Doepking Announces Softball Class of 2022

HANOVER, N.H. – Head coach Shannon Doepking has announced the addition of six freshman to the softball program. The new members of the team are Emily Lipsett, Madie Augusto, Bryce West, Brooke Plonka, Billie McFadyen and Kira La Scola.

"I'm extremely excited about this recruiting class, said Doepking. "I think there is a lot of versatility from bringing in a righty and a lefty pitcher, to three bats that have the potential to change a game with one swing, and adding one of the fastest players that I have recruited since being at Dartmouth. These are all players who understand the expectation of our program and who ultimately want to help us win our fourth Ivy League championship."

Name: Emily Lipsett
Hometown/ High School: La Porte, Ind. / Culver Academies
Position: Outfield
Club team: Beverly Bandits
Accolades: Four-year varsity starting shortstop… four-time MVP... three-time captain... three-time All-State... three-time Athlete of the Month ... 2016 MaxPreps/NFCA Player of the Week … 2016 PGF National Champion with Beverly Bandits ... 2017 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week… 2018 INDY Star Sports Nominee... 2018 Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year... Holds the all-time state record for most consecutive games with a hit (55)... State leader in one or more categories with a career batting average of .669, .710 on-base percentage, 157 stolen bases and just four strike outs in 306 plate appearances.

Name: Madie Augusto
Hometown/High School: Novato, Calif. / Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
Position: Pitcher
Club Team: All American Sports Academy
Accolades: 2018: Captain … SI MVP … WCAL Pitcher of the Year … WCAL First Team All-League, Second Team All-State … First Team All-CCS … Cal Hi Nor Cal Player of the Week … Max Preps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week … First Team All-Bay Area … San Francisco Player of the Year.
2017: SI Defensive MVP … WCAL First Team All-League … Second Team All-CCS … Third Team All-Bay Area. 2016: WCAL Pitcher of the Year … WCAL First Team All-League … Third Team All-CCS. 2015: WCAL Second Team All-League … Third Team All-CCS.

Name: Bryce West
Hometown/ High School: Cypress, Texas / Cypress Ranch High School
Position: RHP, First Base, Third Base
Club Team: HTX Firecrackers-Garza
Accolades: 2016 First Team CFISD All-District … 2016 CFISD All-Academic … 2017 Second Team CFISD All-District … 2017 CFISD All-Academic … 2018 First Team CFISD All-District … 2018 UIL Texas Academic All-State … 2018 CFISD All-Academic.

Name: Brooke Plonka
Hometown/ High School: Marilla, N.Y. / Iroquois High School
Position: Pitcher
Club Team: Amherst Lightning, New Jersey Intensity
Accolades: First Team All-ECIC … ECIC Pitcher and Player of the Year … Bee Team Pitcher of the Year … WNY Athletics Team … All-WNY Scholar Athlete … First Team All WNY … First Team All-State.

Name: Billie McFadyen
Hometown/ high school: Flower Mound, Texas / Marcus High School
Position: Shortstop, Second Base
Club team: Glory Adkins
Accolades: 2016 First team All-District & MVP ... 2017 Offensive Player of the district, MVP, All Metroplex Team ... 2018 First team All-District, Offensive Player, All-Metroplex Team

Name: Kira La Scola
Hometown/ High School: Orange, Calif., Lutheran High School
Position: First Base
Club Team: CA Explosion
Accolades: 2017 Second team All-League … 2018 First team All-League … NSCA All-American Athlete Award … First Team All-County … Named to the All-State Team.

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Players Mentioned

Madie Augusto

Kira La Scola

Emily Lipsett

Billie McFadyen

Brooke Plonka

Bryce West

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Schedules

Completed Event: Softball versus Columbia on April 4, 2026 , Loss , 6, to, 18

Completed Event: Softball versus Columbia on April 4, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 8

Completed Event: Softball at Holy Cross on April 8, 2026 , Win , 11, to, 2

Upcoming Event: Softball versus Cornell on April 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Upcoming Event: Softball versus Cornell on April 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Upcoming Event: Softball versus Cornell on April 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM