2017 Softball Roster
Roster
Sydney O'Hara
- Position:
- Pitcher/First Base
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cicero, N.Y.
- High School:
- Cicero-North Syracuse
Notables: Named a 2017 NFCA Third Team All-American to become Syracuse's third All-American honoree and first since 2012 ... became Syracuse's first-ever National Player of the Week, winning Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week on March 18 ... Leads the record book in career saves with 13 ... Earned Syracuse's first-ever espnW National Player of the Week accolade ... Named 1-of-10 finalists for USA Softball's Collegiate Player of the Year award, becoming the first Syracuse player ever to be nominated ... Earned All-ACC First Team distinction in 2014 and 2017, and is the only Syracuse player ever with multiple honors ... 2017 NFCA Mid-Atlantic First Team All-Region honoree ... Earned All-ECAC First Team honors ... College Sports Madness First Team All-American in 2017 ... Active three-year member of Syracuse University's chapter of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... Earned 2015-16 ACC Honor Roll recognition ... Named to the Syracuse University Dean's List in the Spring of 2016...2017 Syracuse Female Performance of the Year for her four home runs against NC State.
Senior Year (2017): Struck out six batters and had three hits, three RBIs and a run against East Carolina (2/10) … Scored one run and had three strike outs against Winthrop (2/11) … Had three hits, scored two runs, and struck out three batters against Winthrop (2/12) …Struck out four batters against St. John’s and broke the record for all-time saves with 9 career saves (2/17) … Had one hit and one RBI against Savannah State (2/17) … Hit an RBI single against Tulsa (2/18) … Tripled to right field for an RBI and struck out seven batters against Toledo (2/18) … Went 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored, and struck out six batters against Lehigh (2/25) … Went 2-for-3 and struck out six batters against Elon (2/26) … Hit a double and a single, resulting in three RBIs against Morgan State (2/26) … Recorded three hits and three RBIs, as well as ten strike outs against Georgia State (3/3) … Went 4-for-4 with a homerun and three RBIs against Penn State (3/4) …Homered four times in one game against NC State, becoming the 5th athlete in NCAA softball history to do so (3/10) … Went 2-for-3 with a homerun and a single, and struck out seven batters against NC State (3/11) … Tripled and scored two runs against Gardner-Webb (3/14) … Hit a homerun and a single, and struck out eight batters against Georgia Tech (3/17) … Homered to right field and struck out seven batters against Georgia Tech (3/19) … Registered one hit and 10 putouts on offense, while allowing just two hits, one earned run and one walk in five batters faced on defense in game one against Boston College (4/2) …Singled and scored one run, while also striking out nine batters and allowing no hits in four innings in game one against Binghamton (4/5) … Hit an RBI double to left field and scored one run in game two against Binghamton (4/5) … Went 4 for 5 with four singles and an RBI against Florida State (4/8) … Walked for an RBI, and stuck out one batter in game two against Florida State (4/9) … Stuck out three batters in two innings and gave up zero hits in game two against Canisius (4/12) … Had two hits, one RBI and pitched six strikeouts in game two against Pittsburgh (4/14) … Singled to right field to bring in two runs in game one against Niagara (4/18) … Walked for an RBI in game two against Niagara (4/18) .. Hit an RBI single through the left side against North Carolina (4/22) … Went 3-for-3 with a single, a double, and a triple against North Carolina (4/23) ... Hit a two-run homer to left field in game one against Colgate (2/26) … Singled to left field and struck out both batters she faced in game two against Colgate (4/26) … Singled and doubled, recording one RBI in game one against Virginia Tech (4/28) … Singled to right field, and struck out three batters in game three against Virginia Tech (4/30) … Singled to left field and scored one run against Cornell (5/2) ... Was 1-for-3 with a walk while dishing out three strikeouts in 2.0 innings in Syracuse's ACC quarterfinal loss to North Carolina (5/11) ... She earned Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).
Junior Year (2016): Named to the 2016 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team ... Struck out four batters against Lamar (2/12) ... Picked up one RBI against Long Beach State (2/12) ... Had two hits and one run against UNLV (2/13) ... Struck out three batters and allowed no earned runs against Fordham (2/26) ... Hit a double and recorded two RBIs against against Morgan State (2/26) ... Picked up two RBIs against Bryant (2/28) ... Crushed a home run and tallied two hits and two RBIs against CSU Bakersfield (3/4) ... Recorded a season high with six strikeouts against Savannah State (3/15) ... Racked a home run and picked up three RBIs against North Carolina (3/12) ... Hit a triple and brought in one run against Savannah State (3/15) ... Picked up two RBIs against Charleston Southern (3/16) ... Struck out six batters and recorded one hit against Niagara (3/23) ... Crushed a home run and recorded a season high with seven strikeouts and no earned runs against Virginia (4/10) ... Struck out five batters and allowed no earned runs against Colgate (4/20) ... She earned Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2015): Crushed a two-run homer against Virginia (4/25) ... Went two-for-four against Hofstra (4/21) ... Crushed two home runs and recorded five RBIs in a two-for-three performance aganst Notre Dame (4/18) ... Went two-for-three while adding a hit and a RBI against Niagara (4/15) ... Tallied a hit and a run against Canisius (4/9) ... Contributed two hits, three runs, with a homerun against North Carolina (4/3).. Had a 1-for-3 day with a home run and two RBIs against Louisville (3/28) ... Homered against Towson, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs (3/15) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs against Pennsylvania (3/11) ... Slugged a double and a home run with two RBIs against Yale (3/11) ... Doubled, drove in two runs and stole a base against Nevada (2/22) ... Also pitched two scoreless innings ... Went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs against Long Beach State (2/21) ... Struck out four in 6.2 innings while only surrendering two earned runs against Loyola Marymount (2/20) ... Also walked twice at the plate ... Earned the win against B-CU, pitching 5.2 innings with three strikeouts and just two earned runs (2/14) ... Struck out six in a two-run, seven-inning performance against Akron (2/13) ... Also picked up two hits ... Pitched six innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts to get the win against Western Illinois (2/8) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs against Samford (2/7) ... Allowed just one run in five innings, striking out four and picking up the win against UIC (2/6).
