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2026 Softball Roster

Will Yen

18 Brigid Gaffny

  • Major Arts and Visual Culture
  • Position RHP/1B/OF
  • Height 5-8
  • Class 2028
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown North Andover, Mass.
  • High School North Andover

Biography

2025: Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.... Impressed in the circle as a rookie, posting a 3-4 record with a 2.64 ERA in 14 appearances, 5 starts.... Tossed 50.1 innings on the season with two complete games.... Tossed 4.2 innings of shutout ball in her collegiate debut, striking out a season-high five batters against Macalester (March 18).... Gave up just one run in six and two thirds innings pitched at Wesleyan (March 29).... Picked up first collegiate win with 3.1 innings pitched, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out one in a 10-8 victory over Trinity (March 30).... Earned another win with four innings of shutout ball, allowing just two hits in a 3-2 victory over Williams (April 4).... Did not allow an earned run in four innings pitched, striking out three to pick up the win in a 5-3 victory over Middlebury (April 5).... Allowed just one run on two hits in 3.1 innings pitched against Hamilton (April 13).... Tossed three shutout innings and allowed only one hit against Bowdoin (April 25).... Scattered seven hits over six innings pitched, allowing two runs (one earned) against Colby (April 30).... Allowed just one earned run in 3.2 innings pitched against Tufts (May 3).... Allowed just one hit and no earned runs in two innings pitched against Wesleyan in the NESCAC quarterfinals (May 10).

Minor: Educational Studies

Personal: 2024 graduate of North Andover (Mass.) High School where she competed in softball and volleyball ... Volleyball and Softball captain ... 4x First-Team Merrimack Valley All-Conference ... 2024 Merrimack Valley Conference Player of the Year ... 2024 Eagle Tribune MVP ... 2024 Boston Herald All-Scholastic ... 2024 Boston Globe All-Scholastic ... National Honor Society ... 2024 Recipient of the President’s Award for Academic Achievement ... 2023 A Shot For Life Pitcher’s Challenge Champion.

What does leadership mean to you?
Being a teammate that anybody can confide in and set a good example for others!

What’s a value or principle you try to live by?
The comeback is greater than the setback!

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2025First Year

    RHP/1B/OF
    5'7"
    18
  • 18

    2026Sophomore

    RHP/1B/OF
    5'8"
    18