Maria DeLuca

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cedar Grove, N.J.
High School:
Mount St. Dominic Academy

2014: Appeared and started in 45 games, all at the middle infield positions... Named to All-BIG EAST Second Team... Hit .281 in BIG EAST play and .273 overall... Her .403 slugging percentage ranked third on the team... Led SHU with 10 doubles and finished her career ranked 11th in program history with 23-career doubles... Had six doubles in BIG EAST play which was good for third in the conference... Hit two home runs... Had 12 multi-hit games and put together a six game hitting streak... Started the season with a base hit in five of her first six games, batting 8-for-18 over that stretch... Was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in her season debut against Drexel (2/15)... Went 5-for-8 with three doubles in the Providence series (3/22-3/23)... Tied her season-best output of three hits with two RBI[apos]s and a run scored at DePaul (4/6)... Smacked a three-run homer, her first of the season, at Rutgers (4/9)... Recorded a pair of doubles in a 3-for-5 performance at the plate in a victory at Villanova (4/21).

2013: Played and started in 50 of the Pirates[apos] 51 games this season primarily at second base... Received Second-Team All-BIG EAST accolades on May 8...Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the first time in her career on April 22 following a .467 BA/1 HR/3 RBI showing during a three game series at Syracuse... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the second time on April 29 for a .417 BA/2 HR/5 RBI/5 R performance in a three game series against Connecticut... Ended the season first on the team with 39 RBI, second with a .344 batting average, and second with seven home runs... Recorded two doubles on a 2-for-3 day against Notre Dame (3/23 Game 1)... Scored two runs on a 2-for-4 day at Siena (4/7)... Earned two runs and four RBI on a 3-for-4 day versus Connecticut (4/28)... Notched three runs and six RBI on a 2-for-2 day at Georgetown (5/4 Game 2).

2012: Played in 50 games, making 48 starts primarily at second base... 2-for-4 with an RBI at Longwood... Had a 2-for-3 day against Florida Atlantic... Went 2-for-4 against Siena (3/31, Game 2)... Recorded hits in eight of the final nine games of the season.

2011: Saw action in 35 contests and made 26 starts... Earned first collegiate hit against Stony Brook (3/4)... Went 2-for-3 at FAU... Hit a leadoff homerun at Towson (3/9 Game 2)... Hit what proved to be a game-winning, two-run single against Canisius in the fifth inning... Hit another leadoff homer against Lafayette and drove in the game-tying run in the fourth (3/19, Game 2).

High School/Personal:Named First Team All-Conference, All-county and All-Non Public in 2010... 2009 Essex County Player of the Year... Struck out just three times in 97 at bats as a junior... Hit .417 during senior year... Helped Mount St. Dominic to Essex County Championships in 2008 and 2009 along with a Super Essex Conference Championship in 2010... Won sectional title in 2007 and the Northern Hills Conference crown in 2009... High school teammate of catcher Marissa Muoio... Played club ball with NJ Heist from 2006-10... Psychology major... Born Dec. 19, 1991.