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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

2024 Softball Roster

McKenna Wines
Cornnell Chu
Maggie Allen
Tavana Mercado
Patrick Murphy

15 Lauren Latoria

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown St. Charles, Ill.
  • High School Montini Catholic
  • B/T R/R
  • Major Aviation Business Administration

Biography

• 2024 All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team (Designated Player)
• 2023 All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team (Designated Player)
• 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2023 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete
• 2023 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2022 All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team (Designated Player)
• 2022 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete
• 2022 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2021 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2020 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2024 (Graduate): Named to the All-SSC Second Team for a third-straight season as a designated player…competed in 48 games with 42 starts…accumulated three doubles, three triples and a home run…scored four times and drove in 20 runners… ended her career with the fifth-most games played (152), seventh-most starts (130), tied seventh-most RBI (59), tied eighth-most triples (5), and tied tenth-most hits (104) in program history…became just the ninth member of the Blue and Gold to tally four or more hits in a game (4-for-4) against Chadron St. (Feb. 4)…she also touched home twice and brought five Eagles in to score, which tied for the second most in a game in program history…singled to right field to drive in the game-winning run in a 2-1 walk-off win over UVA-Wise (March 12)…produced a three-RBI double in a four-RBI performance against West Georgia (March 19)…laid a perfect bunt down in the eighth inning to bring in the game-winning run from second against Lynn (April 5).


2023 (Senior): Returned to the All-SSC Second Team…received CSC Academic All-District honors…named an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…included on the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…served as the Eagles’ primary designated player…played in 49 games…started 43, all at DP…hit .270 with nine runs and 22 RBIs, second-most on the team…helped the Eagles set a team program record for stolen bases in a single season with one swiped bag…tied for the most multi-RBI games on the team (6)…Brought the game-winning run home against Winona State (Mar. 8)…went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI later that evening versus Alderson Broaddus…matched her career high in hits (3) two days later against Queens (Mar. 10)…used a double in the contest to help ERAU tie the team single game program record for two-baggers…also scored twice and brought in a pair of runners…strung together a six-game hitting stream from Mar. 31-Apr. 7…produced three multi-RBI performances in that span…began the streak with her first career home run while battling the Fighting Knights (Apr. 1)…used a two-RBI single to put ERAU up 5-3 in the 14th inning at RV Nova Southeastern (Apr. 7)…had a strong series at Eckerd (Apr. 27-28) by going 4-for-8 with two runs and five RBIs.

2022 (Sophomore): Selected to the All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team…tabbed as a National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete…included on the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…appeared in 45 of the Eagles’ 46 games with 40 starts as the designated player…hit .314 with five runs and 16 RBI…struck out fewer times than any other starter (8)…started the season with a five-game hitting streak…tallied nine multi-hit outings…went a perfect 3-for-3 against Barry (May 7)…used two doubles to score once and plate three Eagles in a 10-2 win over Midwestern State (March 15).

2021: Named to Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2020 (Freshman): Received SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll distinction…played in nine games with five starts...recorded her first career hit against Lynn (Feb. 15)...went 2-5 with a run in the series...drove in a run against Barry (Feb. 22)...finished the season with an .833 fielding percentage.

Prep: Played at Montini Catholic High School for Mike Bukovsky and Erin Bradarich…two-time IHSA state champion.
 
Personal: Born in St. Charles, Illinois…daughter of Cynthia and Phillip Latoria…majoring in Aviation Business Administration…sister Alex Latoria was a member of the softball team at the University of Evansville…volunteers with Phil’s Friends in Roselle, Illinois.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2020Freshman

    Infielder/Pitcher
    5'4"
    15
  • 15

    2021Sophomore

    Infielder/Pitcher
    5'4"
    15
  • 15

    2022Sophomore

    Utility
    5'3"
    15
  • 15

    2023Senior

    Designated Player
    5'3"
    15
  • 15

    2024Graduate Student

    Utility
    5'3"
    15