2020 Softball Roster
Maria Cegledy
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OF
- Hometown:
- Pataskala, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Bishop Hartley
- High School:
- Bishop Hartley
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Two-time All-MAC Second Team (2018, 2019)
• Senior CLASS Award (2020)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2019)
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Two-time MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2019)
• Two-time Academic All-MAC (2018, 2019)
• Three-time Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2017, 2018, 2019)
• MAC Medal of Excellence (2020)
2020 SEASON
• Selected as 1 of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• One of three Golden Flashes to start all 19 games
• Totaled 11 hits, nine runs scored, five doubles and seven RBIs
• MAC Medal of Excellence recipient
2019 SEASON
• All-MAC Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• Baylor Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Only player on the team to play and start all 54 games in center field
• Hit .306 (44-for-144)
• Collected six doubles, two triples, a homer and 17 RBIs with 19 runs scored
• Had a perfect fielding percentage with four outfield assists
• Went 2-for-3 with a double and the go-ahead RBI in a win at No. 21 Baylor (Feb. 23)
• Scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning to complete the sweep against No. 21 Baylor (Feb. 23)
• Tied career-high with three hits and three RBIs at Monmouth (March 26)
• Belted only home run of the year to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh against Miami (April 13)
• Tied career-high with three runs scored at Pitt (April 16)
• MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
• Academic All-MAC
• Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete
2018 SEASON
• All-MAC Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• Played in 46 games and made 43 starts
• Hit .327 (37-for-113), which was fourth on the team
• Hit five doubles, three triples, one home run with 18 RBIs
• Finished third on the team with a .425 on-base percentage
• Had a perfect fielding percentage in MAC games
• Posted three outfield assists with two at Penn State (Mar. 18)
• Recorded first career hit, a triple against Coastal Carolina (Feb. 16)
• Registered two triples with an RBI and two runs scored against Lehigh (Mar. 2)
• Scored a career-high three runs against Georgetown (Mar. 28)
• Belted first career home run with three RBIs against Toledo (Mar. 31)
• Tallied two three-hit games against Toledo (Mar. 31) and Ball State (Apr. 6)
• MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
• Academic All-MAC
• Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete
2017 SEASON
• Played in 46 games and made 21 starts in center field
• Scored five runs
• Recorded perfect fielding percentage with 31 putouts and two assists
• Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• 1st Team All-Central Catholic League as a freshman, sophomore and junior
• Honorable Mention All-District as freshman and sophomore; 1st Team All-District as a junior
• Received 2nd Team All-Metro as a sophomore and junior
• Bishop Hartley Softball MVP, Captain and OHSFSCA Scholar Athlete as junior
• Recorded a batting average (.435), 44 runs, 48 RBIs, 17 stolen bases and slugging percentage (.871) in 2015
• Bishop Hartley honor roll 2012-2015
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Frank and Tammi Cegledy
• Has one sibling, Sophia
• Majoring in exercise science
