2021 (Graduate Student):
Chi Alpha Sigma honoree...
Batted .128 with a .163 on-base percentage, six hits, two walks, three RBI, three runs scored and one stolen base in 16 games played (all starts).
2020 (Senior):
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic... Chi Alpha Sigma inductee... Named to SUNYAC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Junior):
Named to SUNYAC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll... Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete... Started in 31 games, while tallying 29 hits, 12 RBI, five doubles and one home run with a batting average of .299... Tallied nine multi-hit games, including a career-high four hits in a 9-3 win at SUNY New Paltz on April 23, 2019.
High School: Was a three-sport athlete at Brewster High School, competing in girls' volleyball (two years), girls' basketball (three years) and softball (two years)... In softball, earned All-Conference, All-League and All-Section honors her senior season.
Personal: Daughter of Fred Merkel and Marilyn Bruen Merkel.
Plattsburgh State Career Statistics
| Year |
Avg. |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SF |
SB-SBA |
| 2019 |
.297 |
32-31 |
97 |
15 |
29 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
4-4 |
| 2020 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2021 |
.128 |
16-16 |
47 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1-1 |
| Totals |
.243 |
48-47 |
144 |
18 |
35 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
5-5 |
