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Niagara University Athletics

2016-17 Softball Roster

21 Chanelle Ward

  • Position SS
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lemon Grove, CA
  • Prev School Helix Charter
  • Major Accounting

Biography

2016 Season
Earned All-MAAC Second Team honors in 2016…Started 40 of 48 games at shortstop in her junior season at Niagara…Led Niagara and ranked 12th in the MAAC with a career-high .350 batting average…Hit 25-for-60 in conference play to rank sixth with a .417 conference batting average…Third on the Purple Eagles in on-base percentage (.382) and fourth in slugging percentage (.374)…Hit three doubles and tallied 12 RBIs and scored 12 runs, striking out a team-low nine times…Had a fielding percentage of .947…Had multiple hits in 12 games and multiple RBIs in three…Season-high three hits in three at-bats in the third game of a tripleheader at Nevada (4/8)…Hit 2-for-4 and set season-highs in doubles (two) and RBIs (four) in the second game of a doubleheader at Saint Peter’s (4/24)...Named to the 2016 MAAC Softball All-Academic Team.

2015 Season
One of two Niagara players to start all 44 games in 2015…Ranked third on the team with 29 hits…Finished the season with a .248 batting average, .299 slugging percentage, and .348 on-base percentage…Hit six doubles, adding 12 RBIs and 10 runs scored…Fielding percentage of .942 at shortstop…Three multi-hit games…Season-high three hits in the second game of a doubleheader at Monmouth (5/3)…Set season-highs in runs scored (two) and RBIs (two) in the first game of a doubleheader at Iona (3/29)...Named to the 2015 MAAC Softball All-Academic Team.

2014 Season
Made 35 appearances as a freshman and made 33 starts…Finished the season with a .250 batting average, .272 slugging percentage, and .330 on-base percentage…Hit two doubles, scored nine runs, and added 10 RBIs…Fielding percentage of .905…Had five games with two hits…Season-high two RBIs against La Salle (3/7).

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2013-14Freshman

    SS
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2014-15Sophomore

    SS/2B
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2015-16Junior

    Shortstop/Second Base
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2016-17Senior

    Shortstop
    5'9"
    21