Leila Hennessy

Rachel McCarroll

/ Softball

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Leila Hennessy softball action versus Tennessee

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Leila Hennessy softball action in game two against Brown

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Leila Hennessy softball action versus Yale

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Class:
Senior
Position:
Infielder
Hometown:
San Francisco, Calif.
High School:
St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Height:
5-5
Major:
Biology

Senior (2025): Played in 38 games, starting 36 of them…Recorded 23 hits during the season…Had 32 put outs in the field with 59 assists…Ended the season with a .900 fielding percentage…Played with the Irish National Softball Team as part of the U22 European Championship.

Junior (2024): Started all 35 games as a junior … Hit .257 with 14 RBIs … Homered in a win over Penn, helping the Big Green secure a series sweep (4/28) … Six multi-hit games, including five during Ivy League play … Hit a three-run double during the series opener at Penn (4/27).

Sophomore (2023): Appeared in 34 games, including 27 starts as a sophomore ... Totaled 41 hits, including seven doubles ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run against Notre Dame ... Batted in a run during Dartmouth's home win over Merrimack (4/19).

Freshman (2022): One of three players to appear in all 44 games for the Big Green, including 43 starts ... finished the year with 135 runs, the second-most on the team ... recorded six doubles and 14 RBIs ... registered her first-career home run against Yale (3/26) and finished the series with two ... closed the year with a fielding percentage of .990, committing just two errors.

Before Dartmouth: Four-year letter winner in softball and was named a team captain … named WCAL First Team All-League as a freshman and Second Team All-League as a sophomore … named WCAL Defensive MVP as a sophomore and a senior.

Personal: Daughter of Cathal and Aisling Hennessy and has one brother … four-year member of the academic honor roll … plans on studying biology … enjoys camping, hiking and swimming.