Bella Lynch started every game at first base for the Scarlet Raptors in 2024, led the team in a pair of defensive statistics and captured several academic honors.
In two seasons with the Scarlet Raptors, Lynch has compiled 554 putouts, the fifth-highest career total in program history. She also is tied for seventh on the program’s career list with 19 sacrifices.
Lynch has started 73 of her 76 career games at Rutgers-Camden.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2023-24 scholastic year…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2022 Fall, 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring and 2024 Fall semesters…Dean’s List student…One of only 30 athletes on the 138-member 2024 Spring AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Softball 2024: Started all 42 Rutgers-Camden games at first base…Led the team with 330 putouts, the fifth-highest single-season mark in program history…Led the team with nine double plays…Posted a .97965 fielding percentage (rounded up to .980), the second-highest fielding percentage on the team to Lindsey Rodzon’s straight .980 percentage…Had two doubles, five RBIs and 10 runs scored…Was hit by a pitch once and tied for second on the team with 10 walks…Third on the team with nine sacrifices…Hit .174 with a .196 slugging percentage and a .262 on-base percentage…Had her best day at the plate during a doubleheader against William Paterson (April 20), going 2-for-3 in each game while scoring three runs and adding one RBI and one double in the twinbill…Went 1-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and one run scored against Rutgers-Newark (Game Two, April 27)…Had two sacrifices and went 1-for-2 in the season-opening game against Carroll (March 9)…Collected double-digit putouts in 11 games, with a high of 18 against New Paltz (Game One, March 22), tied for the fifth-highest single-game total in program history.
Softball 2023: Appeared in all 34 games for the Scarlet Raptors, starting 31, including 26 at first base…Led the team with 224 putouts and five double plays…Hit .165 with a .177 slugging percentage and a .241 on-base percentage…Named New Jersey Athletic Conference Softball Rookie of the Week on April 10 after hitting .571 (4-for-7) with a double, a .714 slugging percentage, two walks and a .667 on-base percentage in four games the previous week…Her 224 putouts were the 12th-highest single-season total in program history and placed her 18th on the career list…Her five double plays tied for the 18th-highest single-season total in Rutgers-Camden history…Her 10 sacrifices were the second-highest total on the team in 2023, tied for the fourth-highest season total in program history and tied her for 18th on the all-time career list…Collected 13 putouts against both Catholic (March 30, Game One) and Montclair State (April 11, Game Two) for the most single-game putouts by a Raptor during the 2023 season…Her two-run single in the first inning against Clarkson (March 12) was her first collegiate hit and sparked the Raptors to their first win of the season in a 4-0 game…Had a pair of 2-for-3 games against Catholic (March 30, Game One) and Rowan (April 4, Game Two)…Went 1-for-4 with two runs scored against Nichols (March 16)…Compiled nine games with double-digit putouts.
High School: Earned varsity softball letters at Eastern Regional High School…Graduated in 2022.
Club Team: SJ Thunder
Personal: Born March 15, 2004…Isabella “Bella” Lynch…Enjoys hanging out with her friends and family…Health Sciences major at Rutgers-Camden who is planning for a career in physical therapy with athletes…Intends to move down south after graduation…Bella is the daughter of Beth and Chris Lynch of Voorhees.
