2019 Softball Roster

Dan Gittis
Dan Gittis
Wyatt Eaton

13 Emma Varrato

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Allentown, Pa.
  • Position Second Base/Shortstop
  • High School Parkland
  • Height 5-5
  • Major Occupational Therapy
  • Bats/Throws R/R

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS

2019 // SENIOR

- Elizabethtown College all-time hits leader
- NFCA Division III Atlantic Region Third Team At-Large
- Landmark Conference First Team Second Base
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll

2018 // JUNIOR
- NFCA Division III Atlantic Region Third Team At-Large
- Landmark Conference First Team Second Base
- Landmark Conference Player of the Week (3/12)
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll

2017 // SOPHOMORE
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll

2016 // FRESHMAN
- NFCA Division III Atlantic Region Third Team.
- All Landmark Conference Second Team Second Base
 
2019 // SENIOR // GAME-BY-GAME STATS

2018 // JUNIOR // GAME-BY-GAME STATS

- Started and played 29 games at second base.
- Led the team and Landmark Conference in average (career-high .453), the tenth-best in a single season in team history.
- 5 homers were also a career-high, a team-best, and tied for fifth in the conference.
- Home run total tied for the ninth-most in a single season in program history.
- 43 hits (2nd) and 9 doubles (T1st on team) with 22 RBIs (1st).
- 16-game hit streak to start off the season and was held hitless just twice all year long.
- Recorded her 100th career hit in the season-opener against Finlandia in Florida on March 4.
- 14 multi-hit games and 6 multi-RBI games.
- Raised her career batting average from .416 to .426, which is 2nd all-time.
- Ranks 7th in hits (142), 10th in RBIs (66), tied for 2nd in doubles (31), tied for 7th in triples (4), and 9th in home runs (9) all-time.
- Can become the program's all-time hits leader in 2019.
- NFCA Division III Atlantic Region Third Team At-Large.
- Landmark Conference First Team second base.
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2017 // SOPHOMORE // GAME-BY-GAME STATS
- One of three players to start and play in all 36 games for the team.
- Shifted from second base to shortstop for 2017.
- Team leader in average, at-bats, hits, and RBIs (23).
- Her .386 average was eighth-best in the Landmark Conference.
- Tied for tenth in the league in doubles (8), tied for seventh in hits (44), and tied for sixth in home runs (3).
- Led the Landmark, defensively, in assists with 98.
- Season-best eight-game hit streak March 5 through March 10 in Florida.
- 12 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games.
- Tied her single-game career-best with four RBIs on March 5 in a win over Haverford.
- Recorded her first career multi-HR game on March 8 against Emmanuel and set a new career-high in the same game.
- Hit her third home run of the season at Catholic as a part of a 2-for-4 effort with two runs scored and three RBIs in an E-town win over the Cardinals.
- Needs one hit to become the 15th player in program history to reach 100 for her career.
- .416 batting average after two years ranks second all-time.

2016 // FRESHMAN // GAME-BY-GAME STATS
- One of two to start and play in all 36 games.
- Played primarily at second base.
- Team's unquestioned offensive leader.
- Team and conference leader in batting average (.444) and hits (55).
- Four triples were the most of any Blue Jay and tied for the most in the Landmark.
- Also tied for first or led the team in runs scored (24), doubles (14), total bases (80), slugging percentage (.645), and on-base percentage (.473).
- Went hitless in her collegiate debut on February 28 against Saint Vincent.
- Adjusted to the college game quickly, had 17 multi-hit games over the course of the season.
- 14-game hit streak from early March to early April, including a stretch of six straight multi-hit efforts.
- Hit for the cycle on March 4 against Finlandia in Florida.
- Knocked in four runs and scored three herself in the game, which included her first career home run.
- Also had four hits on March 30 at DeSales with three RBIs and three runs scored in a Jays' win.
- Named All-Landmark Second Team Second Base.
- Voted NFCA All-Atlantic Region Third Team At-Large.
- 21st player in program history to earn all-region honors and first in Atlantic Region.

HIGH SCHOOL
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Middle infielder for Barry Search for four years at Parkland High School.
- Trojans were District 11 semifinalists her first two years before winning the district title as a junior and senior.
- Team won the PIAA State AAAA Championship her senior season.
- All-League shortstop and Third Team All-State shortstop as a senior.
- Parkland went 29-1 en route to the state crown and were also Eastern PA Conference Champions in 2015.
- PALS club member and special olympics volunteer (four years), spent time at Lehigh Valley Health Network gift shop as a volunteer.

PERSONAL
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Daughter of Jay and Annette Varrato, both of whom were Elizabethtown College graduates.
- Father, Jay, played soccer at Elizabethtown and was the goalkeeper on the 1989 NCAA Division III national championship team.
- Has three younger brothers, Jacob, Christian and Luke.
- Majoring in occupational therapy.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    Shortstop/Second Base
    5'5"
    13
  • 13

    2017Sophomore

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'5"
    13
  • 13

    2018Junior

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'5"
    13
  • 13

    2019Senior

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'5"
    13