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2023 Softball Roster

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Willis Glassgow

36 Claire Fon

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Shrub Oak, N.Y.
  • High School Lakeland

Biography

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Honors and Awards
  • NFCA Second Team All-American (2022)
  • NFCA First Team All-Region (2022)
  • D2CCA East Region Pitcher of the Year (2022)
  • D2CCA Third Team All-American (2022)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
  • NE10 Pitcher of the Year (2022)
  • NE10 First Team All-Conference (2022)
  • NE10 Championship Most Outstanding Player (2022)
  • NE10 All-Championship Team (2021, 2022)
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference (2022)
  • NE10 Sport Excellence Award (2022)
  • NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Excellence (Fall '21, Spring '22, Fall '22, Spring '23)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '19, Spring '20, Fall '20, Spring '21)
  • D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

2023
  • Made 25 appearances for the Panthers, starting 18 games posting a 16-2 record with a 1.85 ERA
  • Went the distance in seven of her starts
  • Posted 112 strikeouts across 117.0 innings pitched
  • Held her opponents to a .225 batting average against
  • Grabbed ten strikeouts at Franklin Pierce on 4/16
  • Pitched four innings of one-hit ball vs. Le Moyne on 4/28
  • Assisted on five putouts vs. Wilmington (Del.) on 3/28

2022
  • Pitched a five-inning perfect game against STAC on 3/22
  • Led team and NE10 with 24 wins to set a new Division II program record at Adelphi
  • Finished with a league-leading 1.12 ERA that ranked 11th in all of Division II
  • Held her opponents to a .201 batting average against 
  • Ranked fourth in the conference with 176 strikeouts
  • Tossed nine complete-game shutouts across 42 total appearances
  • NE10 Pitcher of the Week - 2/28, 5/2

2021
  • Posted a 3-0 record with a team-best three saves 
  • Threw 33 strikeouts over 37.1 IP 
  • Logged first career hit at Pace (3/20)
  • Tossed seven innings of one-hit ball in the NE10 Championship series, en route to being named to the All-Championship Team

2020
  • Appeared in three games in the circle as a rookie
  • Recorded her first career strikeout at No. 4 Rollins (3/3)
  • Tossed two frames of scoreless relief with two strikeouts against No. 1 Augustana (3/7)

At Lakeland
  • Five-year varsity softball player and two-year captain
  • Swept major awards in her senior season, being named both Class A Player and Pitcher of the Year
  • Named All-State in her final year
  • Boasted a career ERA of 1.02 and set a New York State record for pitchers with 40 wins and 40 home runs
  • Ranked No. 1 in the state by Max Preps in home runs (16), third in slugging percentage (1.413) and wins (17) and fourth in RBIs (45) in her senior year
  • Was also the Class A League Pitcher of the Year as a junior
  • Two-time All-Section honoree 
  • National Honor Society member who was also a four-year Scholar Athlete

Personal
  • Daughter of Richard and Karen
  • Psychology major
  • Played club softball for the Empire State Huskies with current Adelphi teammate Ally Muller
  • Would like to teach second or third grade in an elementary school

Fon's Career Highs
  • Hits: 1, multiple times
  • RBIs: 1, vs. Pace, 3/21/2021
  • Innings Pitched: 10.1, vs. Saint Anselm, 5/8/2022
  • Strikeouts: 10, twice
  • Hits Allowed: 0, vs. St. Thomas Aquinas, 3/22/2022

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2020Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    36
  • 36

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    36
  • 36

    2022Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    36
  • 36

    2023Senior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    36