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2023 Softball Roster

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2 Brianna Koonce

  • Position Third Base
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool William Tennent
  • Hometown Warminster, PA

Biography

2023:
- Voted to the All-MAAC Second Team
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree
- Hit .274 with five doubles, two triples and two home runs, driving in 18 and scoring seven runs in 42 games played, including 40 starts at third base
- Average jumped more than 100 points in league play, when she hit .377 with five runs, three doubles, two triples and two home runs, driving in 12.
- MAAC Player of the Week on May 9 after hitting .533 (8-for-15) with two doubles, a home run, two walks, four RBI’s and a run scored as the Broncs went 3-3, including a win over MAAC Champion Canisius (May 5) in the season’s final week
- Her two triples tied for the team lead
- Had seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI contests
- Went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the season finale at Niagara (May 6)
- Hit both of her triples on the year at Iona (Apr. 2), driving in a run and scoring one
- Went 3-for-6 with a pair of RBI’s and a run scored in a doubleheader sweep of Morgan State (Apr. 11)
- Doubled, drove in two and scored a run in a win over Monmouth (Apr. 13)
- Singled, was hit by a pitch and scored a run in Game 1 of a sweep of Manhattan (Apr. 16)
- Went 3-for-6 with two RBI’s and a run scored in a split with Saint Peter’s (Apr. 25)
- Her three-run home run broke a 1-1 tie as the Broncs won Game 2 to sweep Quinnipiac (May 1) on Senior Day with a 5-3 victory
- Added a 3-for-6 effort with a solo home run in a doubleheader at Mount St. Mary’s (May 2)

2022:

- Started 27 of 37 games played, hitting .271
- Was 2-for-2 in stolen-base attempts
- Had five multi-hit games, all with two hits – vs. UMass Lowell (Mar. 20), Canisius (Apr. 9), at Lehigh (Apr. 17), at Siena (Apr. 30) and Monmouth (May 4)
- Contributed a bases-clearing double for three RBI’s at Fairleigh Dickinson (Apr. 13)
- Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in the Canisius doubleheader (Apr. 9)

2021:

- Hit .274 (23-for-84) with a home run, 10 RBI’s and eight runs scored
- Played in 35 of Rider’s 37 games on the season, including 32 starts
- Posted four multi-hit games, including a 3-for-3 effort vs. Fairfield (Apr. 10)
- Contributed three RBI’s with a two-run single and a sacrifice fly in the Broncs’ win at Siena (Apr. 4)
- Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Iona (Apr. 18)
- Went 2-for-2 with an RBI at Monmouth (Apr. 28)
- Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI’s and a run scored in Game 2 of the Broncs’ MAAC Tournament series at Canisius (May 8)
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree

2020:

- Played in nine games, including six starts, before the remainder of the season was cancelled due to COVID-19
- Contributed a run scored at Kennesaw State (Feb. 28)
- Drove in a run at George Washington (Mar. 7)

Before Rider:
A four-time All-Suburban One League selection for William Tennent High School, earning First Team honors in her last two seasons after taking Third Team as a sophomore and Honorable Mention as a freshman… A PONY National Champion in 2015… Team captain and Team MVP as a junior.

Personal:
The daughter of Shana and Ja’Von Koonce… Has an older brother, Benjamin, and a younger sister, Autumn… An accounting major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020Freshman

    Third Base
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2021Sophomore

    Third Base
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2022Junior

    Third Base
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2023Senior

    Third Base
    5'5"
    2