Danielle Quinones has spent seasons as the starting third baseman and starting shortstop during her three-year career at Rutgers-Camden. She has appeared in 59 games with the Scarlet Raptors, starting 52. She owns 109 career assists.
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Quinones also has collected numerous academic honors at Rutgers-Camden.
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Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List student for the 2020 Fall, 2021 Fall, 2022 Spring, 2022 Fall and 2023 Spring semesters…One of only 29 athletes on the 151-member 2020 Fall AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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Softball 2023: Appeared in 28 games, starting 27 at shortstop...Hit .169 with one double, seven runs, five RBIs and four walks…Tied for the team lead with one sacrifice fly…Second on the team with 68 assists and tied for second with four double plays, while adding 27 putouts…Third on the Raptors with nine sacrifices…The Raptors’ single-game season-high in assists was six, accomplished three times, including once by Quinones against Montclair State (April 11, Game One)…Had four or more assists in nine games and collected three putouts on two occasions…Went 2-for-3 with a double, one run and one RBI against Hamilton (March 17)…Went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly and three RBIs against Montclair State (April 11, Game Two)…Collected two assists in a pair of games, coming against Gwynedd Mercy (March 20, Game Two) and New Jersey City University (April 1, Game One).
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Softball 2022: Played in eight games, starting two at first base…Only had four at bats, going 0-for-4…Added one walk…Had 12 putouts and four assists in 16 chances for a 1.000 fielding percentage…Started both ends of a season-opening doubleheader against SUNY-New Paltz (March 4)…Collected eight putouts and one assist in the opening game…Had a walk and her season high of three assists against Rutgers-Newark (April 28, Game 2).
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Softball 2021: Started all 23 Scarlet Raptor games, including 21 at third base and two at shortstop…Hit .137 with four runs and five RBIs…Had two doubles and tied for the club lead with one triple…Added three walks and three sacrifices…Defensively, she collected 23 putouts and tied for second on the team with 37 assists…Participated in one double play…Had two multiple-RBI games…Ripped a two-run double for her first collegiate hit and first two RBIs, sparking a nine-run third inning at New Jersey City (April 3, Game One)…In the nightcap of the April 3 doubleheader at NJCU, her leadoff triple sparked another nine-run third inning…She went 2-for-2 with a double, triple, walk, two runs and two RBIs in that game…For the doubleheader, she collected three hits, three runs, two doubles, one triple and four RBIs…Notched her season high of three putouts against The College of New Jersey (April 13, Game Two)…Had her high of four assists against both Stockton (April 20, Game Two) and The College of New Jersey (May 7, Game Two).
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High School: Softball letterwinner at Rancocas Valley Regional High School for Coaches Shelby Macintosh and Rebecca Perkins…Graduated in 2020.
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Club Team: South Jersey Thunder 18U
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Personal: Born April 14, 2002…Enjoys going to the zoo, aquarium, beach, any city and anywhere there are fireworks…Psychology major at Rutgers-Camden who is interested in a career mixing psychology and criminal justice, such as a profiler…Danielle is the daughter of Renee and Ed Quinones of Eastampton.