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2022 MIT Softball Roster

NFCA

3 Anya Chase

  • Class Senior
  • B/T L/L
  • Height 5-7
  • Hometown Wells, Maine
  • High School Wells
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Highs (Batting)
Hits 4 vs. Smith (April 19, 2019)
Runs 2 Seven Times - Most Recently vs. at Babson (May 7, 2022)
Doubles 1 10 Times - Most Recently vs. Wheaton (May 6, 2022)
Triples N/A N/A
Home Runs 1 Twice - Most Recently at Babson (May 7, 2022)
RBI 4 vs. Coast Guard (April 30, 2022)
Stolen Bases 1 Three Times - Most Recently vs. WPI (May 8, 2022)
Walks 2 vs. Rowan (May 13, 2019)
 
Career Highs (Pitching)
Innings Pitched 7 Five Times - Most Recently vs. Susquehanna (May 15, 2022)
Striketouts 12 vs. Grinnell (March 21, 2022)

No Hitters:
- vs. Emerson (April 8 - Game One) - Combined with Zoe Kuhlken


In the Record Books:
- 153 Strikeouts (2022 - Third most in a single season)
- 154 Career Striketous (Seventh most all-time)
- 145.1 Innings Pitched (2022 - Fifth most in a single season) 
- 34 Appearances (2022 - Third most in a single season)
- 17 Wins (2022 - Fourth most in a single season)


Accolades:
- NFCA Scholar Athlete (2019)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (2022)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
- NCAA Softball Ashland Regional All-Tournament Team (2022)
- Second Team NFCA All-Region (2022)


2022 [Season Stats]:
- Appeared in 34 games on the mound with 27 starts
- Posted career-high 12 Ks vs. Grinnell
- Hit first career homer on April 30 against Coast Guard
- Had three 10+ strikeout games
- Posted eight multi-hit games


2021:
- Season Canceled due to COVID-19


2020:
- Season Canceled due to COVID-19


2019: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in 43 games as a first-year
- Batted .296 with an OBP of .340 and a slugging percentage of .341
- Ranked fifth on the team in RBI and third in doubles
- Was one of three student-athletes on the team in 2019 to tally 40 or more hits
- Made one relief pitching appearance in the circle
- Registered her first collegiate hit, run, double and RBI against Simmons on March 20
- Opened her career with an eight game hitting streak (March 20 - March26) and had another eight gamer from March 30 through April 12
- Notched seven hits between the NEWMAC and NCAA Tournaments


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Competing in the NCAA Regional DIII championships my freshman year at MIT.


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Going on the spring break Florida trip and bonding with the team.


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in biological engineering
- IDEXX Laboratories Research and Development Intern
- Keolis Commuter Services Mechanical Intern
- Boston Scientific Urology Research and Development Intern
- Research Assistant for Device Realization Laboratory analyzing gait using machine learning for in-home health monitoring
- Little Beavers Running Club
- Student Athlete Leadership Program
- Student Athlete Advisory Committee
- Thermal Fluids Engineering I Teaching Assistant
- Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Wells High School
- Salutatorian
- Earned varsity letters in softball, basketball and field hockey
- 2018 Wells High School Outstanding Softball Player Award
- 2018 Western Maine Conference Softball Player of the Year
- 2018 Western Maine Conference Senior All-Star Basketball Team
- 2018 Maine McDonald’s All State Academic Basketball Team
- 2017 and 2018 Portland Press Herald Softball All-State Team
- 2017 Journal Tribune Softball MVP
- 2017 Portland Press Herald Softball Player to Watch
- 2016 and 2017 Wells High School Student Athlete of the Month
- 2016 Max Preps National Softball Player of the Week
- 2016 and 2017 Western Maine All-Conference First Team Softball
- 2015 Coach’s Award McAuley Varsity Softball winner
- 2014 Offensive Player of the Year Award McAuley for Varsity Field Hockey
- 2014 Southern Maine Activities Association All Rookie Team for Field Hockey
- Won the softball regular season league championship in 2017 and 2018
- Was the conference runner up in 2017
- Also played for the Southern Maine Flame club team and Maine Thunder club team
- Treasurer of National Honor Society
- Four-year member of the Math Team
- Class Treasurer
- Student Council 
- Worked to raise money for Shooting for a Cure (a basketball fundraiser for breast cancer treatment)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019First Year

    P
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2020Sophomore

    P/1B
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2021Junior

    P/INF
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2022Senior

    P/INF
    5'7"
    3