Position: Catcher
Height: 5-10
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Deer Park, N.Y.
Previous School: Deer Park

2013: Daktronics, Inc. East Region Second Team ... NFCA All-Region Second Team ... ECC First Team All-Conference ... batted .301 with 55 hits, including eight doubles … tied with teammate Liz Weber for third in the ECC with 10 home runs ... third in the ECC and second on the team and with 50 RBIs ... went 1-for-4 with a grand slam against SW Minnesota (March 11) … was 4-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored against Bridgeport (April 20) … went 1-for-2 with a three-run homer against New Haven (April 3) … went 1-for-3 with a three-run double against Queens (N.Y.) (April 9) … went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored against Wayne State (March 16) … homered in three consecutive games against Bridgeport (April 4), and a doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas (April 6) … went 2-for-5 with a grand slam, a solo homer, six RBIs and two runs scored in a doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas (April 6).

2012: ECAC and ECC Rookie of the Year … NFCA Second Team All-Region … started in all 56 games played … batted .346 with 56 hits, including 10 doubles and nine home runs … drove in 45 runs and came around to score 29 … tied the team lead with five sacrifice flies … named ECC Rookie of the Week (April 2, April 9) … blasted her first collegiate home run with a solo shot against American International (March 18) … combined to go 2-for-5 against Adelphi (March 22) that included a two-run homer in the opening game … batted 2-for-4 with three RBI in game one against Southern New Hampshire (March 25) … cranked out a three-run homer in the matinee game at Mercy (March 27) … added another three-run shot two days later against Dowling (March 29) … combined to go 3-for-6 with four RBI against St. Thomas Aquinas (April 3) … cleared the fence with a three-run homer in game two at NYIT (April 6) … batted 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored against NYIT (April 7) …  batted 1-for-3 with a solo shot at Dowling (April 14) … batted 2-for-3 in both games against Queens (N.Y.) and Dowling at the ECC Softball Championships (April 27).

Prior to LIU Post: Four-year player at Deer Park … the Falcons were Class AA Finalists and ranked sixth on Long Island and 22nd in New York State in 2011 … batted .564 and drove in 23 runs on 44 hits with 28 runs scored her senior year … was a career .425 hitter with a .517 on-base average and recorded 71 runs … also played volleyball.

Personal: Older of Mark and Denise Dzierzynski’s two children … admires her parents … plans to become a math teacher and coach softball and volleyball … majoring in math education.