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2019 Softball Roster

26 Diana King

  • Position OF/P
  • Height 5-5
  • Bats/Throws R / R
  • Class Senior
  • Major Media, Culture and Communications (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)
  • Hometown Rye, NY
  • High School Rye Neck

Biography

2017-18: Started and played in all 41 games…led the team in runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, and RBIs…pitched a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts vs. Marietta (3/15)…went 4-for-5 with a double, triple, stolen base, and two RBIs vs. Utica (3/12)…recorded two hits, two RBIs and four stolen bases vs. McDaniel (3/12)…First Team All-UAA…NFCA First Team All-Northeast Region…First Team All-ECAC…UAA Athlete of the Week (3/19)…two-time ECAC Metro Hitter of the Week (3/20, 4/24)…CoSIDA Academic All-District 3…UAA Spring All-Academic… IAAC Spring Honor Roll…ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
2016-17: Started all 38 games…saw action as a pitcher and centerfielder…First Team All-UAA…All-ECAC Metro Honorable Mention…led NYU’s offense in runs, hits, home runs, slugging percentage, stolen bases, total bases, and starts…led all UAA players in runs, home runs and slugging percentage, while also ranking second in stolen bases and total bases…UAA Athlete of the Week (4/17) and ECAC Player of the Week (4/18) following an 11-for-20 stretch that included three home runs, seven RBIs and 11 runs scored against Manhattanville and UAA-foe Brandeis…hit two home runs and a double in a six-RBI effort vs. Hunter (4/18)…enjoyed a 10-game hitting streak from 4/9-4/19…notched the complete-game win with a season-best six strikeouts vs. Brandeis (4/15)…also collected wins on the mound against Western New England (3/16) and Drew (4/5)…UAA Spring Sport All-Academic…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Award…NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…IAAC Spring Honor Roll.                
 
2015-16: Played and started 39 games…saw action primarily as a pitcher and center fielder…NFCA All-Region Second Team…First Team All-UAA…UAA All-Tournament Team…ECAC Metro Championship Most Outstanding Player…led the squad in batting average, runs scored, hits, home runs, total bases, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and stolen bases…second in RBIs…also led the team in wins, complete games and strikeouts and was second in ERA and innings pitched…started the season with a 10-game hitting streak…had a hit in 18 of 19 games from 2/27 to 3/26…homered in four of five games from 3/17 to 3/26…recorded three hits five times…had two RBIs in program’s first-ever UAA victory vs. Case Western Reserve (3/8)…set a program-record with eight innings pitched in second game and struck out a season-high nine batters in the first game vs. Manhattanville (4/24)…earned first collegiate victory by throwing a complete-game shutout vs. Case Western Reserve (3/11)…threw a five-inning shutout vs. Farmingdale St. (4/20)…gave up just one hit in a complete-game shutout vs. Staten Island (4/22)…pitched 2.2 scoreless relief innings to earn the win at the ECAC Metro Championship Final and homered in the game vs. FDU-Florham (5/15).
 
High School: Four-year team member…senior captain…established the program’s career record for triples…All-State selection as a junior and senior…also a five-year member and two-year captain of the tennis team…named Second Team All-State in tennis as a sophomore and First Team All-State as a junior…Con Edison Scholar-Athlete...performed over 400 hours of community service
 
Personal: Minoring in business of entertainment, media and technology…enjoys exercising and going to the beach…mother played tennis at Claremont McKenna College, father played football at Yale…aspires to a career in advertising and marketing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2016Freshman

    Pitcher / Outfield
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2017Sophomore

    Pitcher / Outfield
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2018Junior

    Outfield / Pitcher
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2019Senior

    Outfield / Pitcher
    5'5"
    26