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2010 Softball

10 Jessica Pledger

  • Bats/Throw R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pearland, Texas
  • High School Pearland
  • Position Catcher
  • House Eliot

Biography

Senior • 2010
Received All-Ivy League honorable mention … Recorded adouble and two RBI in a game against Bucknell March 16 …Went 4 for 6 from the plate with a double and an RBI in adoubleheader against Princeton Apr. 2 … Went 2 for 3 with anRBI and a run scored in game one of a doubleheader against PennApr. 10 … Was 2 for 3 against Boston College Apr. 15 andagainst Brown Apr. 19 … Had a season-high six assistsagainst the Bears … Picked up a pair of hits and a walk in awin over Yale Apr. 24 … Recorded a season-high 12 putoutsagainst the Bulldogs … Had a hit in each game of theregular-season ending doubleheader against Dartmouth May 2 …Went 1 for 3 from the plate in all three games of the Ivy LeagueChampionship series against Cornell.

Junior • 2009
Started 42 games, splitting time between designated hitter andcatcher … Had a .279 batting average and .364 on basepercentage … Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll March 10… Recorded 11 putouts as catcher in 7-2 win over ToledoMarch 21 in the Highlander Classic … Went 2 for 3 with oneRBI in 10-5 win over UNC Greensboro March 24 … Went 2 for 3in 10-3 win over Rhode Island April 2 … Compiled a nine gamehitting streak from April 9-19.

Sophomore • 2008
Started 13 games at catcher and five at DP and appeared in 42total games ... Had a .972 fielding percentage and threw out tworunners from behind the plate ... Batted .307 with 23 hits, 13 RBI,three runs scored and a .350 on-base percentage ... Batted .318 (14for 44) with runners on base, .353 (12 for 34) with runners inscoring position and .300 (12 for 40) with two outs ... One of twoplayers to record four hits in a game when she went 4 for 4 withtwo runs and two RBI in a 17-2 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff March21 ... Was 2 for 4 with two RBI at Princeton March 30 ... Recordeda pinch-hit, two-run single against Boston College April 17.

Freshman • 2007
Played in 31 games, starting 16 at catcher, as a rookie ... Didnot commit an error while recording 71 putouts, notching eightassists and throwing out two would-be base-stealers ... Knocked ingo-ahead run with pinch-hit in 12-9, comeback win at Boston College(April 26) ... Went 1 for 2 with two runs scored and one driven inagainst Holy Cross (April 10) ... Recorded first career hit withpinch-hit RBI single against St. Joseph’s (March 4) ... MadeHarvard debut with start against Michigan State in second game ofseason (March 3).

Before Harvard
A four-year starter for the Pearland High School softball team ...all-state academic award recipient, NFCA All-American ScholarAthlete, team captain and team’s Offensive Player of the Yearas a senior ... Earned selection to TGCA All-Star Team andall-district and all-county first teams that season ... Also madethe all-district first team in 2003 and 2005 ... Earnedall-district honorable mention in 2004 and all-county honorablemention in 2004 and 2005 ... Member of the National Society of HighSchool Scholars ... HOBY nominee ... Involved in extensivecommunity service work, including work at a hospital, hurricane andtsunami relief, volunteer softball coaching and preparing items fortroops, nursing home residents and the homeless.

Personal
Hobbies include painting and long-distance running ...Concentrating in either Sociology, Economics or both ... Involvedwith Pets as Therapy and Harvard Women in Business.

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Historical Player Information

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    2009Junior

    Catcher
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    2010Senior

    Catcher
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