Biography
2012 Daktronics All-American Selection
2012 All-Region
2012 All-ECAC
2012 Northeast-10 All-Conference Honors
2011 Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll Honoree
2011 Honors Candidate
2010 Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team pick
As a Junior in 2012:
All-America selection by Daktronics...Also collected All-Region, All-ECAC and All-Conference honors...Appeared and started in 54 games on the year...Finished the year with a .333 batting average to go along with 16 home runs and 62 RBI...Scored 42 runs...Led the Northeast-10 Conference in RBI and was second in home runs...Posted the highest single-season RBI total in school history...Led the team with 11 multiple RBI games...Second on the team in slugging percentage (.692), total bases (110), hits (68) and one base percentage (.430)...Had a 13-game hitting streak from 4/6 to 4/17...Tallied one hit and two RBI against Wayne State on 3/7...Finished with two hits, including a home run, a run scored and a RBI in a doubleheader against Dowling, on 3/8...Tallied four hits, including a home run, four runs scored and four RBI in a doubleheader against Molloy on 3/10...Connected for a two-RBI triple against Dominican on 3/14...Tallied three hits, including a home run, three runs scored and two RBI against Caldwell in a doubleheader on 3/18...Finished with three hits, including a homerun, along with four RBI and two runs against LeMoyne on 3/20...Accumulated three hits, including two home runs, to go with six RBI and two runs on 3/21 against Georgian Court...Tallied five RBI off of two hits, one of which was a homer, along with two runs scored against Pace on 3/24...Racked in five RBI with two hits, including a homer, against Adelphi on 3/25...Finished with three hits, one of which was a homer, two runs and five RBI against Franklin Pierce in a doubleheader on 3/30...Recorded a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in a win over St. Michael’s on 4/1...Had two hits and two RBI in the doubleheader against AIC on 4/3...Connected for a home run, drove in two and scored a run against Southern New Hampshire on 4/6... Finished with two hits and three RBI in the doubleheader against St. Anselm on 4/7...Racked up two hits, three runs and three RBI against Saint Rose on 4/9...Had two hits and two runs in the doubleheader against Assumption on 4/11..Finished with two hits and three runs scored in the doubleheader against UMass-Lowell on 4/14...Finished with two hits, including a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in the doubleheader against Merrimack on 4/15...Posted three hits, two RBI and a run against New Haven on 4/17....Finished with two hits and a RBI in the Northeast-10 Tournament game against Stonehill on 4/24...Posted a hit in all three NCAA Regional games from 5/4-5/6...Connected for two home runs, drove in three and scored twice in the Regional win over Caldwell on 5/6...Tallied a home run, two RBI and scored once in the NCAA Super Regional win over Molloy on 5/12...Had a hit and a run in the College World Series win over St. Joseph’s on 5/16...Finished with two hits and a run in the CWS game against Central Oklahoma on 5/17...Drove in a run and scored a run in the CWS game against Valdosta State on 5/18.
As a Sophomore in 2011:
Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree...Started all 56 games for the Owls on the season, breaking the program record for most appearances and games started in a single season…Finished with a .345 batting average (60-for-174) and led the Owls in walks (26) and doubles (14)…Drove in 51 runs, good for second on the team in that category, and was also tied atop the homerun leader board with 11…Posted a .649 slugging percentage and recorded 18 multiple-hit efforts…Stole 11 bases in 13 attempts (.846)…Had a home run, RBI and score two runs in the season opener against Dominican on 3/13...Finished 3-for-6 with two runs scored and a RBI in the nightcap...Had a hit and scored two runs against Molloy on 3/16...Drove in two runs and had a hit against Philadelphia on 3/17...Finished with two hits, three runs scored and a RBI against Caldwell on 3/17...Smacked three doubles, drove in two runs and scored twice against Bridgeport on 3/18…Had a hit and a RBI against Augustana on 3/21...Finished with two hits, two RBI and a run scored in the doubleheader against Georgian Court on 3/27...Belted three homeruns and scored seven times, finishing with six RBI in a doubleheader against Pace on 4/2…Had four hits, including one triple and two RBI in a doubleheader against Saint Rose on 4/6…Had three RBI and two runs scored in a doubleheader against UMass-Lowell on 4/10…Went 3-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and a RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against C.W. Post on 4/14...Had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI against Stonehill on 4/16...Tallied two hits, both doubles, scored twice and drove in a pair against Bentley on 4/17...finished with two hits, including a homer, scored three times and drove in three in the twinbill with LeMoyne on 4/21...Notched her 12th multi-hit game of the season, including a triple, against American International on 4/25…Hit a three-run homer against Southern New Hampshire on 4/30...Tallied three hits and scored twice against UMass-Lowell in the Northeast-10 Tournament on 5/7...Had two hits, including a homer, drove in two and scored once against Adelphi in the Northeast-10 Tournament on 5/8...Had a hit and a run scored in the Northeast-10 Tournament against New Haven on 5/8.... Recorded four RBI with two doubles and a triple, also scoring three times in two games against Merrimack in the Northeast-10 Tournament on 5/8...Had two hits in the NCAA Tournament opener against Dominican on 5/12...Had a hit, two runs scored and two RBI in the NCAA Tournament game against Dominican on 5/14...Hit a walk-off grand slam to win the game for the Owls and drove in five in the NCAA Tournament game against Merrimack on 5/15.
As a Freshman in 2010:
Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team selection…Made 55 appearances, all starts, setting new SCSU single-season program records in both categories…Finished the year with a .336 batting average (49-for-146)…Tallied six home runs, 34 runs batted in and scored 38 runs…Smacked 12 doubles, good for second on the team in that department…Recorded 11 multiple-hit efforts…Had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI in her collegiate debut against Bridgeport on 3/8…Scored three runs with two hits and three RBI against Nyack on 3/13…Tallied two RBI and a double against Philadelphia on 3/14…In a double header against NYIT, had two RBI, two hits and scored two runs on 3/18…Went 5-for-7 with five runs scored and a RBI against Georgian Court on 3/20…Also connected for her first collegiate homerun in the twinbill…Finished with three runs scored, three RBI and two doubles in a doubleheader against Felician on 3/28…Had two hits and two runs scored in a doubleheader against Assumption on 3/31…Had two RBI against Saint Rose on 4/7…Slammed a triple against Umass Lowell on 4/11…Recorded three hits, three RBI and a run scored in a doubleheader against LeMoyne on 4/21…Had four RBI and two homeruns in a doubleheader against New Haven on 4/27…Knocked in three and had three hits in a doubleheader against Bentley on 4/30…Had a RBI and a homerun against Southern New Hampshire on 5/1…Scored three runs in that doubleheader…Had three hits, including a homerun, three runs scored and a RBI against Saint Anselm on 5/2…Finished with two hits, two runs scored and a RBI against LeMoyne on 5/7…Tallied two hits in the Northeast-10 Tournament game against Adelphi on 5/8…Hit a homerun and finished with two hits, two runs scored and a RBI in the Northeast-10 Championship against AIC on 5/9… Had a double in the NCAA Tournament game against Caldwell on 5/14…Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the NCAA Tournament finale against New Haven.
Before Southern Connecticut State University:
Attended Seymour High School…NVL Most Valuable Player in 2009…All-NVL, All-State and All-Valley selections in 2009… Led the team to two state championships (2006, 2009) and three league championships (2006, 2007, 2009)…Two-year team captain…Also played volleyball.
Personal:
The daughter of Michele and Joseph Downs…Born in Derby, Conn…Undecided on a major.
