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2024 Softball Roster

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11 Laneya Wright

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Marana
  • Hometown Tucson, AZ

Biography

2024:
- MAAC All-Academic Team and MAAC Academic Honor Roll recipient
- Collected nine hits, starting 17 of 37 games played, primarily in the outfield
- Drove in five and scored four runs
- Went 2-for-3 with two RBI’s in a Senior Day sweep of Fairfield (Apr. 21)

2023:
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree
- Hit .289 with seven doubles, a triple, a home run, 18 RBI’s and 15 runs scored in starting all 48 games played as the Broncs’ center fielder
- Her numbers swelled to a .356 batting average and from a .329 on-base percentage to .397 in 20 league games
- Tied for the longest hitting streak on the team at eight with Maddie Luedtke, Gianna Epps and Jessie Niegocki
- Had 10 multi-hit games, second-most on the team, while contributing multiple RBI’s on four occasions
- Opened the season with a 2-for-4 effort vs. Ohio (Feb. 24)
- Hit a team-high three sacrifice flies
- Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI’s in a win over Wagner (Feb. 26)
- Went 3-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in a win over Delaware (Mar. 22)
- Had three hits in a doubleheader at Fairfield (Apr. 3), including a double, scoring one run and driving in another
- Singled and scored a run in consecutive wins over Morgan State (Apr. 11) and Monmouth (Apr. 13), sparking her eight-game hitting streak (Apr. 11-23)
- Went 3-for-6 with a double, a run scored and an RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Manhattan (Apr. 16)
- Hit a game-tying two-run home run in an eventual Game 1 win over Marist (Apr. 22)
- Went 3-for-4 with a game-tying RBI double in the bottom of the seventh in a comeback, walk-off victory over Saint Peter’s (Apr. 25)
- Had a pair of two-hit performances at Drexel (Apr. 26), driving in a pair, for three-straight multi-hit games
- Had two hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly in six productive plate appearances as the Broncs swept Quinnipiac (May 1)
- Went 3-for-7 with three RBI’s and a run scored in a split at MAAC Champion Canisius (May 5)
- Added a hit, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base in a sweep at Niagara (May 6)

2022:
- Started 47 of 51 games played a the Broncs’ primary right fielder
- Hit .267 with 20 runs scored and 23 RBI’s
- Contributed eight doubles, a triple and two home runs
- Had eight multi-hit games, including two games with three hits and one four-hit performance
- Went 4-for-4 with a triple, four runs scored and four RBI’s in a win vs. Morehead State (Mar. 13)
- Hit a grand slam and drove in five in a mercy-rule-shortened five-inning win at East Carolina (Mar. 14)
- Had three hits in consecutive games at Siena (Apr. 30) and Marist (May 1), before collecting a pair of hits in Game 2 at Marist
- Doubled and drove in a run in the MAAC Tournament against Siena (May 11)

2021:

- Started 13 of 24 games played
- Collected five hits, three runs scored and three RBI’s
- Had a three-game hitting streak at Siena (Apr. 3-4), including a 2-for-5 effort with a run and an RBI in Game 3 of the four-game set

Before Rider:

Three-year All-Region selection at Marana High School, earning honorable mention in her first two years, before taking First Team recognition as a junior… Ranked sixth in the state in RBI’s as a senior and was named one of the top eight softball players in Tucson… Hit a walk-off double to send her team to the playoffs as a freshman... Also played club softball for Desert Thunder Fowler.  

Personal:

The daughter of Angie and Johnny Wright… Has a younger sister, Kyra, and a younger brother, Destyn… a business administration major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2021Freshman

    Shortstop/Outfield
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2022Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2023Junior

    Outfield
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2024Senior

    Outfield
    5'9"
    11