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2022 Softball Roster

Lenaejha Evans
Lenaejha Evans
Carlos Morales
Peter G. Borg (Rider University)
Hailey Varga

25 Elena Gonzalez

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Stone Bridge
  • Hometown Ashburn, VA

Biography

2022:
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree
- Started 47 of 50 games played, hitting .283 with 27 runs scored (2nd-Team) and a team-high 34 RBI’s
- Began the season on a torrid pace, hitting .413 (19-for-46) with seven doubles, three home runs, 15 runs scored and 20 RBI’s in the season’s first 12 games
- Was named MAAC Player of the Week on Mar. 8 after hitting .381 (8-for-21) with three doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI’s and six runs scored at the Spartan-Pirate Clash
- Finished the year with nine multi-hit games, including four three-hit performances
- Tied for the team lead with eight games with multiple RBI’s
- Had a season-long eight-game hitting streak (Mar. 22-Apr. 4), starting the stretch with a two-hit game against Wagner (Mar. 22), before collecting single hits in the next seven
- Stole a pair of bases in three attempts on the year
- Collected three hits in a doubleheader split at Saint Peter’s (Apr. 23)
- Went 3-for-6 in a pair of MAAC Tournament games (May 11)

2021:

- Earned NFCA All-Northeast Region, becoming Rider’s first All-Region selection since 2004
- Along with Lani Moreno, gave Rider two All-MAAC First Team picks for the first time since 2004
- Earned MAAC Player of the Week on Mar. 22
- Hit .367 (44-for-120) with a team-best three home runs and 33 RBI’s in playing all 37 games, including 36 starts split between catcher, shortstop, second base and DP
- Her 33 RBI’s tied for the most in the MAAC, while her 44 hits ranked second
- Scored 26 runs, good for second on the team and sixth in the conference
- Hit nine doubles to tie for the team lead, placing her seventh in the league.
- Hit a walk-off home run to defeat MAAC Regular Season Champion Monmouth (Apr. 20)
- Had a six-hit, nine-RBI performance in a doubleheader sweep at Saint Peter’s (Apr. 14)
- Hit .538 with two doubles, a triple, seven RBI’s and four runs scored en route to taking 3-of-4 from Quinnipiac (Mar. 20-21) in the opening weekend of the season, while earning MAAC Player of the Week honors
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree
 
2020:
- Started all 13 games the Broncs played prior to the remainder of the season being canceled due to COVID-19
- Posted her first multi-hit game with a 2-for-4 effort with a double and a run scored at Kennesaw State (Feb. 28)
- Hit safely in three-straight games Feb. 22-23 against Creighton, Bowling Green and Tennessee State
- Collected her first collegiate RBI’s in consecutive games on Mar.  against Winthrop and George Washington

Before Rider:
Two-time All-State honoree, leading Stone Bridge High School to the 5A State Championship as a senior… Three-year All-Region selection and four-year All-Conference pick… Also played for 18U Rock Waye, the 2018 ASA National Champions… Achieved in the classroom, maintaining a 3.5 GPA.

Personal:
The daughter of Jennifer Gonzalez… Has a younger brother, David… A geosciences major with an environmental science minor.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2020Freshman

    Catcher/Second Base/Outfield
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2021Sophomore

    Catcher/Second Base/Outfield
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2022Junior

    Utility
    5'5"
    25