09/23/10

#23 - Bailey Vertovez
Position: Utility
Year: Senior
Hometown: West Islip, N.Y.
High School: West Islip
Bats/Throws:R/R
House Affiliation: Winthrop

 

Senior • 2009
Team captain ... Enters the season sixth in the Harvard record book with 5.60 strikeouts per game, seventh in career sacrifice hits with 20 and tied for seventh in career batting average against with a .273 mark.

Junior • 2008
Named the Ivy League Player of the Week March 25 after going 7 for 19 at the plate with three runs, four RBI and one double in six games ... Started 38 games at shortstop and nine on the mound ... Led the team with 13 sacrifice bunts and 103 assists in the field, the former good for a tie for third and the latter good for a tie for fifth in the Crimson’s all-time single-season record book ... Batted .266 with 17 runs on 29 hits, including three doubles and one home run with nine RBI ... Was 4 for 6 on the basepaths and fielded at a .948 clip ... Went 1-3 and had one save on the mound with a 5.04 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 33.1 innings of work ... Opposing players hit just .225 (9 for 40) with two outs ... Was 3 for 3 with one run scored and two RBI in a 7-6 win over Birmingham Southern March 21 ... Gave up one earned run on three hits in three innings of work March 27 against Maine to pick up her lone save of the season ... Gave up three runs, one earned, on four hits in 4.1 innings of work in a 6-3 win at Yale April 13 to earn the win ... Hit a home run and knocked in two runs in a 5-2 win at Dartmouth April 27.

Sophomore • 2007
Appeared in 39 games, starting 32 ... Made 23 starts in rightfield and also started games in left, at short and as the designated player ... Pitched in nine games with six starts ... Registered 12 strikeouts in 22.1 innings ... Struck out five and walked just one in a five-inning no-hitter against St. Joseph’s for Harvard’s first win of the season (March 4) ... Pitched an inning of perfect relief to notch a save at Quinnipiac (April 19) ... Scored tying run in Harvard’s 11-8 comeback win at Dartmouth to clinch the Ivy League North Division championship (May 1) ... Started five-game hitting streak (March 3-10) with single against Michigan State ... Had four multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 effort in 9-8 win against Wright State in the Mercer Nissan Invitational (March 24) ... Went 2 for 2 with a run batted in against Brown (April 22) and was 2 for 4 with two runs scored March 11 against Miami (Ohio) ... Played collegiately on her native Long Island for the first time in NCAA Regional at Hofstra.

Freshman • 2006
Led the team with a .317 batting average ... Started in 22 games—seven at pitcher—and appeared in 37 games ... Had 20 hits with 14 runs scored, seven RBI, and three stolen bases ... Hit a double with two runs scored and an RBI in the 6-2 win at Brown ... Went 2-for-4 in a 5-1 win over Holy Cross and then went 3-for-4 in the 6-1 win over Holy Cross ... Hit safely in seven of nine games from April 23 to May 5 ... Had a 3.40 ERA, third-lowest on the team ... Posted a 5-2 record with two complete games ... Finished second on the team in strike outs with 66 in 68 innings of work ... Pitched a complete game in a 3-2 victory over Boston University allowing only two hits and two unearned runs while striking out 11 ... Retired 10 batters in seven innings of work in Harvard’s 9-4 win over Iona ... Struck out at least one batter in 18 of 20 appearances from March 4 to April 29.

Before Harvard
Four-year letterwinner in softball and soccer...Team captain and MVP in soccer...Two-time Best Defensive Player and Hardest Worker award recipient in soccer, along with being named to the All-Conference team three-times...Named Rookie of the Year in softball...Named MVP for three years...Named to the All-Region team...Two-time All-Long Island and All-State team...Team captain for two years...Holds the West Islip strikeout record (973)...Received Pitcher of the Year Award.

Personal
Concentrating in Economics ... A Peer Advising Fellow and a Peer Mentor for Winthrop House.