2017 Softball Roster
Roster
Faith Cain
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Millard West HS
Senior Year (2018): Cain played in 32 games, 17 of which she started ... Her .269 average ranked sixth on the team for players who had at least 50 plate appearances ... Playing primarily at first base, Cain did not commit an error in 91 chances ... Her first base hit of the campaign was a pinch-hit double in an 8-1 victory against Virginia Tech (3/9) ... She crossed the plate against the Hokies as well ... Cain earned a run batted in when she was hit by a pitch versus Virginia (3/18) ... She went 3-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base when the Orange defeated Canisius (4/4) in game one of a twinbill ... Cain tripled, scored and plated a runner in the second game against the Griffs ... In back-to-back wins against NC State (4/21, 4/22), Cain was a combined 4-for-7 with an RBI ... Her two-run, first-inning double started Syracuse on its way to an 8-1 victory against Binghamton ... Cain earned Fall 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).
Junior Year (2017): Registered a double against East Carolina (2/10) … Hit an RBI double against Georgia (2/11) … Homered to left field and scored two runs against Winthrop (2/11) … Went 2-for-3 against Liberty (2/24) … Recorded one hit and one RBI against Elon (2/26) …Singled to centerfield to bring in two runners against Morgan State (2/26) …Registered one hit and one run against Georgia State (3/3) … Had two hits and scored one run against Penn State (3/4) … Recorded one hit and two RBIs against NC State (3/11) … Hit two singles and scored two runs against Gardner-Webb (3/14) … Registered two RBIs against Georgia Tech (3/17) … Had two hits, one RBI, and scored one run against Georgia Tech (3/19) … Recorded two hits and an RBI against Louisville (3/24) … Registered one hit in game two against Boston College (4/2) … Hit an RBI double and a single in game one against Binghamton (4/5) … Hit an RBI single and had six putouts in game two against Binghamton (4/5) … Doubled to center field in game one against Florida State (4/9) … Registered one RBI in game two against Florida State (4/9) … Recorded an RBI single and a stolen base in game one against Canisius (4/12) … Hit a three RBI homer to left center and a two RBI single up the middle in game two against Canisius (4/12) … Had one run, two hits, and two RBIs in game one against Pittsburgh (4/14) … Hit a three-run homer in game two against Pittsburgh (4/14) …Went 4-for-4 and tallied three RBIs in game three against Pittsburgh (4/15) … Homered to right field, bringing in two runs in game two against Niagara (4/18) … Recorded one RBI and six putouts against North Carolina (4/22) … Hit an RBI double and a single against North Carolina (4/23) … Registered one RBI and seven putouts in game two against Colgate (4/26) … Went 2-for-3 with two singles and an RBI in game two against Virginia Tech (4/29) … Hit an RBI single up the middle against Cornell (5/2) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI in Syracuse's ACC quarterfinal loss to North Carolina (5/11) ... Cain earned Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).
High School: Competed for four years of Varsity softball at Millard West High School … Played both pitcher and first base, helping the Wildcats to a 23-8 record as a freshman, 23-8 record as a sophomore, 28-3 record as a junior, and an 18-13 record as a senior … As a senior, recorded a batting average of .338, along with 27 hits and seven home runs … Throughout her high school career, managed a .418 batting average, 135 hits, 18 home runs and a 0.18 ERA … Served as a senior team captain for the Wildcats … In 2014, competed for the NCA All-Star team as a first baseman … Earned All-Division team honors all four years of high school, while being named Nebraska Freshman Player of the Year in 2010 … Also earned First Team All-State (Class A) for the Lincoln Journal Star in 2010 and Second Team All-State (Class A) for the Omaha World Herald in 2010 and 2012 … Named to the Second Team All-Nebraska squad in 2010 … Earned NCPA Academic All-State honors in 2011 and 2013 … Owns the record at Millard West for most doubles in a season (15), most home runs in a season (7) and lowest ERA in a season (0.18), which ranks third in Nebraska.
Personal: Born in September of 1995 … Daughter of Robin and Stephen Wing and Damien Roberts … Has two brothers, Ethan Roberts and Jayden Roberts, and three sisters, Rees Wing, Delani Wing and Siarra Roberts … Also competed in basketball for her freshman and senior year of high school as a center ... Major is Broadcast and Digital Journalism in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
