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2016 Softball Roster

55 Elena Bowman

55 Elena Bowman

  • Position:
    Catcher
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Aragon
  • Hometown:
    San Mateo, Calif.

Summary

Biography

2015 MAAC Player of the Year
2015 Capital One Academic All-America First Team
2016 Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
2015 Capital One Academic All-District Team
2014-15 Manhattan College Co-Female Student-Athlete of the Year
2013, 2015, 2016 All-MAAC First Team
2013, 2015 ECAC All-Star First Team
2014 MAAC All-Tournament Team

2014 All-MAAC Second Team
2013 First Team All-Northeast Region
2015, 2016 Second Team All-Northeast Region
2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee

2016: Named First Team All-MAAC and Second Team All-Northeast Region for the second straight year…Selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team…Earned Second Team Senior CLASS Award All-American recognition after being chosen as one of 10 finalists…Ended career as Manhattan’s all-time leader in games played (198), home runs (52), walks (134) and slugging percentage (.723), while ranking second in RBIs (154), and third in hits (201), doubles (38) and runs scored (130)…Started all 51 games, 41 at catcher and 10 as the designated player…Led the MAAC in walks (49) and on-base percentage (.534)…Tied for second in the league with 11 home runs…Placed second on the squad with 34 RBIs and a .358 batting average…Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in the win over Villanova on Feb. 19…Reached base in 17 straight games from March 18-April 16…Received MAAC Player of the Week honors on March 22 after belting four home runs during the St. John’s Invitational (March 18-20)…Blasted a solo homer in the first inning at St. John’s on March 18, then hit two long balls the next day against Samford…Homered and drew three walks against Fairleigh Dickinson on March 20…Lifted the game-winning solo homer in the Jaspers’ 3-2 triumph over Sacred Heart on March 26…Smacked a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning to give Manhattan a 4-3 win at Marist on April 10…Issued five walks in five plate appearances in game two against the Red Foxes…Belted a two-run homer in game one of a twinbill at Lehigh on April 13…Crushed a three-run homer in the first game at Rider on April 16…Delivered a solo shot at Columbia on April 20 to become the second player in MAAC history with 50 career home runs…Hit a three-run blast in game two of the doubleheader with Canisius on April 24…Snagged second MAAC Player of the Week nod on April 26…After picking up an RBI in the first game, won the second game of the doubleheader sweep over Fairfield on April 28 with a solo home run…Collected 200th career hit against Quinnipiac in the MAAC Tournament on May 12.

2015: Unanimously chosen as MAAC Player of Year, as well as earning places on the All-MAAC First Team, ECAC All-Star First Team and All-Northeast Region Second Team…Also named Manhattan’s Co-Female Student-Athlete of the Year…Became Manhattan’s first Capital One Academic All-America® First Team selection since 1994…Received Capital One Academic All-District and MAAC All-Academic Team nods…Played every inning behind the plate…Led the MAAC in batting average (.448) and home runs (16) while tying for the league lead with 41 RBIs…Paced the Jaspers with 56 hits, 11 doubles, 34 walks and 39 runs scored…Ranked among the top 10 nationally in on-base percentage (ninth, .586) and slugging percentage (10th, .920)…Contributed 17 multi-hit games and 12 contests with multiple RBIs…Only struck out nine times in 125 at-bats…Didn’t commit an error in 266 defensive chances…Took home MAAC Player of the Week honors on March 10 after going 7-for-9 with five runs scored and three RBIs over the Jaspers’ first four games of the season…Equaled a career-high with six RBIs, including two homers, against Mount St. Mary’s on March 15...Belted another homer, a two-run blast, later that day against Morgan State…Had a streak of 33 consecutive games reaching base from March 16-May 2…Tied the program’s all-time home run record with two blasts against Mount St. Mary’s on March 16…Finished that game 3-for-3 with four runs scored and five RBIs…Captured both MAAC and ECAC Metro/Upstate Player of the Week honors on March 17…Broke the record with two long balls (the 31st and 32nd of her career) that accounted for all five of the Jaspers’ RBIs at Saint Mary’s on March 19…Crushed a two-run home run in the first inning against UC Santa Barbara on March 21…Smacked a two-run homer at Wagner on March 25…Roped a pair of doubles and scored a run in game two of a doubleheader sweep over Siena on March 30…Hit the game-tying solo homer in the sixth inning of an eventual 3-2 win over Rider on April 11…Went deep in the first inning of game two in the doubleheader sweep of Monmouth on April 12…Homered twice as part of a three-RBI day at Fairleigh Dickinson on April 14…Smoked a two-run double and later scored the winning run in the first inning of a 3-2 victory at Quinnipiac on April 18…Put together a nine-game hitting streak from April 22-May 2…Belted a two-run homer in game two of a doubleheader at Niagara on April 25…Tallied five hits, four RBIs and four runs scored in the twinbill against the Purple Eagles…Reached base all eight times in the doubleheader at Canisius on April 26, going 3-for-3 with two doubles, a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in game one before walking twice, being hit by a pitch and singling in four plate appearance in the second contest…Collected both MAAC and ECAC Metro/Upstate Player of the Week honors for those performances…Ripped a game-tying two-run home run against Marist on May 2…Combined for four hits in the twinbill against the Red Foxes.

