2020 Softball Roster
Roster
Gardner, Mari
OF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballINF/OF
/ SoftballC/INF
/ SoftballINF/OF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballP/INF
/ Softball1B/3B
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballC/OF
/ Softball1B
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballSS/1B
/ Softball3B
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
Jersey Number 19
Mari Gardner
- Position:
- Shortstop/First Base
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Falls Church, Va.
- High School:
- Baylor School
Bio
2020 / Senior
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in three games while starting in one in the shortened spring season... 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 23 games and started 13 of them…helped the Dragons reach the CAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years while getting the program’s first two CAA postseason victories…had a 2-for-4 performance with an RBI against CAA-rival Delaware…had a RBI in back-to-back victories against Cornell and Sienna.
2018 / Sophomore
Did not appear in any games due to injury…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2017 / Freshman
Got the start in all but two of her 48 appearances as a rookie…Hit .228 on the year…recorded 29 hits with four doubles, one triple and two home runs…totaled 11 runs scored and drove in 11 more…Stole three bases in five attempts…2017 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award winner.
Background
Played four years of softball for Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn…part of a team that became TSSAA Division II Tennessee State Champions in 2015 and 2016…also played three years of volleyball and two years of basketball.
Personal
Daughter of Ken and Cathy Gardner…oldest of three siblings…her father earned his law degree from Drexel in 2009…majoring in political science.
Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…appeared in three games while starting in one in the shortened spring season... 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 23 games and started 13 of them…helped the Dragons reach the CAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years while getting the program’s first two CAA postseason victories…had a 2-for-4 performance with an RBI against CAA-rival Delaware…had a RBI in back-to-back victories against Cornell and Sienna.
2018 / Sophomore
Did not appear in any games due to injury…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2017 / Freshman
Got the start in all but two of her 48 appearances as a rookie…Hit .228 on the year…recorded 29 hits with four doubles, one triple and two home runs…totaled 11 runs scored and drove in 11 more…Stole three bases in five attempts…2017 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award winner.
Background
Played four years of softball for Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn…part of a team that became TSSAA Division II Tennessee State Champions in 2015 and 2016…also played three years of volleyball and two years of basketball.
Personal
Daughter of Ken and Cathy Gardner…oldest of three siblings…her father earned his law degree from Drexel in 2009…majoring in political science.
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