Army West Point Athletics
2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Michaela Hoover
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Marcus Whitman
- Hometown:
- Stanley, N.Y.
2016: Made nine appearances … finished with three runs on the year … scored against South Dakota (3/12), Manhattan (4/30) and Hartford (5/3) … stole a base versus Quinnipiac (3/11).
2015: Drew limited action sophomore season as a pinch runner … scored tie-breaking run in 6-2 win over Siena on Kasey McCravey’s two-run double that snapped a 2-2 tie in the top of the fifth inning … four days later had number called in series opener against Bucknell … pinch ran in the seventh as Army’s rally fell short in 3-2 loss to the Bison … was thrown out at home plate on a force for the second out after the Black Knights scored a pair of runs in that inning.
2014: Saw action in 16 games as a pinch runner ... scored six times with single runs against Rider, Colgate, St. Peter's, Lafayette, Holy Cross and Lehigh ... scored the third run in a go-ahead four-run ninth that snapped a 1-1 tie en route to a 5-1 (9) win over regular-season champion Lehigh at the Patriot League Tournament ... win was just the second over the Mountain Hawks in the opening round of the tournament and first since 2001 ... recorded a stolen base against George Mason, Colgate and Holy Cross ... drew walk against Howard at the Rebel Spring Games in Florida ... first collegiate game was against George Washington in the final round of the UNCG Classic in Greensboro, N.C.
High School: Standout at Marcus Whitman High School ... three-time first-team all-state (New York ) selection sophomore through senior year ... earned spot on softball team in eighth grade ... served as team captain junior and senior years ... team MVP .. led the Wildcats to a 14-8 mark final season ... stroked 41 hits in 74 at bats for .554 hitting percentage ... 15 hits went for extra bases with seven home runs, five doubles and three triples ... recorded a .634 on base percentage ... drove in 43 runs and scored 41 times ... posted 36 putouts with 34 assists and four errors compiling .946 fielding percentage ... played travel ball for the Fingerlakes Lady Lakers ... served as team captain both years ... played final three years with the Rochester Lady Lions who were finalists at the Rochester Flower City Tournament in 2012 ... earned multiple MVP awards with the travel team ... member of the National Honor Society and Secretary of the Future Farmers of America.
