Michala Maciolek

Faith Cain

INF

/ Softball

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Photo by: John Korduner

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Catcher
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Wynnewood, Pa.
High School:
Agnes Irwin

Notables: Ranks third all-time at Syracuse with a .993 career fielding percentage … Set a freshman record in 2018 with 319 putouts

Sophomore Year (2019): Played in 19 games with 16 starts behind the plate … Finished the season without an error, totaling 100 putouts … Recorded an RBI in the season opener against San Diego State (2/8) … Hit a career-high two doubles against Wagner (3/9) … Matched her career-high two doubles with a 2-for-3 performance against Dayton (3/10) that included four RBIs and a run scored … Had a hit in all three games against Louisville (3/15, 3/16, 3/17) ... She earned Fall 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Freshman Year (2018): Started 37 of 39 games she played in as a freshman ... Hit .225 and drove in 13 runs .. Made her first career start as catcher against UT Arlington (2/9) ... Went 2-for-4 versus UMass (2/9) ... Batted 1-for-3 with a run scored against Grand Canyon (2/18) ... Hit an RBI double at Georgia Mason (3/3) and Florida State (3/26) ... Drove in two runs and scored a run against Army (3/28) ... Plated two more runners in the second game of a double header with Canisius (4/4) ... Had two hits, including a home run, and scored twice against Niagara (4/18) ... Drove a run in in four consecutive games -- each of a three-game set against NC State (4/21, 4/22) and Binghamton (4/24) ... She earned Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Played four years at Agnes Irwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pa. and was named a team captain her senior year … Was a catcher for the team … As a senior she posted a .574 batting average and scored 22 runs … Was a PGF All-American, a four-time first-team all-league selection and a two-time All-Delco honoree … Was named a Delco Sports Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete … Outside of softball, she was a member of the Business Leadership Club and the AIS Allied Mentorship Program.

Personal: Born in August of 1999 … Daughter of John and Terri Maciolek … Father played football at Towson University from 1978-1982 … Majoring in Marketing Management in the Whitman School of Management.