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2025 Softball Roster

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9 Ashleigh Tavaska

  • Position Shortstop
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Jackson Liberty
  • Hometown Jackson, N.J.
  • Major Health Science

Biography

2025: Spring Academic Honor Roll, Presidents’ LevelD2CCA Division II East Region Player of the Year... D2CCA Division II All-East Region First Team... NFCA Division II All East-Region First Team... NFCA All-American Third Team... CACC Softball Player of the Year... All-CACC First Team... CACC Student-Athlete of the Month, March 2025... CSC Academic All-District... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... Fall 2024 Academic Honor Roll, Presidents' Level... CACC Player of the Week, 4/7... CACC Player of the Week, 3/24... Slashed .442/.456/.838 for a 1.294 OPS... Swatted 17 doubles, seven triples and 10 home runs, scoring 44 runs and driving in 59... Four-year starter at shortstop is fourth in Caldwell history in hits (259), fifth in home runs (22), eighth in batting average (.389), third in RBI (182), fifth in doubles (60), first in triples (16), sixth in runs (149), ninth in SB (45), first in total bases (417), fifth in slugging (.627)...

2024: All-CACC First Team... CACC Player of the Week (3/25)... D2CCA Division II All-East Region First Team... NFCA First Team Division II All-East Region... CSC Academic All-District Softball Honors... CACC All-Academic... Ranks 4th in CACC with 52 RBIs and 5th with a batting average of .430... Recorded 34 runs, 65 hits, 96 assists, and 78 putouts... Also had 7 home runs including a season high of 2 vs. Post (3/19)...

2023CACC Second Team All-Conference... NFCA Second Team Division II All-East Region... D2CCA Second Team Division II All-East Region...

2022: CACC Second Team All-Conference... Started 56 games... Batted .335 with 42 runs scored, 62 hits, nine doubles, two triples, 5 HRs and 32 RBI... Went 20-for-21 in stolen bases. 

Prior to Caldwell: All High School: MVP for cross country Freshman and Senior year, MVP for softball Freshman Sophomore and Senior year, MVP Award The Shore Conference for softball ,Shore Conference Of High Schools Sportsmanship Award for, Senior of the Month February, Athlete of the Month 2x, Tim Osborn Athletic Award, 100 hit club...

Summer Team: NJ Outlaws-Walsh, NJ Flames Gold

About Ashleigh: Parents Steve and Kim... Sister Kearyn, 29... Brother Kyle, 24... Sister Emily is a freshman on the Caldwell softball team... I chose Caldwell "to continue my athletic success and play softball."... After graduating "I plan on becoming a Physical Therapist."... Fun Fact: "I was a 3 sport 4-year varsity athlete in high school."...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2022Freshman

    SS
    5'6"
    9
  • 9

    2023Sophomore

    SS
    5'6"
    9
  • 9
    C

    2024Junior

    SS
    5'7"
    9
    C
  • 9

    2025Senior

    Shortstop
    5'7"
    9