hits, four doubles and five RBI. Also finished second on the team with seven steals
  • Finished with 48 infield assists for a fielding percentage of .898
  • Went 2-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored in a win over St. Bonaventure on April 3
  • Recorded an RBI double and two walks at the plate in a victory over St. Bonaventure on April 2
  • Tied a season-high with three hits, an RBI, a walk and a stolen base at Towson on March 27
  • Went 3-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored versus Morgan State on March 17
  • Earned four hits, three RBI and two runs scored in the season-opening doubleheader against Saint Joseph's on March 6. Bozek earned her first collegiate hit and RBI in the first game of the two-game series.

Prep:  Played four varsity softball seasons for the Trinity Hillers in Washington, Pa… Earned three varsity letters in basketball and two in tennis… Named All-Section 2x… Twice named the Observer Reporter All Star Softball Player… 2X All-WPIAL player to watch… 2020 United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athletes Award presented to the varsity athlete that best exhibited the personal traits of courage, poise, self-confidence and leadership… Owns a .525 lifetime batting average with 61 career RBIs… National Honor Society… Academic honors include, Academic Team, FTA, and Chick-Fil-a Leader Academy… Played club softball for Team Pennsylvania Fastpitch… .389 batting average in 2019 season… recruited by Albany, FIU, Lehigh, Liberty, NIU, and Central Connecticut State.
 
Personal:  Parents are Jim and Lori Bozek… Has a sister Kristina… Hobbies include basketball, tennis, piano and drawing… Majoring in biology.
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