2016 [SENIOR] - Recorded her second NEWMAC All-Conference First Team honor, leading the team in home runs at nine, also tied for first in the NEWMAC... she notched 40 hits on the year for 33 RBI and 25 runs scored for a .404 batting average... collected two home runs in two separate games... on the field, Fairbanks registered 218 putouts and eight assists at first base for a .991 fielding percentage... earned NFCA Division III All-Region Second Team accolades. [SEASON STATS]
2015 [SOPHOMORE] - Made 42 appearances with 37 starts... hit .449 (48-for-107) with 20 runs scored, 41 RBI, seven doubles, one triple, and 11 home runs... had two or more RBI in 12 games... collected 17 multi-hit games... tallied 12 multi-RBI games... went on a 10-game hitting streak... batted .419 with runners in scoring position... hit .618 with success for advancing runners... [SEASON STATS]
2014 [FIRST-YEAR] - Appeared in 33 games, 29 starts (28 at first base, one at designated hitter)... batted .321/.402/.641 (.avg/.obp/.slg) with 16 runs scored, seven doubles, six home runs, 31 RBI, ten walks, two sacrifice flies, 194 putouts and ten assists... had five multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests... went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, six RBI, two homers and a walk versus Emerson College in game two of a doubleheader on March 28... launched a grand slam versus Rhode Island College on March 25... tallied two hits in her first collegiate game against Simpson College on March 8... hit . 448 (13-for-29) with runners in scoring position, .269 (7-for-26) with two outs and knocked in seven runs with two outs in an inning. [SEASON STATS]
CAREER HONORS: NFCA All-America third team ('15)... NEWMAC All-Conference first team ('15, '16)... NFCA All-New England Region first team ('15)... NEWMAC Player of the Week (Mar. 31, 2014)... ECAC New England All-Star second team ('15)... ECAC Player of the Week (Apr. 1, 2014). NEWMAC Softball Player of the Week (April 11, 2016).
BEFORE WHEATON: Attended Milford High School... four-year varsity starter on the softball team... Mid-Wach A League All-Star (2011, 2012)... Hockomock League All-Star (2013)... All-State Team selection during senior year... Boston Globe All-Scholastic (senior year)... Boston Herald All-Scholastic (senior year)... named to the honor roll all four years... team won the league championship and district championship all four years... state finalists in 2010... undefeated state champions in 2012... state champions during her senior year... Hawks posted a 96-4 record overall in her four years with the program.
PERSONAL: Daughter of JoAnn and Donald Fairbanks... double-majoring in psychology and early childhood education... aspires to be a physical therapist... chose to attend for its academics, social environment, diversity and softball program.
