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9 Ella Maher

  • Major Biochemistry
  • Position INF
  • Height 5-7
  • Class 2026
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Newton, Mass.
  • High School Newton North

Biography

2025: Team captain.... NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.

2024: Team captain.... Selected to the College Sports Communicators Softball Academic All-District® Team.... NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... Started 29 games as a sophomore for the Bobcats.... Slashed .161/.242/.179 on the season, going 9-56 at the plate with four runs scored, a double, three RBIs, five walks, and three stolen bases.... Got hit by a pitch, stole two bases, and scored a run against Nazareth (March 17).... Went 1-2 with two walks against Grinnell (March 17).... Stole a base in a 3-2 win over St. Lawrence (March 18).... Went 1-4 in a 4-0 win over Washington and Jefferson (March 18).... Drew a walk and scored a run against UW-Stevens Point (March 19).... Drew a walk against Smith (March 21).... Went 1-2 with a walk against Wisconsin-Whitewater (March 21).... Doubled and drove in two runs in a 6-3 win over Bowdoin (April 21).... Went 2-6 with a run scored in a doubleheader split with Colby (April 26).... Singled and scored a run in a doubleheader against Wesleyan (April 27).... Singled and drove in a run in a doubleheader against Husson (May 2).... Went 1-3 in a doubleheader against Trinity (May 4).

2023: Started all 34 games at shortstop as a rookie for the Bobcats.... Hit .255/.333/.330 on the season.... Went 27-106 at the plate with 19 runs scored, four doubles, two triples, and 13 RBIs.... Went 2-4 in a 9-3 win over The College at Old Westbury (March 19).... Went 1-3 with a double and an RBI in a 4-3 win over Wisconsin-Platteville (March 20).... Went 3-3 with three runs scored, an RBI, and a triple in a 12-4 win over Keuka College (March 21).... Doubled, tripled, scored a run, drove in a run, and drew a walk in a doubleheader sweep of Lawrence (March 24).... Went 1-3 with a run scored, two RBIs, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch against Elmhurst (March 25).... Singled, drove in a run, and drew a walk in a doubleheader split with Middlebury (April 1).... Doubled, scored two runs, drove in a run, drew a walk, and stole a base in a doubleheader split with Bowdoin (April 7).... Singled twice, scored two runs, and drove in three runs in a doubleheader sweep of Wesleyan (April 8).... Singled, scored a run, drove in a run, drew a walk, and got hit by a pitch in a doubleheader split with Hamilton (April 15).... Singled twice, scored a run, drove in a run, and stole a base in a doubleheader sweep of Thomas College (April 26).... Went 1-3 at the plate in a 1-0 win over No. 8 nationally ranked Tufts (April 29).... Went 2-6 with four runs scored, a walk, and a stolen base in a doubleheader against Trinity (May 6).... Went 3-7 with a double in a doubleheader split with Williams (May 7).... Went 1-3 with an RBI, a walk, and a stolen base in a 1-0 win over Amherst in the NESCAC tournament (May 12).... Went 1-1 with a run scored, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch against Williams in the NESCAC tournament (May 13).
 
Personal: 2022 graduate of Newton North High School (Mass.) where she competed in softball, field hockey, basketball,and volleyball ... Received the Simon Surabian Freshman Athlete of the Year Award freshman year of high school ... Bay State Conference All Star for field hockey in 2020 and 2021 ... Bay State League Carey Division MVP for field hockey in 2021 ... Boston Globe All Scholastic for softball in 2019, 2021, and 2022 ... Boston Herald All Scholastic for softball in 2021 and 2022 ... Bay State League Carey Division MVP for softball in 2019 and 2022 ... First Team All Conference Selection for softball in 2019 ... Bay State Conference All Star for softball in 2021 and 2022. 

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2023First Year

    INF
    5'7"
    9
  • 9
    C

    2024Sophomore

    MI / OF
    5'7"
    9
    C
  • 9
    C

    2025Junior

    INF
    5'7"
    9
    C
  • 9
    C

    2026Senior

    INF
    5'7"
    9
    C