Birth Date: | Aug. 26, 1990 |
Height: | 5-9 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Fuquay Varina, NC |
High School: | Fuquay-Varina |
Position: | C |
Major: | Biology |
Bats/Throws: | R/R |
Parents: | Jeff & Joyce Boni |
Career:
Four-year member of the program who played in a total of
154 games, good for 14th place on Emory's all-time list, 140 in a
starting capacity ... Totaled 28 multi-hit contests ... Tied for
fifth place on the Eagles' all-time ladder with 12 homers ...
Finished 9th on Emory's all-time lists in doubles (30) and RBIs
(101) ... Recorded 133 hits as an Eagle, good for the No. 15 spot
on the school's all-time chart ... Fifth all-time in school annals
with 678 putouts.
Senior (2012):
Started all 39 games that she saw action in ... Concluded the year
with a .333 hitting mark (36-of-108) ... Captured Second Team
All-Atlantic Region honors ... First Team All-UAA selection and
captured a berth on the UAA All-Tournament Team ... Registered
seven mulit-hit outings ... Second on the squad with six homers ...
Her 38 RBIs placed her second on the team and tied for fourth among
UAA players ... Compiled 11 multi-RBI contests, the club's
second-highest total ... Huge performance against regionally ranked
Brandeis at the UAA Tournament (Mar. 15), going 3-for-3 at the
plate, including a grand slam, and picked up seven RBIs, tying the
fourth-highest individual game total in school history, in a 15-0
victory ... Led all players with 12 RBIs during the UAA
Tournament and hit a blistering .409 with nine hits in 22
trips to the plate ... In a 7-3 win over regionally ranked Case
Western (Mar. 16), she hit a two-run homer that drove in what
proved to be the winning run in a 7-3 decision ... Enjoyed a
3-for-3 effort at the plate and scored twice while knocking in one
run in a 9-1 triumph vs. Lynchburg (Feb. 25) ... Blasted a
three-run homer that accounted for the deciding run in a 6-2
verdict over Huntingdon (Mar. 3) ... In a 12-4 win in the first
game of a twinbill vs. Piedmont (Apr. 24), she knocked in four runs
and followed that with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate with two
ribbies in an 8-0 win ... Enjoyed a nine-game hitting streak (Feb.
17 - Mar. 3) ... Collected two of the team's four hits vs. Roanoke
(May 11) in the NCAA Tournament and drove in both of its runs with
a two-run single in the first inning ... Tied for second on the
club with 14 walks.
Junior (2011):
A starter in 39 of the 42 games she saw action in, she ended the
year second on the team and sixth among UAA players in hitting with
a .402 mark (49-of-122) ... Second on the squad with 49 hits, she
ranked third on the Eagles' stat sheet with 12 doubles and 33 RBIs
... Third Team All-Atlantic Region selection ... First Team All-UAA
... Tied for fourth on the club with 11 multi-hit games and was
tied for third with seven multiple-RBI outings ... Landed a
spot on the UAA All-Tournament Team, hitting .562 (9-for-16) over
eight games with nine RBIs ... Went 3-for-3 at the plate and
finished with four RBIs vs. Rochester (Mar. 11) with a two-run
double and a two-run homer in an 11-0 victory ... 2-for-2 at the
plate with three RBIs, including a two-run homer that scored the
deciding runs in a 4-2 triumph over Greensboro (Feb. 27) ... In a
doubleheader against then No. 8 nationally ranked DePauw (Mar. 24),
she went 4-for-10 at the plate with an RBI in each game including a
three-hit performance that featured a two-out single in
the bottom of the 10th that tied the game in what proved to be a
9-9 standoff against No. 8 DePauw ... Totaled three hits in four
plate appearances and scored once in a 5-4, eight-inning victory
vs. LaGrange (Apr. 26) ... Came through with a big three-run triple
against No. 11 Moravian (Mar. 8) ... Accounted for the team's first
run with a solo homer in a 5-3 come-from-behind win at Huntingdon
(Apr. 5) ... Two-for-three at the plate and came through with a
two-run double in the first inning of a 10-6 victory over Berry
College (Apr. 16) in the second game of a twinbill ... Enjoyed a
13-game hitting streak (Mar. 10 through Apr. 5) ... Earned a spot
on the Salisbury Regional All-Tournament Team after tying
Nikki Perez for the team lead with a .455 batting mark ... Stroked
a pair of doubles in the team's 6-1 win over Kean (May 12) in the
NCAAs and registered three hits and a RBI in the 13-inning marathon
against Christopher Newport (May 13).
Sophomore (2010):
Handled the bulk of the catching duties and started all 39 games
she played ... Hit .273 (30-for-110) with 17 RBIs ... Tied for the
No. 3 spot on the team with nine doubles ... Hit safely in six of
eight UAA Tournament games ... Drove in the eventual game-winning
run in the team's 3-1 win over Brandeis (Mar. 9) ... Went 2-for-3,
including a double, in a 5-0 triumph over No. 6 Washington
University (Mar. 10) ... Came through with a pair of hits and
registered three RBIs vs. Agnes Scott (Apr. 7), the first two
coming on a single and the other after a double ... Enjoyed a
10-game hitting streak (Mar. 11 - Apr. 7) that saw her post a .428
average (12-of-28) ... Slapped out a pair of hits and accounted for
an RBI in a 10-3 win over Piedmont (Apr. 21) ... Against Maryville
(Apr. 26), she led off the top of the sixth inning with her lone
homer of the campaign that gave the Eagles a 4-3 lead.
Freshman (2009):
Drew starting assignments in 23 of the 34 games she played
in ... Concluded the year with a .247 hitting average (18-for-73)
with 13 RBIs ... Chalked up four multi-hit contests ... Came
through with two hits, including a run-producing triple, in the
fourth inning that sparked a nine-run frame in a 12-1 win over
Emerson College ... First career homer was a two-run blast in a
17-0 win over Case Western (Mar. 14) at the UAA Tournament ...
Collected three hits in four trips to the plate and scored
twice in a 9-5 decision over LaGrange (Mar. 30) ... Came through
with a two-out, two-run single against Brandeis (Mar. 10) that
helped Emory to a 3-2 win in the UAA Tournament.
Prior to Emory:
Attended Fuquay-Varina High School where she earned four
years in softball ... High school coach was Deborah Clarke ...
Served as a team co-captain her junior and senior years ...
Three-time all-conference selection ... Captured Class 4A Honorable
Metion All-State recognition her final season ... Helped her team
to a No. 8 ranking in Class 4A ... Member of conference
championship squads in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... Hit .374 with 20
RBIs her junior season ... Won her team's Batting Champion Award in
2008 ... Tabbed as her school's 2007-08 Female Athlete of the Year
... Her club team was the highly regarded Carolina Cardinals where
she was coached by Ray Chandler ... The Cardinals were 2006 ASA
national champions and selected by Softball Today Magazine
as the 18U Team of the Year.
Personal: Born August 26, 1990 ... Daughter of
Jeff and Joyce Boni.
Stats
Year | G-GS | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SB-ATT | AVG |
2009 | 34-23 | 73 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | .247 |
2010 | 39-39 | 110 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | .273 |
2011 | 42-39 | 122 | 12 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | .402 |
2012 | 39-39 | 108 | 21 | 36 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1-1 | .333 |
TOTAL | 154-140 | 413 | 59 | 133 | 101 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 2-2 | .322 |