Accolades:
Regional All-Tournament (2011)
All Conference: 3rd Team (2011, 2013, 2014)
ECAC DIII New England POTW: 4/2/13
GNAC Player of the Week: 4/1/13
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 5/2/11
GNAC All-Sportsmanship (2014)
GNAC Honor Roll: 3/21/11, 4/25/11
GNAC All-Academic (2014)
2014: Appeared in 36 games as a senior making 35 starts at second base...hit .303 and knocked in 20 runs to go along with a .320 on base percentage and a .353 slugging percentage...collected Third Team All-GNAC honors…began the season with a 2-4 performance including a double and two runs scored in a 3-2 win over Ohio Wesleyan on March 10th...in five games from March 28th to April 4th, went 10-19 with multiple hits in each game while driving in five runs and scoring eight...went 2-4 while ripping a double and driving in five on April 17th against Johnson and Wales...two days later on April 19th, went 2-4 with a double, a run scored, and two RBI…capped her career having played in 171 games as a four-year starting infielder…hit .319 (175-549) with 109 runs, 36 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 95 RBI and six stolen bases…capped her career as the Monks’ all-time leader in sacrifice hits (52) and also ranks fourth in games and at bats, and seventh in hits.
2013: Played and started in 46 games as a junior…hit .322 (46-143) with 26 runs, 11 doubles, a triple and 25 RBI…posted a .413 slugging percentage along with a .344 OBP…added 16 sacrifice bunts…made just six errors in 154 chances for a .961 fielding percentage…added 10 multiple-hit efforts and drove in two or more runs on three occasions…claimed Third team All-GNAC honors for the second time and was selected as the GNAC and ECAC New England Player of the Week on April 2nd…went 2-3 with a run, a double and an RBI in the Monks’ season-opener – a 7-1 victory over MCLA on March 10th…was 4-4 with a run, a double and an RBI in a 6-2 triumph over Albertus Magnus College on March 23rd…went 4-4 again with a run and an RBI in a 5-3 loss to Rivier University on March 28th and added four hits in four trips with three RBI in a 3-2 victory over Lasell College two days later…also went 2-3 with two runs and three RBI in a 14-0 nightcap win over the Lasers that day…was 5-7 with four runs scored, two doubles and a pair of RBI in a conference sweep over Emmanuel College on April 6th…went 2-3 with two runs, a double and an RBI in a victory over UNE on April 16th…was a perfect 3-3 with an RBI to help the Monks nip Simmons College, 3-2, on April 21st…went 2-3 with two runs and a double in a GNAC Tournament triumph over University of Saint Joseph on April 27th.
2012: Started in all 42 games as the Monks' primary second baseman…posted a .274 (37-135) average with 23 runs, eight doubles, one homerun, eight RBI, a slugging percentage of .356 and a .319 OBP...tallied six multiple-hit games, two multiple RBI games, and a hitting streak of six…went 2-3 with an RBI against Kenyon on March 13th…posted three hits in four tries with a RBI in a 3-0 win over Lasell College on March 20th…chipped in two hits in four attempts with a run, a double an RBI in a 4-0 win over Emerson College on March 30th…went 4-6 with two runs, two doubles, and two RBI in a double header sweep against Anna Maria College on March 31st…notched a 2-3 record with two runs and an RBI in a 13-1 win over Suffolk University on April 1st…went 2-3 with two runs and two doubles in a 11-1 win over Pine Manor College on April 9th…notched two hits in four tries with a double and three RBI in an 11-0 victory over Rivier College on April 13th.
2011: One of four SJC players to start all 47 games…hit .364 (56-154) with 11 doubles, three home runs and 32 RBI…led the team and ranked second in the GNAC with 15 sacrifice bunts…posted a .942 fielding percentage with nine errors in 156 chances…recorded 16 multiple-hit performances and eight mulit-RBI efforts...also posted a 14-game hitting streak as a rookie...collected Third Team All-GNAC and NCAA Regional All-Tournament honors…selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on May 2nd and was listed on the conference weekly honor roll three times…posted 16 multiple-hit efforts and drove in at least two runs in eight different games…collected her first NCAA hit – an RBI single in the fourth inning – in the Monks’ 2011 season-opener versus UMass.-Dartmouth on March 14th…went 2-3 with a run and a double against Kenyon on the same date…drove in three in a convincing win over Curry College on March 17th…was 2-3 with two runs, two RBI and her first college home run against Emerson College on March 26th…went 3-3 with a run, an RBI and her first career triple against Emmanuel College on April 8th…had five hits in eight at bats with three runs, an RBI and a two-bagger in a doubleheader versus UNE on April 19th…went 6-8 with four runs, two RBI and a double in a GNAC twinbill sweep over Pine Manor College on April 21st…added three hits, two runs and three RBI in a win over Norwich University on April 26th…went 3-4 with two runs and a career-high four RBI in a GNAC Tournament win over Rivier College on April 30th…went 2-2 with a double in the Monks’ NCAA Tournament victory over Endicott College on May 12th.
High School: Played three years of varsity softball for Jan Corliss at Bonny Eagle High School, making the Class A playoffs every year...started at shortstop her sophomore and junior years and started as a catcher her senior year...hit number 1-2-3 in the lineup and was captain junior and senior year...received team’s Most Dedicated honor as a junior and senior and collected Defensive MVP accolade as a senior...earned All-Conference honor as a senior and played in the East vs. West Senior All-Star game...also played soccer...garnered All-Academic award her senior year in both sports...named Most Dedicated Player as a senior and All-Conference as a sophomore in soccer...played for the Southern Maine Flame U16, U18 softball team for three years.
Personal: Connie Joye Grovo, born on April 12, 1992 in Portland, Maine...daughter of Jeffrey and Robin Grovo...majoring in Nursing.
