Accolades:
All-GNAC: 2nd Team (2015)
GNAC Pitcher of the Week: 4/13/15
GNAC All-Academic (2014, 2015, 2016)
2016: Appeared in 14 games with 12 starts as a senior pitcher...went 4-5 with a 5.16 ERA over 58.1 innings pitched...struck out 45 batters during her last collegiate campaign...received her first win of the season versus Sage on March 7th...tallied four strikeouts over 7.0 innings pitched that game...collected five strikeouts over seven innings to receive her second win of the season against Norwich on April 10th...tossed seven innings with a season-high 10 strikeouts in a conference win over Rivier on April 16th...tossed another seven innings with six strikeouts in a win over cross-town rival Southern Maine on April 28th...totaled 185.0 innings pitched over the course of her four years as a Monk...GNAC All-Academic 2016.
2015: Made 13 appearances in the circle as a junior…started 11 games for the Monks going 5-2 with a 2.24 ERA over 56.1 innings pitched…struck out 29 batters and held opponents to a .245 batting average…picked up a complete game victory with two strikeouts over Norwich on April 3…followed up that performance by pitching a complete game shutout victory with five strikeouts versus Simmons on April 7…pitched five innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts to pick up the win against Emmanuel on April 11…pitched two shutout innings in relief while allowing only one hit and striking out one versus Bowdoin on April 22.
2014: Made nine appearances with seven starts as a sophomore pitcher…compiled a 6-1 record with a 2.30 ERA while fanning 16 batters in 45.2 innings…allowed 42 hits and walked 11 batters while yielding a .243 opponents’ batting average…pitched 8 innings in a 2-1 win over MCLA on March 11th allowing only four hits and no earned runs…pitched seven shutout innings against Johnson and Wales on April 17th leading the Monks to a 6-0 win.
2013: Made eight appearances with two starts in the circle as a freshman pitcher…posted a 0.85 ERA with 21 strikeouts and 19 hits allowed in 24.2 innings…went 2-1 overall with a stellar .207 opponents’ batting average…made her first NCAA appearance with an inning in relief versus Wheaton (Ill.) on March 12th…collected her first collegiate victory two days later after allowing one unearned run off six hits with eight strikeouts in a 7-1 triumph over Albright…posted solid relief outings versus Lasell College (3/30), Emmanuel College (4/6) and Anna Maria College (4/13)…improved to 2-0 on the year after yielding two runs off three hits and five walks with five K’s in a 4-2 victory over USM on April 18th.
High School: Played four years of varsity softball for Katelyn Rideout at Somersworth High School...helped her team make an appearance in the Division 3 tournament three of those years including a state championship appearance her junior year...named a captain as a senior and recorded her 500th strikeout in her senior game…ended her career with 510 strikeouts…named to the New Hampshire Division 3 All-State First Team her senior year and recorded honorable mention both her sophomore year and junior year…earned Fosters Dream Team accolades both her junior and senior years and honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore…was recognized by the New Hampshire governor as a both a State Scholar and Scholar-Athlete for maintaining a 4.0 GPA and participation in one or more varsity sports…also participated in volleyball and basketball.
Personal: Erica Lynn Boulanger, born in Dover, NH...daughter of Rick and Cheryl Boulanger...majoring in Nursing.
