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2021 Softball

18 Marissa Santoro

  • Height 5-3
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Franklin, Mass.
  • High School Mount Saint Charles Academy (R.I.)
  • Position Second Base/Utility
  • Major Nursing

Biography

Simmons University Softball player Marissa Santoro Class of 20212019 Season: One of two players to start in at least 44 games for the Sharks ... Named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of March 25-31 ... Ranked third among GNAC leaders with 44 games played and 140 at-bats, while placing 11th with 29 runs scored and 13th with 43 hits ... Reached base by getting hit by a pitch five times for the fifth-highest total in the league ... Ranked second on the team with 14 multi-hit games, including a 4-4 effort as part of a 6-7 day with a walk and a run scored at Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on April 19 ... Enjoyed a season-long six-game hitting streak from March 24 to April 6, where she batted .450 (9-20) with a pair of doubles, a home run, three runs scored and eight RBI during the stretch ... Put together a 15-game string without making an error at second base, while handling 48 chances from April 3-24.

2018 Season: Started all 40 games she appeared in for the Sharks ... Made her collegiate debut going 1-3 with a run scored vs. Heidelberg University on March 6 ... Batted .286 (30-105) with 18 runs batted in and 22 runs scored ... Ranked seventh among Great Northeast Athletic Conference leaders with three triples and was fourth in the GNAC with 90 fielding assists from shortstop ... Smacked seven doubles and posted a .438 slugging percentage to stand fifth on the team ... Registered seven multi-hit games, including a three-hit effort in as many at-bats with a double, an RBI and a pair of runs scored vs. Pennsylvania State University-New Kensington on March 7 ... Enjoyed a six-game hitting streak, where she hit .529 (9-17) with three doubles, a triple a home run, nine RBIs, seven runs scored and three walks to go with a 1.000 slugging mark and a .600 on-base percentage from April 22-28 ... Went 2-3 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored vs. Rivier University on April 27 ... Batted .389 (14-36) with runners in scoring position and ranked second on the team with 11 two-out RBIs.

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner in softball and earned two letters in basketball for Mount Saint Charles Academy (R.I.) ... Named All-Division II Third Team for the Mounties' softball team following her senior campaign ... Played four years of softball for the Metrowest Thunder in addition to playing for East Coast Force Gold ... Named to the Honor Roll for every semester at MSCA ... Member of the Ski Club at Mount Saint Charles Academy ... Volunteered at Friends of Franklin ... Born June 11, 1999 ... Daughter of Nick and Jill Santoro ... Majoring in Nursing with a minor in Psychology at Simmons and would like to pursue a career as a Medical Flight Nurse ... Enjoys skiing, hiking and going to the beach.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2018First Year

    Shortstop/Third Base
    5'3"
    18
  • 18

    2019Sophomore

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'3"
    18
  • 18

    2020Junior

    Second Base/Utility
    5'3"
    18
  • 18

    2021Senior

    Second Base/Utility
    5'3"
    18