2012 ESU Softball Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Hometown/High School 1 Jessica Ras P R/R Jr. Kingston/Wyoming Valley West 2 Samantha Haber MI/OF L/R So. Ambler/Upper Dublin 3 Cara Woods OF/MI R/R Fr. Glen Burnie, Md./Glen Burnie 4 Kasey Meckes OF R/R Fr. Kunkletown/Pleasant Valley 5 Kacie Killeen OF L/L Fr. Scranton/Scranton 6 Brittany Zanzalari 1B L/L Sr. Carteret, N.J./Carteret 7 Marianne Wright P R/R Fr. Douglassville/Daniel Boone 8 Rebecca Smith OF R/R So. Valatie, N.Y./Ichabod Crane 9 Pam Sellers SS R/R Sr. South Bound Brook, N.J./Bishop Ahr 10 Kaitlin Blum OF R/R Jr. Hummelstown/Hershey 13 Alex Schubert C R/R Sr. Maybrook, N.Y./Valley Central 14 Rachel Gieringer 3B R/R Sr. Horsham/Hatboro-Horsham 15 Cara McNeil 1B/3B R/R Fr. Mount Tabor, N.J./Parsippany Hills 16 Amanda McKay P L/L So. West Babylon, N.Y./Babylon 18 Taylor Webb P R/R Fr. West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon 19 Brandi Stettler IF R/R Sr. Whitehall/Whitehall 20 Laura Suits P R/R So. New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz 21 Shaylyn Wood P R/R Fr. Beacon, N.Y./Beacon 22 Jennifer Denaro OF L/L Jr. Saylorsburg/Pleasant Valley (Northampton CC) 26 Jamie Smith IF R/R Fr. Pine Forge/Boyertown Head Coach: Jill Fuduric (Allegheny ‘00), 6th year Asst. Coach: Ali Ritter Head Coach Jill Fuduric Jill Fuduric enters her sixth season as the head softball coach at East Stroudsburg University in 2012 as the Warriors look to return to the PSAC Tournament. ESU made four straight conference tournament appearances from 2007-10 and fi nished third in the NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional in her fi rst season in 2007. The Warriors had two fi rst team All-PSAC East selections last season in senior DP Brittany Racek and senior OF Alicea Ashe. Both players were also named to the Daktronics All-Region second team and Racek was a second team NFCA All-Region selection. The 2009 team included four All-PSAC East second team selections - Racek, Ashe, senior pitcher Jackie Battaglino, sophomore 3B Rachel Gieringer, who was the 2008 PSAC East Freshman of the Year. ESU fi nished third in the division for three straight seasons, from 2008-10. In 2009, the Warriors lost a pair of one-run games, 2-1 and 1-0, to Bloomsburg in the PSAC tournament. They won fi ve of their last eight regular season games to qualify for the postseason in 2008, where they blanked California 9-0 in the fi rst round of the before falling 3-0 to Kutztown and 1-0 to Bloomsburg. The Warriors set the school record for victories with a 29-28 campaign in 2007 and made their fi rst PSAC Tournament appearance since 1981 after posting a 14-10 conference record. ESU opened its postseason appearance with a 1-0, eight-inning win over Edinboro, then lost 6-1 to No. 1 seed and tournament host Kutztown, and 3-2 to Bloomsburg. The squad returned to Kutztown the following weekend for the NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional. The Warriors went 3-2 to fi nish third in the eight-team bracket, their highest-ever fi nish in an NCAA event. ESU, the No. 4 seed, eliminated Kutztown with an 11-10 victory on the third day of the regional in a game that saw the lead change hands four times in the fi nal two innings. Jess Schmoyer drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh and was named to the All-Regional team. Fuduric also helped shortsop Jen Veronesi and second baseman Shannon Dietrich earn All-PSAC honors. Veronesi was a three-time All-PSAC and two-time All-Region player and set multiple single season and career records in her four years at ESU, including overall marks for hits, home runs, runs batted in, runs scored and stolen bases. Pitcher Kristen Halvorsen was a key member of Fuduric’s fi rst two teams at ESU. Halvorsen was the most-used pitcher in school history, graduating with records for innings pitched, games and games started, and won 29 games and threw 12 shutouts during her fi nal two seasons as a Warrior. Battaglino was another top pitcher as a three-year starter in the circle and is in the top 10 in school history in fi ve categories. Racek and Ashe had standout careers from 2007-10. Racek, a two-time All-Region and three-time All-PSAC selection, ranks in the Warriors’ career top 