Skip To Main Content

Cornell University Athletics

2020 Softball Roster

Darl Zehr/Cornell Athletics

44 Bridgette Rooney

  • Position Infield
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School John Jay Senior HS
  • Hometown Hopewell Junction, N.Y.

Biography

As a senior (2020)

• Named Ivy League Player of the Week for Feb. 24 following a week in which she hit .667 over five games with 10 hits in 15 at-bats.
• Made nine starts for the Big Red at first base during a shortened season.
• Led the team with a .483 batting average on 14-of-29 hitting, including six extra-base hits with four doubles and two home runs.
• Finished second on the team with six RBI.
• Closes career with 26 home runs, ranking fifth in program history.
 

As a junior (2019)

• Named to the All-Ivy second team after hitting .307 with a team-high eight home runs and 29 RBI while starting all 46 contests. 
• Scored 19 runs and slugged a team-best .540 for the season. 
• Her 29 RBI ranked third in the Ivy League and her eight home runs was second, including an Ivy-best seven of them in conference play. 
• Was 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs and six RBI in game one against Brown and slammed a walk-off three-run shot to claim a series win over Princeton. 
• Went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBI at Morgan State.
• Also had three-hit games against Sacred Heart and Colgate.
• Had seven multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games during the season.
 

As a sophomore (2018)

• Batted .224 with six home runs and 20 RBI in 38 games (37 starts).
• Added five doubles and 12 runs scored while fielding at a .987 clip at first base.
• Her six home runs was tied for ninth-best in the Ivy League.
• Blasted a walk-off grand slam in the season-opening win against Bethune-Cookman.
• Went 3-for-3 with two homers, three RBI and two runs scored at Bucknell.
• Homered twice at Colgate, going 2-for-4.
• Also hit a home run at Yale.
• Was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI in the series-opening win at Princeton.
 

As a freshman (2017)

• Tied for the league lead in home runs (10) and was fifth in RBI (30) as a freshman.
• Hit .272 with a .574 slugging percentage, added seven doubles and a pair of triples.
• Scored 18 runs while starting all 42 games.
• Opened her career with a six-game hit streak, homering in her first collegiate at bat against Long Island.
• Posted six multi-hit games.
• Had a walk-off home run in game two against Penn to give Cornell a 9-7 win.
• Was 3-for-4 with two home runs, five RBI and a pair of runs scored while also walking in a win over Siena.
• Went 3-for-5 with a double at Columbia.
• Walked and doubled in two runs as part of a Big Red sixth-inning rally from down 6-0 to top Princeton, 9-7.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Rooney was a three-time all-league and all-section pick while playing at John Jay Senior HS.
• Was part of two league and sectional championship teams.
• She served as team captain as a senior.
• She also captained the TC Tremors 3n2 Gold club team.
 

Personal

• Bridgette Elizabeth Rooney is the daughter of Paul and Susan Rooney and has a younger sister and brother.
• She is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2016-17Freshman

    Infield
    6'1"
    44
  • 44

    2017-18Sophomore

    Infield
    6'1"
    44
  • 44

    2018-19Junior

    Infield
    6'1"
    44
  • 44

    2019-20Senior

    Infield
    6'1"
    44