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2021 Softball Roster

Joey Gardner

20 Jayla Pinkney

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • High School Annapolis Area Christian School
  • Prev School Bowie State
  • Hometown Severn, Maryland

Biography

2021 (Junior): Lost season due to COVID-19 pandemic ...

2020 (Sophomore): Played in 20 games that were all starts ... Had 11 putouts against Youngstown State on Feb. 8 ... Scored a run versus Monmouth on March 1 ... Went 1-2 with a run scored and RBI versus Saint Peter's on March 4 ... Named to MEAC All-Academic Team ... Member of the MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team

2019 (Freshman): Started 15 games at Bowie State University ... Batted .297 with a homerun, 10 RBIs and seven runs scored

High School/Club: Dean's list member as a high school student ... Played basketball for three years and softball for four years ... IAAM All-Conference in softball in 2017 and 2018, while serving as team captain ... Named MVP for softball in 2017 ... Ranked #2 in the state of Maryland in softball ... Played club for Brooklyn Park Cyclones 

Personal: Born Feb. 6, 2000 in Baltimore, Maryland … Daughter of Sheldon and Tanya Pinkney … Major is Exercise science … Pre-game routine/superstition is to always put her left sock on first … Personal best sports moment is her first collegiate homerun against Shaw University in the spring of 2019 ... Personal best non-athletic moment is mentoring summer camp students ... Person that has influenced her the most is her grandfather because he could always turn her frown upside down ... Plans to get a master's degree and become a physician assistant after graduation … Best advice/favorite saying is Pray before you play and play as a team … Hobbies outside of sports are reading and listening to music … Favorite Book/Author is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee … Favorite Movie is The Sandlot ... Personal goal for the season is to hit .300 ... Goal before graduation is to win the MEAC Championship

Statistics

Season:
2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2020Sophomore

    3B/C
    5'5"
    25
  • 20

    2021Junior

    3B/C
    5'5"
    20