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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019 Softball

15 Amber VanHemel

  • Position P
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School North Broward Preparatory
  • Hometown Coconut Creek, Fla.
  • Major Environmental Engineering

Biography

2019: NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... appeared in six games as a senior ... pitched five innings and struck out two batters ... picked up the win in relief in an elimination game against Eastern Nazarene in the NCAA Tournament on May 11 ... [SEASON STATS]

2018:
NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … aided Engineers to best season in program history (38-11-1), to its first NEWMAC Championship, its second Regional and Super Regional championships and to its second appearance in the College World Series … appeared in 16 games and made seven starts as a junior … went 5-1 with a career-high two saves in 49.2 innings in the circle … struck out a career-high 37 batters and posted an ERA of 2.40 … her two complete games came in back-to-back starts against Johnson & Wales (9-1 win) and Simmons (8-0 win) … over those ten innings, she struck out 11, scattered four hits and allowed just one run … [SEASON STATS]

2017:
NFCA Scholar-Athlete … appeared in 12 games and made six starts as a sophomore … posted a record of 5-1 with one save and three complete games over 38.2 innings in the circle … struck out 29 batters … posted a 2.17 ERA as she allowed 12 earned runs of 30 hits … her complete games came in a 2-1 win over SUNY Potsdam (3/26), in a 6-1 win at Emerson (4/7) and against Tufts (4/19) … struck out a season-high 10 batters in Florida against SUNY Potsdam … offensively in seven at-bats, tallied one hit, one run and one stolen base … stole her first collegiate base in a 6-3 win at Wellesley (4/22) … [SEASON STATS]

2016: As a pitcher appeared in 15 games, making four starts … appeared in 22 total games (44 at-bats) … notched a 2.84 ERA and a record of 3-0 in the circle … in 32.0 innings, allowed 37 hits, 14 runs (13 earned), 10 walks and struck out 31 batters … as a hitter registered a .182 batting average to go along with five runs, eight hits, a pair of doubles and three RBI … earned her first collegiate win and struck out a career-high seven batters in a 10-2 victory over Union (3/24) and made her first start against Clark (3/26) – a 6-0 victory … drove in her first run against Smith (4/2) and tallied a season-best two hits at Wheaton (4/16) … drove in the game-winning run in game one of the NCAA Tournament Super Regionals at WPI on a base hit up the middle (5/20) ... [SEASON STATS]

Off the field at MIT: Majoring in environmental engineering with a concentration in global studies and language … Vice President of the Lab of Chocolate Science ... In the summer of 2018, interned with the Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS) working on two research projects including designing/prototyping a biodegradable drifter to gather in situ oceanic data and track surface currents in reef ecosystems and testing Rapid DNA Extraction protocols for Crown of Thorns Starfish DNA ... during IAP in 2018, participated in Global Teaching Labs (GTL) and taught Debate and Mathematics in English to Italian high school students ... in the summer of 2017, completed a  research internship at the Universidad Polytécnica de Madrid studying environmental fluid mechanics and hydrology modeling and numerical simulation with MISTI Spain … During IAP in 2017 did research with TREX (Traveling Research Environmental eXperiences) on the Big Island of Hawaii studying the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Precision Agriculture and Low-Cost Sulfur Dioxide Sensing … does ongoing work with the Margaret MacVicar Memorial AMITA Oral History Project interviewing and transcribing conversations with MIT alumnae and submitting them to the MIT archives to preserve the diverse oral histories of women who have attended MIT over the years … Discover Course 1 Freshmen Pre-Orientation Program (FPOP) Coordinator … President of the MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science … Camp Kesem Counselor … Simmons Hall Historian … Fall Student Leader of the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) … Volunteer for the Undergraduate Giving Campaign (UGC) … Mentor for the dynaMIT program ... Residential Assistant for the Women's Technology Program ... CEE Leadership and Community Award winner ... President of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Student Association ... MIT Women’s Initiative Presenter.

High School: A 2015 graduate of North Broward Preparatory School ... earned six varsity letters in softball and volleyball ... All-Broward Honorable Mention ... All-Broward Second Team ... All-Broward First Team ... Softball District Champions in 2014 ... also was the co-captain for the Boca Impact Gold Club Team ... National Honor Society ... President of Spanish National Honor Society ... Rho Kappa Social Science Honor Society ... Speech and Debate Team President ... Investment and Business Club President ... Co-President of the Psychology Club ... Valedictorian ... International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... FHSAA Academic All-State Team ... Harvard Prize Book Recipient ... National Forensics League Special Distinction ... 2014 National Quarterfinalist in Original Oratory ... City of Coconut Creek Award for Excellence in 2015 and Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in 2014 ... Charity for Champions Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2015.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2017Sophomore

    P/OF
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2018Junior

    P/OF
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2019Senior

    P
    5'7"
    15