Marist Record Book: Currently has two spots in the Marist Record Book: #10 overall in stolen bases in a season (21) and tied for 10th in Home Runs in a season (8).
2014: MAAC All-Academic Team…Birnbaum appeared in 43 games for the Red Foxes, making 42 starts this season…She had a .208 batting average, compiling 21 hits and 15 runs in 101 at bats…She notched two homers and 10 RBIS with a .267 slug percentage and tallying a .305 on base percentage…At second base, she notched 75 putouts and 66 assists for the Red Foxes…She had a three-game hitting streak from April 23 to April 26…Birnbaum had a season-high five at bats against Jacksonville on March 20…She scored a season-high two runs in the team’s victory over Fairfield on March 29…She posted a season-high three hits over NC Central on March 1…Birnbaum nailed a homer against Villanova on April 1 before posting her second of the season vs. Saint Peter’s on May 4, where she also claimed a season-high two RBIs…Defensively, she added a season-high eight putouts over Iona in the MAAC Championship Tournament on May 9…She also had a season-high five assists vs. Jacksonville on March 20.
2014 Game-by-Game
2013: MAAC All-Academic Team… Appeared in 29 games and started 17… All of the games started came at 2b… Tallied nine hits on the year with four runs batted in… March 10 vs. Rhode Island had a multi-hit game going 2-3 with two homeruns and three RBI’s on the day… Scored nine runs in the season… Stole three bases.
2013 Game-by-Game
2012: MAAC All-Academic Team ... Played in 47 games and made 44 starts with the majority of her action at second base ... Ranked sixth in the MAAC with 11 stolen bases ... Had the third-most home runs (5) and third-highest slugging percentage (.480) on the Red Foxes ... Recorded her first career triple on Feb. 25 versus Utah Valley ... Twice had a season-high three hits: at Hartford on Mar. 28 and at Lafayette on Apr. 26 ... Drove in a season-high three RBIs at home on Apr. 21 versus Niagara ... Had a 7-game hit streak from Apr. 28 (vs. Canisius) to May 6 (at Iona) and raised her average from .240 to .287.
2011: MAAC Rookie of the Week: April 11 ... Played in and started all 55 games, seeing time on the field at both second and third base in the majority of her starts ... Ranked fifth in the MAAC in both the Home Run (8) and RBI (36) categories ... Her home run total led the Red Foxes, while she was second in RBIs ... Twice had 4-game hit streaks Mar. 5-Mar. 13 & Mar. 15-Mar.18 ... Had a season-high four hits and three runs scored vs. Morgan State on Mar. 14 ... Drove in a season-high five RBIs on Apr. 16 at Saint Peter's ... Hit her first career home run versus Rutgers at the Hampton University Tournament on Mar. 4.
Prior To Marist: Was a two-time All-Nassau County selection in softball and volleyball. ... Competed scholastically at Long Beach High School. ... Was named her high school's Rookie of the Year in 2007 and Clutch Player of the Year in 2009. ... Helped her team to the 2007 New York State Championship in Class AA and the 2009 Nassau County Championship in the division. ... In 2008, she was named Second Team All- Long Island. ... Birnbaum also competed for the Sudden Impact LI 18U Gold. ... Prior to her time with Sudden Impact, she pitched a no hitter in 2005 on the 14U Long Island Express at the Pony National Tournament in Sterling, Va. ... Was a three-year participant in the Athletes Helping Athletes program a member of the National Honor Society and a four-year member of the High Honor Roll.
Major: Biology/Adolescence Education
Career Statistics:
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YR.
|
AVG.
|
GP-GS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
TB
|
SLG%
|
BB
|
HBP
|
SO
|
GDP
|
OB%
|
SF
|
SH
|
SB-ATT
|
PO
|
A
|
E
|
FLD%
|
|
2011
|
.243
|
55-55
|
152
|
29
|
37
|
7
|
0
|
8
|
36
|
68
|
.447
|
20
|
2
|
43
|
1
|
.337
|
1
|
4
|
2-3
|
63
|
94
|
10
|
.940
|
|
2012
|
.283
|
47-44
|
127
|
23
|
36
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
23
|
61
|
.480
|
11
|
1
|
38
|
0
|
.343
|
1
|
2
|
11-14
|
66
|
78
|
8
|
.947
|
|
2013
|
.176
|
29-17
|
51
|
12
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
15
|
.294
|
4
|
0
|
26
|
0
|
.236
|
0
|
0
|
3-3
|
26
|
37
|
3
|
.955
|
|
2014
|
.208
|
43-42
|
101
|
15
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
10
|
27
|
.267
|
12
|
3
|
33
|
0
|
.305
|
2
|
9
|
5-7
|
75
|
66
|
8
|
.946
|
|
TOT
|
.228
|
174-158
|
431
|
79
|
103
|
13
|
2
|
17
|
73
|
171
|
.372
|
47
|
6
|
140
|
1
|
.305
|
4
|
15
|
21-27
|
230
|
275
|
29
|
.947
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