Coach Smith says, "Julia provides a balance of power, precision and movement in her approach at the mound. Offensively, she is a very complete hitter with the ability to power the ball to all fields."
Worth Noting: To date, she is in the top-10 single season statistics in pitching appearances (34), innings pitched (187.1), shut outs (9), wins (22) and strikeouts (216). To date, in career statistics, she is in the top-10 in batting average (.360), at bats (556), hits (200), doubles (41), runs (99), RBI (84), total bases (273) and on the mound, ERA (1.84), pitching appearances (91), games started (72), innings pitched (472.2), wins (56), strikeouts (570) and shut outs (23).
Honors and Awards: ESPN The Magazine Second-Team Academic All-District (2008)...First team Northeast All-Region (2008)...NFCA Second-Team All-Northeast Region (2008, 2006, 2005)...First Team All-ECC (2008, 2007)... ECC Pitcher of the year (2008)... ECC Baden Pitcher of the Week (4/1, 4/7) (2008)...NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2007, 2006, 2005)...Second-team All-ECC (2006, 2005)...CoSida Second-Team Academic All-District (2006).
2008: Appeared in 55 games while starting in 44...at the plate, she collected 36 hits and batted .308...on the mound, she started 28 games and appeared in 34...in 187.1 innings of work, she tossed 16 complete games including nine shutouts...she posted a 1.61 era to go along with her 22-5 record while fanning 216 and holding the opponent batting average to just .196...struck out a team high 15 batters in a 4-0 win over Franklin Pierce (4/10).
2007: Led the team with a .404 batting average...ECC Baden Player of the Week (4/22) ...recorded a 1.49 ERA in 154.2 innings on the mound with a 19-7 record...ECC Pitcher of the Week (4/15)...had seven shutouts and pitched a perfect game vs. Mercy by striking out 13 of 15 batters faced...ranked 11th in the NCAA in strikeouts per seven innings (9.4), 39th in ERA (1.49), 49th in wins (19), 50th in saves (2) and 89th in batting averaged (.404).
2006: Started in 48 of 49 games played...second on team in at-bats (155) and RBI (34)...led team with 15 doubles...knocked in two runs in the fourth inning with a double to lead Panthers to a 5-1 win over UMass-Lowell in the NCAA Tournament... on the mound made 22 appearances for an 11-7 record...a 2.34 ERA in 101.2 innings pitched, including two saves...ECC Pitcher of the Week (4/16)
2005: Started in 35 of 37 games played...fourth on team in batting average (.347) and at-bats (118)...third in hits (21) and doubles (9)....on the mound, made five starts in six appearances for a 2.90 ERA in 29.0 innings pitched....hit two homeruns in win over Dominican College (4/22)...ECC Rookie of the Week (4/24).
At Chapel Field High School: Four-year letterwinner in softball...a first team all-state selection all four years...four-time team MVP and two-time batting champ.
Personal: Daughter of Robert and Virginia Schaper...born May 25...has one brother, Mark and one sister, Karen...majoring in Biology.
