2002 Softball Roster
Roster
Cheryl Julicher
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Williamsville North
- Hometown:
- Williamsville, N.Y.
Sophomore Year: Set SU single season records in runs (28), home runs (9), runs batted in (27), slugging pct. (559), walks (25) and hit by pitch (4) … Named BIG EAST Player of the Week (3/18/02), becoming the first SU player ever to win the award … Hit SU softball’s first-ever walk-off home run in the bottom of the 14th against Boston College (4/20/02) … Hit a home run in five consecutive games from March 9-15 … Led the team with a .996 fielding percentage (minimum 20 chances), committing one error in 277 chances … Started all 46 games of the season at first base and hitting cleanup … Second-team Verizon Academic All-District I … Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall.
2001: Started in five games before breaking her foot and redshirting … Hit .200 through those five games, drawing four walks while slugging two doubles … Split the time between designated hitter slot and right field.
Freshman Year: Team-leader with four home runs and a .410 slugging percentage ... Played in 39 games, starting 36 ... Tied for team-lead with five doubles ... Batted .240 with 14 runs scored and 18 runs batted in ... Had a .316 on-base percentage ... Did not make an error in 135 chances on defense ... SU's most efficient hitter with two outs, batting .297 ... Hit .291 with runners in scoring position and .500 with the bases loaded ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI, including and a two-run homer against LeMoyne ... Hit a three-run home run at Canisius ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll in fall and spring.
High School: Two-time team most valuable player ... Named first-team all-state, All-Western New York, All-ECIC, First-Team ECIC Division I and ECIC Player of the Year in 1999 ... Named first-team ECIC Division I in 1998 ... Earned team coaches award and most improved player award ... Team captain as a senior ... Two-time scholar-athlete and athlete of the month ... Played in the Super Senior Softball Classic in 1999 ... Competed for the Lou Gehrig travel team and the Bisons travel team ... Also lettered in basketball and played hockey in the Bisons Girls Ice Hockey League.
Personal: Born April 1, 1981 in Buffalo, N.Y. ... Daughter of Bill and Linda Julicher ... One brother ... Majoring in management.
