Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Gianna Bauer had a stellar season in her first year of collegiate softball, earning New Jersey Athletic Conference weekly rookie honors while leading the Scarlet Raptors in hitting. She produced another solid season in 2025 while serving as one of the Scarlet Raptors’ team captains.
 
During her two seasons at Rutgers-Camden, Bauer has started all 77 games the Scarlet Raptors have played. She was the Scarlet Raptors’ second baseman as a freshman in 2024 before manning shortstop in 2025.
 
Over her two-year career, Bauer has posted a slash line of .286/.359/.303 while scoring 31 runs and collecting 18 RBIs.
 
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2024-25 scholastic year…Dean’s List student…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2023 Fall, 2024 Fall and 2025 Spring semesters.
 
Softball 2025: Started all 35 Rutgers-Camden games…Served as one of the team’s captains…Hit .257 with a .371 on-base percentage and a .286 slugging percentage…Led the team with 16 walks and finished second on the Raptors with 17 runs scored…Had three doubles and five RBIs…Reached base three times as a hit batsman…Added three sacrifices and went 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts…Collected 30 putouts and finished second on the team with 54 assists…Turned one double play…Had five multiple-hit games…Had a five-ram hitting streak from March 15-19 (6-for-17, .353) and a four-game streak from March 27-29 (6-for-14, .429), which included a 4-for-8 doubleheader against New Jersey City (March 29) with two runs, one RBI, one walk and one stolen base…Had three or more assists in seven games, with a high of six assists against Ramapo College (April 1, Game Two)…Had a high of four putouts in the opener of a doubleheader against New Jersey City (March 29).
 
Softball 2024:  Named New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week March 11 and March 18…Captured Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week, March 25…Led the Scarlet Raptors in hitting (.310) and total bases (40), while starting all 42 Scarlet Raptor games…Started 39 games at second base, two games at shortstop and one as the designated player…Added one double…Tied for second on the team with 13 RBIs…Third on the team with 14 runs scored…Walked three times and was hit by a pitch on three occasions…Had a .317 slugging percentage and a .348 on-base percentage…Had one sacrifice fly and five sacrifices…Went 1-for-4 on stolen base attempts…Defensively, finished third on the team in putouts (93) and second in assists (84), while turning one double play…Had a .973 fielding percentage…Finished second on the team by hitting .385 (17-for44) with runners in scoring position…Opened her collegiate career with a seven-game hitting streak from March 9-14, going 12-for-24 (.500)…After being held hitless in the opening game of a March 14 doubleheader, ran off another three-game streak (6-for-10, .600) and hit in seven of the next eight games (13-for-26, .500)…Tied for the team lead with four multiple-RBI games, getting two RBIs apiece against the Wentworth Institute of Technology (March 9), St. Norbert (March 15), Albright (Game One, March 21) and Kean (Game Two, April 13)…Led the team with 11 multiple-hit games, including three hits apiece against Wisconsin Lutheran (3-for-4, March 14) and St. Norbert (3-for-4, March 15)…Opened her career on March 9, going a combined 4-for-9 (.444) with four runs and two RBIs against Carroll and the Wentworth Institute of Technology…Hit her lone double in the opener of an April 6 doubleheader against Montclair State, going 2-for-4 in the game…Had a season high of seven putout against Neumann (Game Two, April 25) and a high of six assists against Albright (Game Two, March 21).
 
Pre-Rutgers: Attended Stockton University during the 2023 spring semester and Florida Atlantic University during the 2022 Fall semester but didn’t play intercollegiate softball.
 
High School: Earned two varsity softball letters at Washington Township High School…Captured All-Conference Second Team honors during both her junior and senior seasons…National Honor Society…Graduated in 2022.