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2015 Softball Roster

13 Mickayla Romero

13 Mickayla Romero

  • Position:
    Infield
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Valley
  • Hometown:
    Las Vegas, Nev.

Summary

Biography

2015 Capital One Academic All-District Team

2015: Earned a place on the Capital One Academic All-District Team, as well as receiving MAAC All-Academic Team recognition for the third consecutive season…Made 45 starts at third base and hit second in the lineup 43 times…Ranked fourth on the team with 42 hits, four homers and 23 RBIs, and fifth with a .278 average…Had a career-high six RBIs in a 15-6 win over Mount St. Mary’s on March 15, connecting on a third-inning grand slam, then adding a two-run single in the fourth…Scored three runs later that day in an 8-0 victory over Morgan State…Ripped a pair of doubles in game two of a twinbill against Mount St. Mary’s on March 16…Crossed the plate twice at Saint Mary’s on March 19…Put together an eight-game hitting streak from March 25-April 11…Led off the seventh inning with a home run, her second hit of the game, at Wagner on March 25…Registered two hits and Manhattan’s first two runs in a 3-1 victory that completed a doubleheader sweep of Siena on March 30…Finished 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs and three runs scored against Saint Peter’s on April 4…Belted the game-winning solo homer in the fifth inning of the second game against the Peacocks, a 2-1 Manhattan victory…Smacked a two-run double in a 5-1 win over Columbia on April 7…Posted two singles and knocked in two runs in a 9-5 triumph at Fairleigh Dickinson on April 14…Went a combined 4-for-8 with three runs scored, an RBI and a triple in the doubleheader sweep at Niagara on April 25…Credited with two runs scored in the win at Canisius on April 26…Recorded three hits in game two of the Senior Day twinbill against Marist at Gaelic Park on May 2…Drove in both Manhattan runs with a bases-loaded single in the first inning of a 2-1 victory at Canisius in a MAAC Tournament elimination game on May 7.

2014: Selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team for the second straight year…Started 53 games at third base…Ranked fifth on the team with 19 RBIs…Drew four walks in the first game before going 2-for-4 with an RBI in game two of the home-opening twinbill against Harford on March 11…Recorded a two hits, scored a run and drove in another against Brown in the Capital Classic on March 15…Finished 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and three RBIs in game two of a doubleheader at Columbia on April 1…Ended the marathon 5-4 victory over Wagner on April 9 with a walk-off single down the right field line in the bottom of the 12th inning…Had previously tied the game with a bases loaded walk in the fourth…Delivered her second walk-off hit in three days with a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh that gave the Jaspers a 3-1 win in the second game of a doubleheader with Canisius on April 12…Put together a nine-game hitting streak, the longest by a Jasper during the season, from April 19-29…Collected five hits, including a pair of doubles, and also stole a base in the home doubleheader against Iona on April 23…Knocked in the winning run with a sixth-inning single in a 3-2 victory over Lehigh at Gaelic Park on April 26…Went deep in the second game of that twinbill…Crushed her third home run of the season in game two of a doubleheader sweep at Saint Peter’s on April 27…Picked up a pair of hits and an RBI in the 9-7 win over Sacred Heart on April 29.

2013: Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 28 contests, mainly at third base…Committed just one error in 84 defensive chances…Roped an RBI single at Elon on March 3…Smacked a double in the home opener against Hartford on March 10…Had two hits, including an RBI single, in a win over Yale on March 16…Made only pitching appearance of the season against Siena on April 28, tossing one inning…Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in game two of a twinbill at Sacred Heart on April 30…Finished the season by putting together a 2-for-3 effort that featured an RBI double at Quinnipiac on May 2.

2012: Played in 37 games, making 36 starts, primarily at the corner infield positions…Also made 11 appearances, including three starts, in the circle…Tied for third on the team with 12 RBIs…Hit .300 in MAAC games to lead the team…Tossed 1.2 innings of relief, allowing two hits, against Lehigh in the season opener at the Rebel Spring Games on March 9…Picked up an RBI in first collegiate plate appearance, then notched first career hit later in the game against Penn at the Rebel Games on March 9…Struck out three hitters in 3.2 innings of work at Seton Hall on March 16…Made first collegiate start in the circle against Texas Tech on March 17…Slammed first collegiate home run, the second of back-to-back jacks, in a win over Stony Brook at Gaelic Park on April 5…Had first career multi-hit game, including the game-winning two-run double, in a 3-1 victory at Albany on April 11…Went 2-for-2 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBIs in the second game of a twinbill with Canisius on April 21…Recorded a two-run double against Niagara on April 28…Collected three hits, including a double, and scored three runs while driving in another in a season-ending victory at Saint Peter’s on May 6.

Before Manhattan: Selected team MVP four times at Valley High School…Also named first team all-league four times…A two-time second team all-state selection…Earned First Team All-Region honors in 2009…Named Northeast League Pitcher of the Year as a junior…Won the Scholar Athlete award as a senior…Played club softball for the California Lite 18 Gold.

Personal: Daughter of Danny Romero and Bobbi Muije…Has one brother, John…Majoring in special education…Has volunteered at a number of special education sporting events, including the Special Olympics…Spent two summers (2009-10) working at a camp providing physical fitness training to overweight children…Born on August 20, 1993.

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