2014: Selected Second Team All-MAAC at catcher after leading the league (and ranking 75th nationally) with 13 home runs (one more than her 2013 total, which had been the second-highest single-season mark in program history) and tying for second in the MAAC (with teammate Jenn Vazquez) with 43 RBIs…Started 52 of Manhattan’s 55 games behind the plate, while also making two starts at third base and serving as the designated player once…Hit second in the order 48 times and third the other seven…Paced the Jaspers in doubles (16), total bases (106), walks (36), slugging percentage (.679) and on-base percentage (.486), as well as home runs and RBIs…Ranked second on the squad in hits (49) and runs (37), as well as third in batting average (.314)…Made just one error in 295 defensive chances for a .997 fielding percentage…Received MAAC Player of the Week accolades on March 11 after notching six hits and six RBIs while hitting a combined .353 in six contests during the Rebel Spring Games (March 7-9)…Opened the season by going 2-for-3 against Saint Francis (PA) on March 7, then smacked her first home run of the year, a two-run shot, later that day against Temple…Credited with a triple, two runs scored and two RBIs against Utah Valley on March 8…Reached base in 22 consecutive games from March 9-April 6, and ended the season with an eight-game reached-base streak…Ended up 3-for-3 with two runs scored in game two of the home-opening doubleheader against Hartford on March 11…Recorded a home run and a double in the 12-0 rout of Brown at the Capital Classic on March 15…Crushed a pair of home runs as part of a four-RBI day against Saint Francis (PA) in the Capital Classic on March 16…Registered a pair of hits, including a two-run homer, in game one of a doubleheader at St. John’s on March 20…Smoked a three-run homer in game two of a doubleheader with LIU Brooklyn on March 22…Got Manhattan on the board with a solo home run in a 2-1 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on March 27…Doubled twice and knocked in three runs in the MAAC opener against Quinnipiac on March 29…Had a pair of doubles, scored a run, and drove in three in a 12-8 triumph at Columbia on April 1…Deposited a solo home run over the right field fence at Marist on April 6…Scored three times in the nightcap of a doubleheader against Wagner on April 9 after playing the entire 12-inning game one behind the plate…Homered in three straight games from April 27-29…Belted the game-winning two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning in game two of a doubleheader sweep at Saint Peter’s on April 27…Went a combined 5-for-8 with two home runs, four RBIs and three runs scored in the twinbill…Finished 2-for-3 with a double, a homer, three RBIs and two runs scored in the 9-7 home win over Sacred Heart on April 29…Named to the MAAC All-Tournament Team after hitting .400 with a .733 slugging percentage in six postseason games…Caught all 23 innings in Manhattan’s three elimination game wins on May 10…Accounted for the only run in the Jaspers’ 1-0 victory over Iona in the first game of the MAAC Tournament championship round (May 10) with a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning…Also earned a place on the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2013: Put together one of the most successful freshman campaigns in program history, earning selections to the All-MAAC, All-Northeast Region and ECAC All-Star First Teams as a utility player…Started all 46 contests, splitting time between catcher (24), third base (15) and designated player (7)…Ranked second in the MAAC with 12 home runs, the second-highest single-season total in school history…Also led the Jaspers with 36 RBIs, a .672 slugging percentage and a .491 on-base percentage while placing second on the squad in batting average (.358) and hits (48) and fourth in runs scored (24)…Had 12 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests…Earned three MAAC Rookie of the Week selections (March 18, April 8, April 15) and one MAAC Player of the Week nod (March 11)…Crushed a pair of three-run homers and added a double in the home-opening 12-2 win over Hartford on March 10…Homered in three straight games during the Stony Brook Invitational (March 16-17)…Delivered a three-run blast in the first inning against Yale on March 16, eventually going 2-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored in the game…Put Manhattan ahead with a two-run homer in the top of the seventh in an eventual 6-4 victory over Providence the next day…Hit a home run in her first at-bat of the next game, against Holy Cross…Went 3-for-3 in game one of a doubleheader against Green Bay on March 21…Reached base safely in 20 consecutive games from March 26-April 27…Smashed home runs in each of her first two at-bats against Saint Peter’s on April 6…Roped a double and later had a two-run single as part of a 2-for-2 day in the first game of a twinbill against Rider at Gaelic Park on April 13…Finished a triple short of the cycle in game one at Fairfield on April 14, going 4-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs…Slammed the second of back-to-back home runs leading off the bottom of the first against Albany on April 16…Smacked the go-ahead home run in Manhattan’s 6-3 win in game one of a doubleheader sweep at Wagner on April 24…Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak…Collected a pair of hits in both ends of a doubleheader at Sacred Heart on April 30…Recorded a pair of RBIs in the season-ending 6-5 win at Quinnipiac on May 2.

Before Manhattan: A four-year starter and three-time First Team All-League selection at Aragon High School…Named team MVP following both junior and senior seasons…Earned First Team All-District and Circle of Champions First Team All-Tournament recognition in 2011 after leading the league in doubles and tying for the league-lead in home runs…Selected First Team All-District as a sophomore, when she posted league-leading totals in doubles and RBIs…Received an honorable mention all-league nod in 2009…Also played basketball.

Personal: Daughter of Kirk and Katrina…Has one brother, Alex, who played rugby at the University of California and won two Collegiate Rugby Championships (2013, 2014) with the Golden Bears…Majoring in business…Born on November 25, 1994.

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Historical Player Information

  • 55

    2013Freshman

    Catcher/Infield
    5'8"
    55
  • 55

    2014Sophomore

    Catcher/Third Base
    5'8"
    55
  • 55

    2015Junior

    Catcher
    5'8"
    55
  • 55

    2016Senior

    Catcher
    5'8"
    55
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