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2010 Softball

15 Margaux Black

  • Bats/Throw R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • High School The Westminster Schools
  • Position Pitcher
  • House Pforzheimer

Biography

Senior • 2010
Named to the All-Ivy League second team … Startedand went four solid innings in 3-1 win over Princeton Apr. 2… Earned first win of the season in 7-6 victory at CornellApr. 3, going 4.2 innings and allowing no runs on three hits… Earned a save against Holy Cross Apr. 6, throwing oneinning of scoreless relief … Earned the win in relief,pitching two scoreless innings in a 2-0 win over Columbia Apr. 11… Picked up a win against Brown Apr. 18 throwing fourinnings of one-hit ball and collected second save of the seasonApr. 19 in 4-2 win over the Bears … Named to Ivy LeagueHonor Roll for week of Apr. 20 … Had season-high threestrikeouts in two innings of work against Dartmouth May 1 …Went 6.1 innings against Cornell in game two of the Ivy LeagueChampionship series, scattering four hits and allowing one run,walking none … Pitched a complete game in the deciding gameof the Ivy League Championship series, allowing threeruns. 

Junior • 2009
Appeared in 16 games as pitcher … Held opposingbatters to a .285 batting average in 40 plus innings …Scored five runs on the season as a pinch runner … Named IvyLeague Pitcher of the Week April 15 after pitching 11.2 scorelessinnings against Yale April 12 and 14, earning a win on the 14th.

Sophomore • 2008
Appeared in 24 games in relief ... Finished the year a perfect 6-0with one save and was second on the team with a 2.51 earned-runaverage ... Struck out 20 batters in 47.1 innings ... Also scoredthree runs as a pinch runner ... Had a .941 fielding percentagewith one error in 16 chances ... Picked up her first collegiate winagainst Mercer in the Mercer Easter Classic March 22, giving up twohits in three scoreless innings of a 3-2 win ... Pitched her bestgame of the year March 26 against St. Peter’s in the homeopener, walking one without giving up a hit in four scorelessinnings of a 10-2 win, picking up the decision along the way ...Gave up two hits in two innings without giving up a run in thesecond game of a doubleheader sweep at Yale April 12, earning herfirst collegiate save.

Freshman • 2007
A National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ...Posted a 3.20 earned-run average in eight appearances as a rookie... Held opponents to .237 batting average, good for third on theteam ... Struck out nine batters in 15.1 innings ... Allowed onerun on three hits in four innings in first collegiate start, March23 at Mercer, a 3-1 Harvard win ... Started against Quinnipiac(April 19), surrendering two hits in three innings as part of acombined shutout with Amanda Watkins and Bailey Vertovez ... Alsocontributed to a combined shutout with an inning of scorelessrelief against St. Joseph’s (March 4) ... Made collegiatedebut March 3 against Michigan State.

Before Harvard
A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for the WestminsterSchools softball team, setting records for single-season and careerwins ... Selected to all-state first team twice and all-region andall-city first teams three times ... Received Outstanding AthleticAchievement Award from school ... Named the Georgia High SchoolAthlete of the Month during senior year ... Also won three lettersas a power forward for the basketball team, which she captained asa junior ... Won Coaches Award three times for softball and oncefor basketball ... Helped both teams reach the state playoffs threetimes, with the softball team winning two regional championshipsand the basketball team winning three ... Also played on AAUnational-championship basketball team in 2003 ... Member ofNational Honor Society and actively involved in Women’sSports Foundation’s GoGirlGo! program.

Personal
Hobbies include baking and photography ... Sister, Kelly Black’97, was a four-year basketball letterwinner for Harvard ...Concentrating in Psychology: Social and Cognitive Neurosciences ...Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2009Junior

    Pitcher/Infield
    15
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    2010Senior

    Pitcher
    15