2021 Softball Roster

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34 Sydney Grobman

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool American Heritage Plantation
  • Hometown Coral Springs, Fla.

Biography

2020: Started all 15 games and led the team with 11 RBI… Batted .294 which was second on the team… Went 2-for-3, including a home run, and knocked in three in victory over Fairfield… Also had three RBI in win over Santa Clara… Academic All-District I selection.

2019: Second team All-Ivy catcher… Among the Ivy League leaders in several categories, including average (6th, .357), RBI (t-5th, 28), hits (t-6th, 46) and slugging percentage (10th, .527)… Started all 21 Ivy League games behind the plate and batted .429… Two of her home runs and 16 of her RBI came in league play…Tied for the team lead with 12 multi-hit games… Had four hits, including a game-ending home run, and knocked in four runs in a home victory over Penn.

2018: Earned second team All-Ivy honors at first base... Started 37 games... Batted .333 with 14 RBI, which both led the team... Hit three home runs, which shared the team lead... Seven doubles were second on team... In 21 Ivy League games hit .357 and knocked in 12 runs... All three of her homers came in league play... Recipient of the team's Most Valuable Player Award.

Before Yale: Earned all-state honors at American Heritage Plantation… Batted .474 in her career with a .777 slugging percentage and nine home runs… Two-time all-county selection… Helped lead American Heritage to the 2014 Class 5A state championship and three state runner-up finishes… 2017 Broward County Scholar Athlete of the Year… Scholarship and Athletic Achievement Award from Charity For Champions organization… Captain of the 2016-17 Gold Coast Hurricanes travel team, which finished seventh at the ASA nationals.

Personal: Part of Miracle League Dance on campus, a group that helps children and young teens with disabilities to practice social and motor skills… President of the Unorthojocks a cappella singing group... Part of South Florida’s challenger league, which teaches special needs children to play baseball and softball… Volunteered at a local hospital… Loves music and singing… Daughter of Faith and Seth Grobman… Younger sister Julia plays at Yale (Class of 2023).

Why Yale? “I selected Yale because it is my dream to play the sport I love at a university that offers the highest level of academia. Despite the fact that Yale is able to offer me everything I could possibly look for in a school, I knew it in my gut that it was the right place for me. Every time I visited Yale, I felt like I belonged.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2018First Year

    1B/C
    5'10"
    34
  • 34

    2019Sophomore

    1B/C
    5'10"
    34
  • 34

    2020Junior

    1B/C
    5'10"
    34
  • 34

    2021Senior

    1B/C
    5'10"
    34