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Lafayette College Athletics

2023 Softball Roster

Rick Smith

15 Grace Harvey

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Pope John Paul II
  • Hometown Royersford, Pa.
  • Major Biology

Biography

2023: Played in 35 games with 32 starts, coming mostly at catcher...hit for a .225 average with 18 hits including a team-high eight doubles, a triple, a home run and eight RBI in 80 at-bats...plated three runs with a double vs. Albany (3/19)...went 2-for-3 with two doubles in the series finale with Holy Cross (4/17)...belted the game-tying solo home run in a win at Colgate (4/30)...Academic All-Patriot League selection for the second straight season while also garnering College Sports Communicators Academic All-District II honors...Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection who achieved a 4.0 semester GPA.

2022: Started all 47 games playing in both the infield and outfield…served as a team co-captain...hit for a .268 average with 37 hits including a team leading 13 doubles, a triple, a home run and a team best 27 RBI, in 138 at-bats...recorded multiple hits in seven games...scored 15 runs…went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI in a 7-2 win at Maryland Eastern Shore (2/26)…blasted a two-run home run vs. Boston U. (3/26)…cranked out a 2-for-3 performance with 3 RBI in a 12-5 Leopards win vs. St. Peter’s (4/20)…Academic All-Patriot League selection.

2021: Started all of the Leopards' 22 games, splitting time between catcher, DH and first base...hit for a .259 average with four doubles a home run and six RBI...managed a 2-for-3 performance with a three-run home run vs. Bucknell (3/29)...had first three-hit game of her collegiate career at Colgate (4/10) with a pair of doubles and an RBI...earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll with a 3.93 semester GPA...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after posting a 3.85 GPA...selected as a scholar-athlete by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

2020: Started in seven games, splitting time at catcher and designated hitter, in a season cut short by COVID-19...led team with a .313 overall batting average in 16 at-bats...posted a five-game hitting streak, tied for the longest streak this season by a Leopards' player...reached base in six straight games, good for the second longest streak on the team...recorded first collegiate hit on a single to left field in the top of the fifth inning vs. George Mason (2/29)...hit first double and collected first two RBI of her career to give the Leopards a 7-5 lead in the fifth inning vs. Radford (3/1).

High School: Hit for a .424 average during her prep career with a .473 on-base percentage, earning All-Pioneer Athletic Conference Second-Team honors in the process...selected captain of her high school team in 2019 and was a 2017 and 2018 Carpenter Cup participant...ranked in the top 10 percent of her class (with a 4.2 GPA), achieving distinguished honors all four years...Archdiocesan Scholar who held dual enrollment in high school and Villanova University...earned the NBC 10/Widener University Leadership Award, a $20,000 scholarship given to the region's best and brightest future leaders...member of the National Honor Society, Student Council, Community Service Corp and Student Ambassadors while balancing those activities with participation in various community service programs. 

Personal: Daughter of Christopher and Bernadette Harvey...has an older brother, Ryan...born Feb. 13, 2001.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2020Freshman

    C/UTIL
    5'5"
    15
  • 15

    2021Sophomore

    C/UTIL
    5'5"
    15
  • 15
    C

    2022Junior

    C/UTIL
    5'5"
    15
    C
  • 15
    C

    2023Senior

    C/UTIL
    5'5"
    15
    C