2021 Softball Roster
Roster
Backstrom, Alana
OF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballINF/OF
/ SoftballC/INF
/ SoftballINF/OF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballP/INF
/ Softball1B/3B
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballC/OF
/ Softball1B
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballIF
/ Softball3B
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballIF/P
/ Softball
Jersey Number 26
Alana Backstrom
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fullerton, Calif.
- High School:
- Sunny Hills
Bio
2022 / Junior
Played in 26 games, primarily as a pinch runner…swiped three bags in three attempts…scored 10 runs…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2021 / Sophomore
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in 25 games for the Dragons…recorded the first hit of her career in the final game of the regular season against Towson (5/9)…scored six runs for Drexel...assisted in achieving the program’s highest regular season win percentage (.737) and the CAA North Division regular season championship.
2020 / Freshman
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in five games as a pinch runner in the shortened spring season…stole a base and scored a run in the win over Saint Peter’s on 3/7…scored a run in the first game of the double-header against Norfolk State on 3/8…granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
Attended Sunny Hills High School and played both softball and volleyball…named first team all-league and team MVP for softball in 2019…second team all-league for softball in 2017 and 2018…named a four-time scholar athlete for softball and graduated with a grade point average above 4.0.
Personal
Daughter of Keenan and Nancy Backstrom…father is a former football player at Long Beach State and is a captain in the Los Angeles Fire Department…has one older sibling, Kameron…majoring in nursing.
Played in 26 games, primarily as a pinch runner…swiped three bags in three attempts…scored 10 runs…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2021 / Sophomore
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in 25 games for the Dragons…recorded the first hit of her career in the final game of the regular season against Towson (5/9)…scored six runs for Drexel...assisted in achieving the program’s highest regular season win percentage (.737) and the CAA North Division regular season championship.
2020 / Freshman
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in five games as a pinch runner in the shortened spring season…stole a base and scored a run in the win over Saint Peter’s on 3/7…scored a run in the first game of the double-header against Norfolk State on 3/8…granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
Attended Sunny Hills High School and played both softball and volleyball…named first team all-league and team MVP for softball in 2019…second team all-league for softball in 2017 and 2018…named a four-time scholar athlete for softball and graduated with a grade point average above 4.0.
Personal
Daughter of Keenan and Nancy Backstrom…father is a former football player at Long Beach State and is a captain in the Los Angeles Fire Department…has one older sibling, Kameron…majoring in nursing.
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