Erica Field

Year:
Senior
Position:
Catcher/Utility
Height:
5-6
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Manassas, Va.
High School:
Osbourn Park
Major:
Finance

2016 as a Senior
• NFCA First Team All-Region
• CAA Defensive Player of the Year
• CAA All-Tournament Team
• First Team All-CAA
• Drafted by the USSSA Pride in the 3rd round (18 overall) 2016 NPF Draft
• Broke the JMU All-Time Career Hits record (233) with a solo home run at No. 21 Arizona State
• CAA Player of the Week 2/23/16
• Started all 56 games this season at catcher without committing a single error
• Threw out 13 of 26 attempted steals
• Broke JMU all-time career records for at bats, hits, doubles, sac flies and putouts
• Tied for first on the JMU all-time career records for games started and games played
• Produced 14 multi-hit games this season, including five three-hit outings
• Lead the CAA in chances, putouts and caught stealing by
• Held a perfect fielding percentage behind the plate, catching the nation's second best pitching staff

2015 as a Junior
• CAA Defensive Player of the Year
• First Team All-CAA
• NFCA First Team All-Northeast Region
• ECAC Second Team All-Star
• VaSID First Team All-State
• CAA Championship All-Tournament Team
• CAA Player of the Week (4/20)
• ECAC Player of the Week (4/21)
• Started all 58 games this season
• Broke four JMU single-season records for batting average (.427), hits (85), doubles (21) and total bases (139) while turning in a second-best 62 RBIs
• Set three JMU career records for doubles, RBIs and putouts
• In regular season, ranked fourth in the country in doubles per game (.42) and 43rd in batting average (.439)
• Led CAA in batting average, hits, RBIs, doubles, total bases and putouts
• Held a .998 fielding percentage behind the plate, catching for the nation's fourth-best pitching staff during the regular season (1.60 ERA)
• Led JMU with 30 multi-hit games, including six games with three of more base hits
• Produced 15 multi-RBI games, including eight games with three or more RBIs
• Put together a personal-best, 11-game win streak this season
• Hit two home runs with 3 RBIs to lead JMU to a 10-3 win over Virginia Tech to cap off a doubleheader sweep (April 29)
• Named to UCF Spring Fling All-Tournament Team
• Named to JMU Dukes Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Named to Easton Bama Bash All-Tournament Team
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award (Spring 2015)
• Dean's List (Spring 2015)

2014 as a Sophomore:
• CAA co-Defensive Player of the Year
• First Team All-CAA
• NFCA First Team All-Region
• CAA All-Tournament Team
• CAA Player of the Week (2/18)
• College Sports Madness Preseason First Team All-CAA
• Started all 60 games at catcher and handled all but five innings behind the dish for the Dukes
• Hit .306 with 16 doubles, three triples, two home runs, adding a team-best 37 RBIs, 19 runs, 15 walk and four steals
• Tied the single season school record for sacrifice flies with five and the career record with nine
• Helped pace JMU pitching staff to a 1.65 ERA and committed only four errors for a .989 fielding percentage
• JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete

2013 as a Freshman
• CAA All-Rookie Team
• VaSID Second Team All-State
• NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team
• CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 26) and CAA Rookie of the Week (May 6)
• Started all 59 games for the Dukes, playing catcher, third base and shortstop
• Hit .328 with 14 doubles, one home run and a .417 slugging percentage
• Added 30 runs, 35 RBIs, five walks, four sacrifice flies and 11 steals in 11 attempts
• Ranked 29th in the country in sacrifice flies
• Finished the season ranked third in single-season at-bats, seventh in single-season RBIs, second in single-season sacrifice flies and 10th in career sacrifice flies
• JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete

High School
• 2012 AAA State Player of the Year and First Team All-State catcher
• 2012 Northwest Region Player of the Year
• 2012 News and Messenger Player of the Year
• Four-time All-District and All-Area team selection
• As a senior broke her own Virginia High School record for RBIs in a season with 55
• Owns the Virginia High School record for RBIs in a career with 156
• As a sophomore, tied Virginia High School record with three home runs in a game
• Member of the 2012 Rising Stars All-Star Team
• Two-time First Team All-Region and All-Metro selection
• Two-time team MVP

Personal:
• Daughter of Rita and Ben Field
• Older sister Alicia played softball at Virginia Tech and has a younger brother named Daniel
• Member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll, earned Academic Letter and Scholar-Athlete Award (2009-12)
• Enjoys Art, basketball and movies
• Played club ball for the Virginia Shamrocks coached by Jim Brackin
• Majoring in finance

Getting to Know Erica Field
What do you love most about JMU? Playing for the softball team and going to school in the mountains
What is your favorite place to eat on campus? E-hall
Most people don’t know that I ... Enjoy painting
What will be your “walk out” song/songs for 2014
1. How You Like Me Now – The Heavy
2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash
What is your favorite ...
Food: Teriyaki Salmon
Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum
TV Show: The Walking Dead
Song: Even If It Breaks Your Heart
Athlete: Cal Ripken
Holiday: Christmas
What is one personal goal you have for the 2014 season Hit with more power, while improving my average from last season
What are your favorite hobbies away from softball Baking, painting and basketball
What is your favorite memory of JMU softball Finding out that we won a birth to go to regionals in Knoxville
What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Love what you do
What is the one thing everyone at JMU should do before graduating? Eat at Jack Browns
What is your ideal vacation? Rome, Italy
If not softball, what other sport would you want to play at JMU Golf
If you could have dinner with any three people in the world, who would they be? Matt Damon, Theresa Caputo, Lou Gehrig