2020 Softball Roster
Roster
Rush, Linda
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/ SoftballP/INF
/ Softball1B/3B
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballOF
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/ Softball
Jersey Number 8
Linda Rush
- Position:
- Infielder
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Canon McMillan
Bio
- 2021 CAA Player of the Year
- 2021 Mary Semanik award recipient
- 2017 CAA All-Rookie team selection
- 4x NFCA Northeast Region selection (1x First Team, 3x Second Team)
- 2x All-Tournament team
- 2x All-CAA recipient
- Preseason third team All-American by Softball America
- Program leader in batting average (.424), games played (207), at-bats (631), runs (211), hits (267), RBIs (245), doubles (61), home runs (68), total bases (537) and walks (119).
2021 / Graduate Student
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…named to the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List…named the CAA Player of the Year along with an All-CAA First Team selection…was named to NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team…was named the Drexel University 2021 Mary Semanik award recipient…was named to the CAA All-Tournament team…finished the season with a .479 batting average after appearing and starting in 40 games…hit 15 home runs and tallies nine doubles and 51 RBIs with a .957 slugging percentage…tallied a hit in 29 games and started the season with an eight game hit-streak…went 2-for-2 with two home runs and six RBIs against Coppin State (3/14)…led the team in batting average (.479), OPS (1.549), runs (51), hits (56), home runs (15) and slugging percentage (.957)…went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs against Elon in the second round of the CAA Tournament…assisted in achieving the program’s highest regular season win percentage (.737) and the CAA North Division regular season championship.
2020 / Senior
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…was ranked 41st on Softball America’s top-100 players in college Softball…named a preseason third team All-American by Softball America…Drexel School of Education Athlete of the Week on Mar. 9…appeared in and started 10 games in the shortened spring season…had a team-high .464 batting average...went 1-for-2 against Ball State and hit her 200th hit…hit her 50th homerun against Wagner…went 2-for-2 with two homeruns, two RBIs and three runs scored…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 59 games, starting 58 for the Dragons…helped the Dragons reach the CAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years while getting the program’s first two CAA postseason victories…set CAA and school single-season records with 80 RBI and 71 runs scored…set program single-season records in batting average (.423), at-bats (189), runs (71), hits (80), doubles (19), home runs (22), RBI (80), total bases (165), slugging percentage (.873) and walks (38)…had a team-high 26 multi-hit games on the year…drove in multiple runners in 23 games, including three games with five or more RBI…had seven RBI and two doubles in a victory against Bryant on 3/15…went a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI and a home run in a victory against CAA-opponent Elon on 3/23…hit a three-run home run in a four-RBI game in the CAA tournament game against Charleston…longest hit streak on the year was 15 games from 4/4 to 4/25…ended the season on a two-game hit streak and had seven-straight games of reaching base…named conference player of the week on March 25th and April 1st…Drexel School of Education Athlete of the Week on Mar. 25th…First Team All-CAA performer…All-CAA Championship team…NFCA Northeast Region Second Team…Softball America All-American honorable mention…Drexel career leader in homers (49), RBI (185), hits (199), runs (147), doubles (50), total bases (398) and walks (80).
2018 / Sophomore
Appeared and started in all 52 games as a sophomore…finished the season second on the team with a .388 batting average, 13 home runs and 55 RBI…ranked first on the squad in runs scored and broke the single-season record with 45…maintained a .727 slugging percentage and a .459 on-base percentage…All-CAA Second-Team selection and NFCA Division I Second Team All-Region…had two home runs, including a game-winning grand slam in the sixth inning, in a 9-8 comeback victory against Bethune-Cookman…recorded four RBI on two occasions with at least one RBI in 27 games…went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two RBI against nationally-ranked James Madison…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2017 / Freshman
Made her marks on the record books as a rookie as she broke six of Drexel’s single season records (batting average, doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases, and slugging percentage)…finished the year leading the Dragons in each of these categories as well as in hits and runs scored…hit 14 home runs on the season, which ties for fifth place all-time…recorded 55 hits on the year, including 16 doubles and 14 home runs…knocked in 50 runners and scored 31 times…maintained an .850 slugging percentage…had three multi-home run games on the year...recorded two stolen bases in as many attempts…got the start in all but one of her 46 appearances as a freshman…finished the regular season leading the CAA in batting average, home runs and total bases and was second in both RBI and doubles…a 2017 CAA All-Rookie team selection…a 2017 NFCA Division I Second Team All-Region honoree.
Background
Played four years of softball at Canon McMillan High School…received First Team All-Section for all four of her years there and was named to First Team All-State three times…won the Pennsylvania State Championship in 2013…broke every school record for hitting and led the league in home runs…also played soccer and basketball…member of the honor roll…was the vice president of her student council.
Personal
Daughter of Kevin and Coleen Rush…youngest of four siblings…undergraduate degree in marketing...pursuing a Master’s in Biomedicine and Business.
Drexel's Autocomplete With Softball Coach Katie Jansson.
Tuesday, March 18
The Drexel Dragons Podcast - Dr. Amanda Hastings
Wednesday, April 21
Linda Rush and Kristi DiMeo Combine for 40 Home Runs
Wednesday, July 10
2018-2019 All Sport Highlight
Thursday, May 23
