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2015 RMU Softball Roster

9 Tess Apke

9 Tess Apke

  • Position:
    OF
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
  • Highschool:
    Mt. Lebanon

Summary

Biography

2015 Game-by-Game Statistics
2014 Game-by-Game Statistics
2013 Game-by-Game Statistics
2012 Game-by-Game Statistics

Awards
- 2014 All-Northeast Conference First Team
- 2014 Capital One Academic All-District First Team
- 3-Time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

Worth Noting
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Has notched 132 hits, 74 runs and 66 RBI in 139 games in her first three seasons
- Her 24 doubles and 19 home runs rank among the top seven in program history entering 2015
- Posted a hitting streak of at least 12 games in each of her first two seasons
 
2014 Highlights (Junior):
- Voted All-Northeast Conference First Team as an outfielder
- Earned Capital One Academic All-District First Team honors, one of just three NEC players to claim the award in 2014
- Started 47 of 49 games, with 46 of those starts coming in the outfield (44 in RF, two in CF)
- Led Robert Morris in a bevy of offensive categories, including career highs in batting average (.354), on base percentage (.382) and slugging percentage (.558)
- Her .354 average ranks as one of the top 20 marks in RMU single-season history
- Also topped the squad in runs (25), hits (52), RBI (25), doubles (nine), home runs (seven), total bases (82) and multiple-RBI games (six), setting career highs in five of the final six categories
- Ranked among the top five in the league in average, SLG%, hits and total bases at the end of the regular season
- Hit .483 with an .897 slugging percentage with runners on base and two outs
- Delivered a number of key blasts as four of her long balls pushed RMU into the lead when it did not previously have it
- Homered in the seventh inning against nationally ranked UCLA to turn a deficit into a lead with RMU down to its final strike Feb. 14
- Went 4-for-4 with a homer and a double in a win over local rival Pitt April 1, tying the single-game school record for hits
- That performance was part of a 6-for-6 combined outing in the doubleheader against the Panthers
- Honored in the league’s Player of the Week category for the first time after those efforts April 7
- Blasted a homer to turn a deficit into a lead in the sixth inning against Furman Feb. 28
- Started the game with a leadoff homer in a Feb. 23 win at Charlotte and finished with three RBI
- Those long balls were part of a stretch in which she homered in three consecutive games (Feb. 23-28)
- Hit a scalding .426 with a .721 slugging percentage in road games
- Went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and an outfield assist in a win at Mount St. Mary’s April 6
- Knocked a walk-off single with two outs in extra innings against Bowling Green Feb. 8
- Was 3-for-4 with a RBI double against Cornell March 16
- Scored the game’s only run in a 1-0 win at Cleveland State Feb. 9
- Tied for the team lead with a career high 13 multi-hit games
- Was held hitless in consecutive games only twice in the entire season
- Drilled a two-run homer as part of a 2-for-4 effort against Bryant April 18
- Scored a run in six straight games from Feb. 22 through March 1

2013 Highlights (Sophomore):
- Started 47 of a possible 48 games (44 in RF and three in CF)
- Led the team in total bases (69) and runs scored (29), topping freshman year marks in both categories
- Was third on the team in batting average (.295), slugging percentage (.473) and RBI (21)
- Finished second on the squad in hits (43) and tied for second in both doubles (eight) and home runs (six)
- Hit .348 with a .652 slugging percentage with runners in scoring position
- Tallied a team season-high 12-game hitting streak from March 29 through April 20
- Drilled a two-run homer against Lehigh March 12 to the tie the game in an eventual win
- Knocked a three-run homer the next day against Creighton to turn a deficit into a lead that provided the margin of victory
- Went a combined 4-for-7 with three runs scored and a steal in a doubleheader sweep of Pitt April 3
- Posted a two-out, two-strike single in the bottom of the eighth to lead RMU to a 1-0 win over LIU Brooklyn April 20
- Homered on the second day of the season for the second straight year with a two-run blast against St. Bonaventure Feb. 9
- Plated the game’s only run with a two-out single at Fairleigh Dickinson April 7
- Scored a career-high three runs April 9 against Kent State
- Hit a two-run homer in an extra-inning win at Charlotte Feb. 24
- Singled and came around to score the winning run in RMU’s last at bat of a 2-1 victory against Mount St. Mary’s March 29
- Was 3-for-6 with a double and scored the only run in the opening game in a doubleheader sweep of Quinnipiac May 4
- Doubled in both ends of a doubleheader sweep at Saint Francis April 16
- Batted .407 (11-for-27) when leading off an inning
- Finished with 10 multi-hit games and six outings with multiple RBI

2012 Highlights (Freshman):
- Competed in 45 games in her rookie season, starting 40, including 33 in right field
- Hit .289 (37-for-128) and provided power in the form of a .484 slugging percentage
- Tied for the team lead in doubles (seven) and was third in both home runs (six) and total bases (62)
- Led RMU rookies with 20 runs scored and also added 20 RBI
- Named NEC Rookie of the Week May 7 after hitting .467 during a 3-1 week for RMU, which included a win over Pittsburgh
- Hit the game-winning homer in the seventh inning of her collegiate debut, leading RMU to a 1-0 win over Ohio Feb. 18
- The home run also represented her first-career hit
- Hit .350 with a .700 SLG% with two outs and runners in scoring position
- Tied for second on the team in 2-out RBI with 12
- Finished the season on a 13-game hitting streak, the longest by a Colonial in 2012
- Hit .383 over that 13-game stretch
- Posted a .385 batting average in the NEC Tournament while hitting out of the leadoff spot
- Had nine multi-hit games, including her first-career three-hit game May 3 at Youngstown State
- Notched six multi-RBI games, including two three-RBI efforts
- Hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to tie an eventual win April 1 against Fairleigh Dickinson
- Went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in the home opener March 28 against Cleveland State
- RMU was 24-14 (.632) when Apke started in the outfield
- Apke started in seven different spots in the batting order
- Stole three bases without being caught, including her first-career steal Feb. 25 in an extra-win vs. Kennesaw State

Pre-RMU:
- Named AAAA all-state first team in her senior season
- Also selected as one of 10 All-Stars by both the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review after hitting .425 in 2011
- Earned all-state first team honors in 2010 after leading Mt. Lebanon to the state title
- Hit .385 with five home runs and 25 RBI with a .442 on-base percentage en route to the title
- Provided the game's only offense in both the state championship and state quarterfinal games by banging home runs in each to carry Mt. Lebanon to a pair of 1-0 victories
- Named to the Tribune-Review's Terrific Ten list in 2010 while also helping the Blue Devils win the WPIAL championship
- Was a four-time all-section honoree
- Competed for the Pittsburgh Road Runners during summer competition
- Was a high school teammate of former Colonial Geena Badolato
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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2012Freshman

    Infielder / Outfielder
    9
  • 9

    2013Sophomore

    Outfielder/Infielder
    9
  • 9

    2014Junior

    Outfielder
    9
  • 9

    2015Senior

    Outfielder
    9