University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2015: Earned America East Presidential Scholar-Athlete distinctions… Named a member of the National College Athlete Honor Society… Made two starts in 25 appearances… Batted .300 for the year… Tallied three RBI… Drew a pair of walks… Registered a pinch-hit to score a run versus UMES (March 25)… Drilled a walk-off two-run single in game one versus South Carolina State (April 17)... Named to the America East Honor Roll.

2014: Made five starts and appeared in 23 games in her initial campaign with the Retrievers, mostly as a catcher… Posted a .250 batting average and a .943 fielding percentage… Saw her first action as a Retriever on Feb. 15 against Liberty… Drove in a pair of runs on a double against UMES (March 8) for her first hit of the season… Registered her first multiple hit game versus Howard (April 2) and drove in two runs… Named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO UMBC: Played two seasons with the Brookdale Community College (N.J.) softball team… Helped the Jersey Blues to a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament finals in 2013… Team won the most games in a single season for a DIII junior college, with 59 victories, and set the all-time two-year win record with 108 wins… Earned All-American First Team honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and second team recognition from the NJCAA… NJCAA First Team All-Region selection and All-Garden State Athletic Conference First Team honoree as a sophomore… Named the NJCAA Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 2013... Received the 2012-13 John Stauff Female Scholar Athlete of the Year award at the annual NJCAA Region XIX awards gala.

BACKGROUND: A member of the Toms River High School East softball team… Earned the Ocean County Athletic Directors Sportsmanship Award (2011)… Also lettered in soccer, basketball and indoor track and field for the Raiders… A National Honor Society member… An honor roll student… Daughter of Susan and Joseph Marino, and Tom Sharp… Has one brother, Tom Sharp… Born Oct. 20, 1992… Majoring in psychology, with a minor in math… Hopes to become a physical therapist… Works as a pastry chef.

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