Freshman Year (2014): First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region by NFCA ... First Team All-ACC selection ... Her 14 doubles is tied for third in a single-season at SU ... Won 16 games, which is tied for eighth in a single-season ... Started 27 games and made 36 appearances, good for eighth and ninth, respectively in a single-season ... Seven shutouts ranks third-highest in a single-season at SU ... Two saves during the season is tied for fifth ... Ranks ninth in a single-season at SU with 159 strikeouts and 10th in strikeouts per seven innings with 7.34 ... Selected Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week on March 18 ... Two-time ACC Player of the Week (3/17, 4/14) ... Two-time Corvias ECAC Softball Division I Metro-Upstate Co-Player of the Week (3/18, 4/15) ... Pitched the seventh no-hitter in program history and had 12 strikeouts in her collegiate debut in the season-opener against Austin Peay ... Also went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBIs ... Had a double and scored a run against McNeese State ... Against UC Davis, had a single and scored a run at the plate and earned the win in relief, going 2.2 innings while striking out six of the 11 batters she faced ... Was 2-for-3 with a double, stolen base and run scored and pitched a perfect seventh for first collegiate save against Cal Poly ... Smacked a double and scored two runs versus Long Beach State... Struck out 10 batters en-route to a complete-game shutout against Nebraska Omaha... Against Missouri, struck out two batters in 2.1 innings pitched... Struck out three batters in four innings against Auburn ... Allowed zero runs and struck out two batters in 2.2 innings against Fordham ... Struck out four batters in two innings in the finale at North Carolina ... Pitched a six-hit shutouts with 10 strikeouts and had a single at Elon ... Earned the win at Campbell, pitching four innings in relief with six strikeouts and only giving up two hits ... Also doubled and scored a run ... Went 2-for-3 at the plate with a three-run homer and scored another run at Appalachian State ... Tossed a one-hit shutout in the opener at Virginia with seven strikeouts and was a perfect 3-for-3 batting with a home run, a double, three RBIs and two runs scored ... In the second game at Virginia, struck out four and gave up just one run in four innings while recording a double and three RBIs ... In the finale at Virginia, was 2-for-5 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored ... Threw a one-hit shutout, matching a career-high 12 strikeouts while adding a single in the opener at Georgia Tech ... In the second game at Georgia Tech, pitched sixth complete game of the season, striking out four in seven innings ... Gave up four runs on three hits in a complete game win at Maryland ... In the nightcap at Maryland, doubled and scored a run ... Struck out 11 batters in 6.2 innnings in the opener versus NC State ... Went 1-for-2 in the finale against NC State ... Struckout five batters and pitched a complete game, two-hit shutout in the opener versus Binghamton ... In the second game, scored one run and struck out three batters in 3.0 innings pitched for the save ... Struckout six batters and only allowed one hit in the opener against Pittsburgh ... In the second game, went 4-for-4 with 4 RBIs, a double, a home run, and two runs scored ... Went 4-5 with 3 RBI, two doubles, and two runs scored in the final game at Pittsburgh ... Pitched a complete game, four-hitter in the opener versus Boston College ... Earned the win in relief in the nightcap against Boston College and was 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs, including the walk-off hit ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI at Colgate ... In the opener at Florida State, was 2-for-3 ... In game two at Florida State, was 3-for-3 at the plate and pitched a complete game ... Tossed a three-hit shutout with nine strikeouts against Niagara and had a two-run double ... Singled in each game at Canisius ... Pitched a career-high eight innings and struck out seven in a complete game win in the opener versus Virginia Tech ... In the finale against Virginia Tech, threw a complete game, three-hitter for the win ... In the ACC Championship against Virginia Tech, struck out two in 4.0 innings and walked and scored a run.
High School: Starter on the Cicero-North Syracuse (CNS) Northstars softball team since 8th grade ... Named Second-team All-League in 2009 as an 8th grader ... Earned All-CNY Team honors and Second Team all-state as a freshman ... Helped lead CNS to Morabito Tournmanet Champions while being named the MVP ... Selected the ALL-CNY Player of the Year and First Team all-state in 2011 and 2012 while helped team to the New York State Class AA Runner-up finish ... As a senior captain, led team to a Class AA state championship and Morabito Tournament Champions with a perfect 19-0 record, .160 ERA and 283 strikeouts in 128.2 innings ... Tossed three no-hitters including one pefect game ... At the plate, hit .500 with nine homers, 40 RBIs and nine doubles ... Recgonized as the New York State Gatorade Player of the Year, First Team all-state and All-CNY Player and Pitcher of the Year ... Honored as the Syracuse Believe to Achieve Award recipient in 2013 ... For her career compiled, compiled a 52-4 record with 741 strikeouts ... Blasted 25 home runs and 38 doubles in four-year varsity career ...
Personal: Sydney Paige O'Hara ... Born in August 1995 ... Daughter of James and Michele O'Hara ... Has two sisters ... Human Development and Family Science major with a Physical Education Coaching minor in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
