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2023 Softball Roster

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6 Meghan Dempsey

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool The Hill School
  • Hometown Collegeville, Pa.

Biography

2023: Injuries limited her to 17 appearances with eight starts...Picked up a hit at Maryland on 4/19...Had a succesful sacrifice bunt to move two runners up (who both scored) in the America East Championship game.

2022: Appeared in 35 games, starting 33...Hit her first career home run against Saint Joseph's on opening day...The following day, she made her first pitching appearance since High School in an emergency role against Seton Hall, facing two batters and striking out one...Was the team leader in walks with 17....Went 2-for-2 in the America East Championship game against UAlbany....Had a team-best five sacrifice bunts...Went 2-for-3 on stolen bases...Scored a run in both the America East Championship and in the NCAA Tournament against No.19 Georgia.

2021: Appeared in 37 games, starting 33...Drove in a career-high five runs...Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base against Villanova in NCAA Tournament...Went 1-for-2 with two RBI, two runs scored and a walk against Maine on May 1. 

2020: Played in the final 13 games of the season, batting .258 with four RBI...Got her first hit on an RBI single on February 22 against Seton Hall in her second career at-bat...The following game, she went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a triple against Iona...Had three multi-hit games...Reliably put the ball in play as she only struck out three times all year while walking three times.

Personal: Made the state championship game in 2018... Was captain of her high school team in 2017-18... Helped her travel squad to 50+ wins every season... Played club for Xtreme Fastpitch, Sting Fastpitch and the Valley Forge Patriots... Broke her foot during her junior season... Daughter of Chuck and Colleen Dempsey... Has three siblings named Ryan, Erin and Kelly... Both of her sister played field hockey, the eldest also playing basketball, water polo and softball in high school... Philadelphia Eagles fan... Started playing softball at age four... Majoring in psychology, hoping to be a nurse.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2020Freshman

    OF
    5'7"
    6
  • 6

    2021Sophomore

    OF
    5'7"
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    OF
    5'7"
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    OF
    5'7"
    6
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