10 in 13 categories, including second in doubles and extra-base hits and tied for second in home runs. She set the single-season record for slugging percentage during an injury-shortened 2010 season and missed parts of two seasons due to injury. Ashe set the single-season record with 10 home runs in 2010 and is tied for second with Racek with 14 career home runs. Fuduric came to ESU after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Lafayette College. The Leopards won 20 games in 2006 and played in the Patriot League Tournament for the fi rst time in six years. Prior to coaching at Lafayette, Fuduric was an assistant for two seasons at the University of Rochester. She was a four-year starter and letterwinner in her playing career at Allegheny College, where she was a member of two North Coast Athletic Conference championship teams. She was a co-captain her fi nal two seasons and earned fi rst team all-conference honors as a catcher and outfi elder as a senior. Fuduric earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from Allegheny and her master’s of science in educational leadership with an emphasis in higher education from the University of Rochester. Jill Fuduric By the Numbers • 111-160 (.410) record in six seasons • 4 straight PSAC playoff appearances from 2007-10 • placed third in NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in 2007 • school record 29 wins in 2007 • 5 fi rst team All-PSAC East selections - Rachel Gieringer (DP, 2012), Brittany Racek (SS, 2009; DP, 2011), Alicea Ashe (OF, 2011), Amanda Feist (C, 2008), Jen Veronesi (SS, 2007) • 1 PSAC East Player of the Year (Gieringer, 2012) • 1 NFCA All-Region selection (Racek, 2008 and 2011) Assistant Coach Ali Ritter Ali Ritter, an All-Conference and All-Region selection and a member of four straight conference championship teams at Salisbury University, is in her second season as assistant softball coach at East Stroudsburg University during the 2012 season. Ritter was a four-time All-Capital Athletic Conference selection from 2007-10 at Salisbury (Md.), where she helped the Seagulls extend their streak to 14 consecutive conference titles and made three appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Over her four years, Salisbury had a record of 147-27, including a 36-4 record and a 34-game winning streak during her senior year. Ritter was a fi rst team All-Region selection at designated player as a freshman and a member of the third team at fi rst base as a junior and senior. She also earned a pair of ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors over her fi nal two years. A native of Belvidere, N.J., Ritter graduated in May 2010 with a bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and a minor in Health Education. She was named to four straight CAC Academic All-Conference teams and was also involved in a number of community service outreaches, including Children by the Sea Toy Drive, Shoeboxes for Kids, Relay for Life and the Eastern Shore Senior Games. Ritter assists head coach Jill Fuduric, who helped the Warriors to a spot in the PSAC playoff s in each of her fi rst four seasons. ESU set a school record with 29 wins in her fi rst season in 2007 and placed third in the NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional. The Warriors have posted 99 wins and had 14 All-PSAC East selections over the past fi ve seasons. The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for ESU (Final) (All games) Date Opponent Score Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 24, 2012 vs UMass-Lowell L 2-14 5 0-1-0 0-0-0 L. Suits (L 0-1) 3 7 1:45 Feb 25, 2012 vs Tiffin L 1-7 7 0-2-0 0-0-0 S. Wood (L) 0 Feb 25, 2012 vs Wayne State L 2-11 5 0-3-0 0-0-0 M. Wright (L 0-1) 5 0 1:20 Feb 25, 2012 vs Davis & Elkins L 7-17 5 0-4-0 0-0-0 S. Wood (L) 0 Feb 26, 2012 vs #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L 3-9 7 0-5-0 0-0-0 T. Webb (L) 5 0 1:45 Mar 07, 2012 at Goldey-Beacom-1 L 0-3 7 0-6-0 0-0-0 S. Wood (L 0-3) 2 0 0 1:38 Mar 07, 2012 at Goldey-Beacom-2 L 4-8 5 0-7-0 0-0-0 L. Suits (L 0-2) 2 0 0 1:35 Mar 11, 2012 vs Alderson-Broaddus L 8-17 6 0-8-0 0-0-0 S. Wood (L) 0 Mar 12, 2012 vs Pfeiffer-1 L 1-2 7 0-9-0 0-0-0 S. Wood (L) - Mar 12, 2012 vs Pfeiffer-2 W 4-1 7 1-9-0 0-0-0 M.