Eastern Connecticut State University

Feature Stories / Alyssa Vilchez
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2023: Pitcher and second baseman started all 41 games… selected to the NFCA All-New England Region 2 team, first-team All-LEC at utility and pitcher and as LEC Player-of the-Year and as a Pitcher-of-the-Week recipient… led the team in a number of categories, among them batting average (.349), hits (44), doubles (12), assists (72), and  multiple-hit games (11)… third on the team in multiple-RBI games (4) and also third by reaching base in nine straight games… had a fielding percentage of .981) and drive in 22 runs… third in the LEC in doubles and fifth in hits… one of two pitchers on the staff with more than 100 innings (113)… in 23 appearances and a staff-high 20 starts, was 12-4 with a 2.23 ERA, seven complete games and 50 strikeouts… started games batting leadoff and in the No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 slots… in a doubleheader against Rhode Island College, went 5-for-6 with three runs… qualified for the Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team and for a departmental Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award and as a member of the LEC All-Academic Team…

High School: Four-year starter in softball and volleyball and three-year starter in flag football… pitched and played second base in softball…  named Provincial MVP as a softball senior…four-year captain in softball and volleyball and senior captain in flag football.… three-year team MVP in softball who earned that honor twice in volleyball and once in flag football… four-year honor roll and senior recipient of high honors… growth and Excellence Media Award recipient as a senior…

PERSONAL: born Alyssa A. Vilchez February 21, 2001… Parents: Julie and Jose… Siblings: Samuel and Sophia… Major: Master’s Degree in Elementary Education…Career plans: Sports broadcasting in higher education… Residence: Brampton, ON...

ALYSSA...REVEALED

Favorite leisure-time activity: Watching tv and going on walks
Most difficult aspect of college: Balancing everything
Something that you hope that you will live to see: Turks and Caicos
Something that you tried once but would never do again: Jumping off a cliff into
water
Most difficult aspect of your sport: The mental game
Sport requiring the most strength: Gymnastics
Your favorite moment of all time: Winning a national championship with my friends in 2019
Your greatest thrill in sports: Winning and competition
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: TikTok
Most influential person in the world: Taylor Swift
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Customer service representative
World’s most recognizable person: Taylor Swift
Where’s your favorite place on earth: The beach or pool
What matters most to you: The people I love
Who is the one person to whom you can confide: Julia