Sara Plourde (’12) in Sport’s Illustrated

Sociology student Sara Plourde (’12) was highlighted in
Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd!

Plourde, a senior righthander at UMass, fanned the 1,344th batter of her career to break the Atlantic 10 record (set by Olympian Danielle Henderson) in a 1-0 win over Quinnipiac at the Minutewomen’s home opener. Plourde, who led Division I in strikeouts for the past two seasons, has a 2.29 ERA and leads D-I again this year with 304 K’s through Sunday (1,425 total, good for 11th place in D-I history).