2013 Softball Roster

David Sinclair
Thom Swarr

21 Elly McCarthy

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Jefferson, Md.
  • Position Third Base/First Base
  • High School Brunswick
  • Height 5-8
  • Major Mechanical Engineering
  • Bats/Throws R/R

Biography

Career Statistics

Game-by-Game Statistics
2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010

2013 (Senior): Started and played in all 38 games for E-town...The most consistent bat in the lineup...Team leader in batting average (.364), hits (47), stolen bases (nine), and on-base percentage (.403)...Ranked second on the team with 23 runs scored, 26 RBIs, slugging percentage (.457), and tied for second with two home runs...Her six doubles were third-most on the team...Had a six-game hit streak to open the season and a season-best 14-game hit streak from April 10 to April 25 that saw her batting average go from .299 to .379...13 multi-hit games during the season, including six that came during her 14-game hit streak...Her lone hit on March 3 versus Thiel was a three-run inside-the-park homer in an 11-3 victory...The following day she went 3-for-4 against Anna Maria, driving in three more runs to go along with a run scored, a double, and a stolen base...With her three hits on April 23 at Arcadia in game two, she became E-town's all-time leader in hits...As a corner infielder for the Jays, she recorded 167 putouts with a .941 fielding percentage, including a season-high 14 putouts on March 24 versus Widener (game one)...In a single season, her 129 at-bats rank as the seventh-most, her 26 runs batted in the tenth-most, 47 hits tied for the fourth-most, and the ninth-most stolen bases (nine)...For her career, McCarthy started every game she played in (143)...She leaves E-town as the program's all-time leader in hits (177), RBIs (133), doubles (44), and home runs (24)...She is second in school history with 97 runs scored and third in batting average (.382 over four years) and at-bats (463)...McCarthy ranks tied for seventh in triples with three and eighth in stolen bases with 17...Named All-Commonwealth Conference Second Team (infielder), her third straight all-conference honor.

2012 (Junior): Became softball program's first All-American after absolutely tearing the cover off the ball...Achieved new career-highs and single-season program records in hits (59), runs batted in (42) and doubles (18)...Led the conference with a .440 (59-for-134) batting average, while also topping the doubles and total bases (100) categories...Second in the league in home runs (7) and runs batted in...Named Commonwealth Conference Co-Player of the Year, also a program first...All-Commonwealth Conference First Team infielder...Played in 41-of-43 games, starting all 41...Tied for the team lead, and set a new career-high, with 28 runs scored...Far and away the team's best power hitter with a .746 slugging percentage...Also reached base most often with a .483 on base percentage...103 fielding assists were second most on the team...Led E-town with four hits, five RBIs, a double and a tirple in an upset of No. 18 Moravian on March 5...Registered six RBIs in her other four-hit game, at Widener, March 31...In game one at Widener, all four of McCarthy's hits went for extra bases as she homered and hit three doubles...Set school's career doubles record at Widener...Team leader in multi-hit games (22), two-hit games (15), three-hit games (5) and four-hit games (2)...Drove in four of the team's six runs in a 6-1 win over Salve Regina March 10...Broke Paige Tanner's career RBI record of 81 with her 81st and 82nd in a game against Saint Mary's (Minn.) March 10...Homered in three straight games from March 28-31...Had hits in all three games during the Commonwealth Conference Championships, including a pair of two-hit games...During her season-long six-game hitting streak from March 26-31, she was 12-for-20 (.600) with nine runs scored, nine runs batted in, six doubles and three home runs...Enters senior season as program's career leader in RBIs (107), doubles (38) and home runs (22)...Ranks third all-time in batting average (.389), fifth in hits (130) and 10th in runs scored (74)...NFCA First Team All-East Region and NFCA Third Team All-America at third base...MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll student-athlete.

2011 (Sophomore): Increased offensive numbers in batting average, runs, hits, RBIs and walks en route to all-conference and all-region honors...Appeared in 35-of-37 games, starting all 35 she played in...Started 22 games at first base, 11 at third base and two at shortstop...Led Elizabethtown in batting average (.373, 41-for-110), hits (41), doubles (10), home runs (6), RBIs (35), total bases (71) and slugging percentage (.645)...Shared the team lead in on base percentage with junior teammate Courtney Comstock at .437...Club's leader in multi-hit games (12) and multi-RBI games (10)...Owned game-highs of seven RBIs (vs. Juniata on April 6), three doubles (at Albright on April 30) and two home runs (vs. Juniata on April 6)...Set a new career-high with seven RBIs, including a walk-off grand slam, in game one against Juniata...Clobbered a grand slam to left field in the fifth inning of E-town's 10-9 game two loss at Muhlenberg March 15...Upped her batting average 73 points in the final four games of the regular season by collecting four multi-hit games...Had four hits in five at bats at Gettysburg April 26, a game in which she also drove in two runs and scored two...Amassed four doubles and four RBIs while going 7-for-8 at the plate at Albright in the final two games of the season on April 30...Collected the third most RBIs in a single season in team history...Tied Jodi Kuehn (1995) for the third most home runs in a season at Elizabethtown...Also equaled her own mark of 10 doubles from her freshman season, which is tied for fifth most in a single season...Ranked second in the conference in RBIs and home runs...Fourth in the league in total bases and 13th in hitting...Notched All-Commonwealth Conference First Team honors for the first time...NFCA Third Team All-East Region At-Large choice...Named to the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2010 (Freshman): Showed off her power right away by tying Widener's Steph Connelly for the Commonwealth Conference lead with nine home runs...Program's new single-season home run leader...Hit .333 over 29 games (29 starts)...20 of her 30 hits on the season went for extra bases...Led Elizabethtown with 30 RBIs and a .767 slugging percentage...Second on the ballclub in doubles (10), tied for third in runs scored (22) and third in hits (30)...Converted 145-of-150 fielding opportunities (.967)...Made first career start against Pitt-Bradford March 7...First college hit was a home run, also against Pitt-Bradford...Doubled three times and knocked in four runs against Northwestern (Minn.) March 9...Started career with an eight-game hitting streak...Launched a home run and added two doubles in a 3-for-4 game two win over Albright April 10...Tallied three hits at Lycoming April 17...Fourth most RBIs in a season in program history, until she surpassed her total in 2011 and 2012 (now sixth)...Her 10 doubles also ranked fourth in a single-season at Elizabethtown (now seventh)...National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) First Team All-East Region selection at utility.

High School: Four-sport athlete that competed in basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball at Brunswick High School...Named Monocacy Valley Athlete League (MVAL) All-Conference First Team in softball following her senior season...MVAL Co-Most Valuable Player as a senior.

Personal: Born on Oct. 12, 1991...Daughter of Kevin and Pam McCarthy...Has two younger brothers, Kevin, Jr., and Tommy...Majoring in mechanical engineering...Double minor in computer science and anthropology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2010Freshman

    Infield
    21
  • 21

    2011Sophomore

    Shortstop
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2012Junior

    Third Base/First Base
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2013Senior

    Third Base/First Base
    5'8"
    21