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2026 Softball Roster

Jay Ruzicka
Idalis Fuentes
Idalis Fuentes
Steve Sheridan
Steve Sheridan

14 Sam Rose

  • Class Junior
  • Position Shortstop
  • Height 5-5
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Hometown Norwood, Mass.
  • High School Norwood
  • Major Environmental Engineering
  • Minor Chemistry and Climate Change Studies

Biography

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I chose Union College because of the amazing community that the school provides. At Union I have made meaningful connections and feel as though I have been set up to succeed during my time here.



Honors and Awards:
- All-Liberty League Second Team (2024)
- Liberty League Rookie of the Week (4/22/24)
- CSC Academic All-District Team (2025)
- Liberty League All-Academic Team (2025)
- Freshman Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award (2023-24)

At Union: Vice President of the American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers ... Class President for the Class of 2027 ... Society of Women Engineers ... Orientation Leader and campus tour guide ... member of the club volleyball team ... a Dean's List student and Union Scholar ... earned a McMath summer research fellowship.

2025: Played in all 29 games and started 28 at shortstop as a sophomore … hit a team-leading .323 (30 of 93) with 11 runs batted in and a team-best 17 runs scored … also went 7-for-7 on the basepaths … second on the team with seven multi-hit games … had a pair of hits, drove in two and scored twice in a win over Oberlin (3/24) … reached base in the final 12 games of the year and ended the season on a six-game hitting streak, starting with a 3-for-4 effort against RIT (4/25) and a 4-for-5 game versus SUNY Potsdam (4/28).

2024: Lone Union first-year to start all 32 games in 2024 … finished with the team’s third-highest batting average among qualifiers (.306), second in hits (30), third in runs batted in (13), and tied for third in doubles (4) ... recorded a season-high nine-game hit streak from 4/13-4/20, smashing 14-for-31 (.452) that included four multi-hit games and five runs batted in … included game-winning hit against Skidmore (4/14) … went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and one more driven in in debut against Buffalo State (3/21) … drove in season-high three at RIT (4/27) … had seven multi-hit contests, recording a career-high three hits twice … reached safely in 23 games.

Before Union: A 2023 graduate of Norwood High School … played three years of softball and volleyball as well as two years of soccer for the Mustangs … captained the softball and volleyball teams as a senior … hit .614 to earn Tri-Valley League Most Valuable Player honors as a junior … a three-time TVL All-Star honoree … Vice President of the school’s National Honor Society and a summa cum laude graduate.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2024First Year

    Shortstop
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2025Sophomore

    Shortstop
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2026Junior

    Shortstop
    5'5"
    14