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  Elyssa Boris

Elyssa Boris

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Gardner, MA

High School:
Gardner

Height:
6-0

Position:
P / 1B

Throws/Hits:
R/R

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 42 games, making 40 starts for the River Hawks • Finished the year with .281 batting average, but slugged .397 • Knocked in 24 RBI and hit two homeruns on the year • Tallied six doubles • Season-best three hits came in a 10-8 loss to American International on April 26 • Two homeruns came in each game of a doubleheader against Franklin Pierce on March 31 • Made 21 pitching appearances for the River Hawks • Pitched 103 innings on the year, earning a 5.59 ERA and amassing a 4-16 record • Tallied 88 strikeouts and 69 walks during the season • Season-best nine strikeouts came in a 6-0 loss at Southern New Hampshire on April 14 • Her .986 fielding percentage ranked third on the team.

GARDNER HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of softball at Gardner High School • Captained the squad as a senior • Member of district championship team three of her four years • Held team homerun record with eight • Voted team Most Valuable Player as a junior and league Co-MVP • Team placed second in the state her junior year • Played for the Firecracker Bad Apples club team out of Leominster • Also played field hockey at GHS • Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: One of two daughters of Jayne and Charles Boris of Gardner, Mass • Lists the Boston Red Sox as her favorite professional team • Names her parents and younger sister, Nicole, as her biggest influences • Majoring in exercise physiology with aspirations to one day open her own Physical Therapy clinic where she can help injured athletes.

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