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2023 MIT Softball Roster

26 Dana Bell

  • Class Sophomore
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Bensalem, Pa.
  • High School Archbishop Ryan
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Career Highs
Hits 3 Three times - Most Recently vs. Thomas (3/18/23)
Runs 3 Twice - Most Recently vs. Thomas (3/18/23)
Doubles 1 12 Times - Most Recently at Salve Regina (3/10/23)
Triples 1 Twice - Most Recently at Haverford (3/28/23)
Home Runs N/A N/A
RBI 3 Three Times - Most Recently vs. Thomas (3/18/23)
Walks 2 at Muhlenberg (3/26/23)
Stolen Bases 1 Three Times - Most Recently vs. Wheaton (5/5/22)

Accolades:
- NFCA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023)
2023:
- Played in 22 games
- Finished the year with 12 hits, eight runs and five RBI
2022:
- Started 49 games 
- Recorded first collegiate hit and RBI in the opening game of the season against Alma
- Tied for the team lead with 11 doubles
Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in Aerospace engineering
- M. Verna Butterer Educational Trust
- Little Beavers Running Club
- Camp Kesem
- Curtiss-Wright: Arresting Systems Division, Engineering Intern
- M. Verna Butterer Educational Trust award
Favorite Memory as an MIT Student Athlete:
- My favorite moment as an MIT student-athlete was making it to the NEWMAC Championship and NCAA Regional Championship!
Favorite Sports Memory: 
- My favorite sports memory is winning my first ever travel tournament in 10u with my team the Horsham Banshees. We were competing in a nation wide tournament known as Blast at the Beach. Only the top 10 teams in the tournament made it to the final day, elimination day. My team was ranked 10th, so we barely made it. Our goal was just to make it to elimination day, winning was not even on our radar. However, my team and I fought through the heat to play four games which ended in a victory in the championship! Because I was my team's starting pitcher, I had started every game that day. When I threw the last pitch of the game, my dad came running out to me on the mound crying. That is one of the few times I really saw my dad cry, and it has forever been not only my favorite sports memory, but my favorite memory ever!
High School:
- Graduate of Archbishop Ryan High School
- Archbishop Ryan Ragdoll Award (Softball)
- Northeast Times Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Philadelphia Catholic League Second Team All-Catholic Pitcher (Freshman & Sophomore)
- Philadelphia Catholic League First Team All-Catholic (Senior)
- Philadelphia Catholic League Defensive Player of the Year (Senior)
- Philadelphia Catholic League MVP (Senior)
- Philadelphia Catholic League Champion (Freshman & Senior)
- National Honors Society
- Freshman Representative of Student Council
- Athletes Helping Athletes
- Varsity Mathletes
- Varsity Softball
- Varsity Volleyball
- Future Engineers Club
- National Honors Society
- Varsity Swimming
- First Honors (All 4 years)
- Highest Honor Award for English
- Highest Honor Award for Statistics
Club Team:
- The Horsham Banshees, PA Chaos, The Newtown Rock
- Direct Select USSSA All American (3x)
- USA Elite Select Top 30 Invitee (2x)
- 2017 USSSA National Championship Defensive MVP

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2022First Year

    IF
    5'9"
    26
  • 26

    2023Sophomore

    IF
    5'9"
    26