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Jersey Number 7
Devon Grippe
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Woolwich Township, N.J.
- High School:
- Kingsway Regional
2020 / Senior
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in five games, making four starts in the shortened spring season…pitched the second most innings on the team with 22.0…had a team low ERA of 1.59…only allowed five earned runs and struck out 15…pitched in a complete game shutout against Columbia on 2/29…granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 / Junior
Named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll...appeared in 34 games, making 26 starts…helped the Dragons reach the CAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years while getting the program’s first two CAA postseason victories…named pitcher of the week on April 8th…finished the year with a 10-10 record and had a team-low 3.25 ERA…team-high 12 complete games, including three shutouts… had a one-hitter against CAA-opponent UNCW on 4/6…tossed a no-hitter against Saint Peter’s on March 17th…tied for the team high in strikeouts with 69…pitched a team-high 146.2 innings.
2018 / Sophomore
Appeared in 29 games and got the start 12 times…finished the season with a 6-8 record and 5.68 ERA with a team-leading 55 strikeouts in 102.1 innings of work…pitched five complete games and one shutout…struck out a career-high eight batters in a 9-8 loss against Coppin State…pitched nine innings and struck out seven in 14-10 victory versus Rider…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2017 / Freshman
Made 22 appearances on the mound as a freshman and got the start eight times…recorded four wins on the season…tossed two complete games and one shutout…added one save on the year…finished the year with a 6.36 ERA…earned a spot on the 2017 Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athlete List…2017 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award winner.
Background
A three-year varsity letter winner for her Kingsway Regional High School softball team as a starting pitcher…received First Team All-Conference honors for each of her four seasons there…earned First Team All-South Jersey All-Star honors in her sophomore, junior, and senior years…ranked in the top-20 of her graduating class…member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Daughter of William and Patricia Grippe…has an older sister, Meghan…majoring in nursing.
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in five games, making four starts in the shortened spring season…pitched the second most innings on the team with 22.0…had a team low ERA of 1.59…only allowed five earned runs and struck out 15…pitched in a complete game shutout against Columbia on 2/29…granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 / Junior
Named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll...appeared in 34 games, making 26 starts…helped the Dragons reach the CAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years while getting the program’s first two CAA postseason victories…named pitcher of the week on April 8th…finished the year with a 10-10 record and had a team-low 3.25 ERA…team-high 12 complete games, including three shutouts… had a one-hitter against CAA-opponent UNCW on 4/6…tossed a no-hitter against Saint Peter’s on March 17th…tied for the team high in strikeouts with 69…pitched a team-high 146.2 innings.
2018 / Sophomore
Appeared in 29 games and got the start 12 times…finished the season with a 6-8 record and 5.68 ERA with a team-leading 55 strikeouts in 102.1 innings of work…pitched five complete games and one shutout…struck out a career-high eight batters in a 9-8 loss against Coppin State…pitched nine innings and struck out seven in 14-10 victory versus Rider…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2017 / Freshman
Made 22 appearances on the mound as a freshman and got the start eight times…recorded four wins on the season…tossed two complete games and one shutout…added one save on the year…finished the year with a 6.36 ERA…earned a spot on the 2017 Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athlete List…2017 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award winner.
Background
A three-year varsity letter winner for her Kingsway Regional High School softball team as a starting pitcher…received First Team All-Conference honors for each of her four seasons there…earned First Team All-South Jersey All-Star honors in her sophomore, junior, and senior years…ranked in the top-20 of her graduating class…member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Daughter of William and Patricia Grippe…has an older sister, Meghan…majoring in nursing.
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