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2020 Softball

23 Devon Goetz

  • Position INF
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Richard Montgomery
  • Hometown Rockville, Md.
  • Major Mechanical Eng. & Brain and Cognitive Sci.

Biography

Career Highs
Hits 4 vs. Middlebury (March 26, 2017)
Runs 4 vs. Smith (April 19, 2019)
Doubles 2 vs. Eastern Nazarene (May 11, 2019)
Triples 1 12 Times - Most Recently vs. Smith (April 19, 2019)
Home runs 1 Eight Times - Most Recently at Coast Guard (March 30, 2019)
RBI 4 Twice - Most Recently vs. Johnson & Wales (April 18, 2019)
Stolen Bases 4 vs. Smith (April 19, 2019)
Walks 2 11 Times - Most Recently vs. Smith (April 19, 2019)


2020:
- Season canceled due to COVID-19
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team

2019: [SEASON STATS]
- NFCA All-Region Second Team
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
- Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District
- NFCA Scholar-Athlete
- NCAA Cambridge Regional All-Tournament Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Registered a batting average of .323 to go along with 37 runs, 43 hits, 12 doubles, four triples, a career-high four home runs and 22 RBI 
- Stole 29 bases on 31 attempts
- Broke the single season record for stolen bases
- Posted 12 multi-hit games
- Led MIT in runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI and stolen bases
- Tied the single game program record with four stolen bases in a 9-1 win over Smith on April 19
- In an elimination game against Eastern Nazarene in the NCAA Tournament, went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI and two doubles

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- NFCA All-Region First Team
- NCAA Cambridge Regional All-Tournament Team
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
- NFCA Scholar-Athlete
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Athlete of the Week (4/23)
- MIT Philip A. Trussel Prize Winner (given to a female undergraduate student-athlete who demonstrate skill, sportsmanship and levity)
- 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
- In 50 games this spring, batted .341/.468/.541 and registered 47 hits, 14 doubles, six triples, three home runs, 25 RBI
- Also scored 45 runs, drew a team-best 27 walks and was a perfect 18-for-18 in stolen bases
- Led the NEWMAC in walks and sacrifice hits and ranked third in runs, fourth in triples, fifth in doubles and sixth in total bases
- During the regular season, notched at least one hit in 26 of 36 games and had 12 multi-hit games highlighted by a 3-for-3 performance in game one at Manahattanville (3/27)
- Hit single home runs against Johnson & Wales (4/17), Simmons (4/18) and WPI (4/21)
- Tallied two RBI in four games and four RBI in game two against JWU

2017: [SEASON STATS]
- NFCA Scholar-Athlete
- NEWMAC Athlete of the Week (4/3)
- Appeared and started in all 32 games as a freshman
- In 91 at-bats, hit .352 BA /.410 OBP /.462 SLG
- Her first collegiate hit and run came in a 6-3 in over Southern Maine in Florida (3/25)
- Rounded out her trip south with her first career double, triple and a career-high four RBI in a 15-0 win over UMaine Farmington (3/29)
- Registered a season-high four hits against Middlebury (3/26)
- Tallied her first collegiate home run in a 6-1 win at Emerson (4/7)

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning NEWMAC Championships with both the field hockey and softball teams and then going to the College World Series with MIT softball in 2018

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Every second I get to spend with my teammates who are hands down the most incredible people I have ever been lucky enough to meet!

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering and brain and cognitive science
- Also a member of the MIT varsity field hockey team
- Interned at Diamond Kinetics, Draper Labs and LivaNova
- Completed research in the Newman Lab for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation
- Completed archaeology research in Cyprus
- NROTC
- IM President
- Gordon Engineering Leadership Program
- Community Catalyst Leadership Program
- Co-Founder and Co-President of the Little Beavers Running Club
- Enjoys spending time being 5',5.5"

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Richard Montgomery High School
- Earned 11 varsity letters among softball (4), field hockey (4) and basketball (3)
- 2016 Softball MVP and Softball Player of the Year
- 2013 and 2014 Softball All-County Honorable Mention
- 2013 and 2015 Field Hockey MVP
- 2013 and 2014 Field Hockey All-County Honorable Mention
- 2015 Field Hockey All-County First Team
- 2015 Field Hockey All-Met Honorable Mention
- Also played for the Jackals Field Hockey team and the Germantown Titan Softball team
- National Honor Society 
- Math Honor Society
- Science Honor Society
- Social Studies Honor Society
- National Honor Society Director of Communications
- Manna Food Center Coordinator
- Black Maskers Drama Stage Manager
- National Commended Merit Scholarship
- AP Scholar With Distinction
- NROTC Scholarship

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2017First Year

    INF
    5'5"
    23
  • 23

    2018Sophomore

    INF
    5'5"
    23
  • 23

    2019Junior

    INF
    5'5"
    23
  • 23

    2020Senior

    INF
    5'5"
    23