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Grace Cirimele
Jace Delgado
Brandon Morgan
Jace Delgado

Sydney Silverstein #22 RHP

  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Atlanta, Ga.
  • High School:
    Pace Academy
  • Position:
    RHP

Summary

Biography


Awards:
  • All-NCAC First Team (2025)
  • All-NCAC Second Team (2024)
  • 4x NCAC Pitcher of the Week(3/7/22, 3/6/23, 4/17/23, 4/9/24)
  •  Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
  • NCAC Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-2024)
  • Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete (2022-23 & 2023-24, 2024-2025)
  • Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee (2023-24)
  • Member of 2023 and 2025 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators
  • 2025 Phi Beta Kappa Inductee 
  • Dean’s List All seven semesters
  • NCAC Pitcher of the Year (2025)

2025 (Senior):

  • Appeared in 18 games, starting 17 
  • Went a perfect 7-0 in NCAC play, only allowing three earned runs in 46 innings
  • Tied the NCAC single season shut-out record (8)
  • Ranked 2nd in the NCAC with a 1.66 ERA

2024 (Junior):
  • Appeared in 17 games, with 16 starts
  • 2.08 ERA, 9 complete games, allowing 94 hits, 34 total runs, 28 earned runs, 24 walks, 57 strikeouts across 94.1 innings
  • Led the team with 12 wins on the season
  • Sixth in the conference for batters struck out on the season (57)
  • Third in the conference for singles season wins (12)

2023 (Sophomore):
  • Led the Big Red with nine wins from the pitching circle this season while appearing in 21 games with 16 starts
  • Finished her sophomore season with a 3.81 earned run average, eight complete games, two shutouts and two saves, all while allowing 95 hits, 60 total runs, 47 earned runs, 36 walks and 44 strikeouts across 86.1 innings
  • Had a 9-6 record and a 1.52 WHIP while holding opposing batters to hit .275
  • Named NCAC Pitcher of the Week twice (3/6/23 & 4/17/23) on the season
  • Recorded a 2-1 week after throwing one complete game and one save across four appearances during the Big Red's opening weekend at the Grand Slam Triangle Softball Classic
  • Pitched a complete game shutout while collecting three strikeouts in a 1-0 Denison win vs Franklin (Mar. 9)
  • During Denison's Senior Day sweep over Hiram (Apr. 15), Silverstein pitched all seven innings to earn the complete-game victory in an 8-3 win in game one before tossing the final 1.2 innings to pick up the save in an 8-7 win in game number two
  • Member of the Academic All-District® Team
  • Has led the Big Red in wins and has pitched 19 complete games and four shutouts in her first two seasons at Denison
  • Is tied for second in program history in career saves (5) through her first two years

2022 (First-Year): 
  • Appeared in 28 games with 20 starts as a freshman
  • 20 starts are tied for the seventh most in a single season in program history
  • Led the Big Red with a 3.96 ERA and a 1.74 WHIP
  • Was 10-10 with 11 complete games, two shutouts and three saves
  • Three saves are tied for the second most in a season in program history
  • Recorded 66 strikeouts and 50 walks
  • Pitched 127.1 total innings allowing 171 hits, 99 runs and 72 earned runs
  • Named NCAC Pitcher of the Week (3/7/22) for the first time in her career after pitching a six-inning complete game shutout and limiting Marietta (Mar. 1) to only two hits while not walking anybody and striking out four. She set down 14 consecutive batters between the first and the sixth innings

Personal: 
  • Health, exercise, and sport studies (HESS) and Psychology double major 
  • Daughter of Amy and Steven Silverstein
  • Named the Defensive Player of the Year in 2017 and 2019
  • Was named an NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete
  • Member of the National Honors Society in high school
  • Member of Denison Student Athlete Advisory Council (DSAAC) and works in the athletic training office
  • Works as a training room intern on campus and participated in the Mission34 walk
  • Coaches 10U and 12U teams over the summer, and gives pitching lessons while mentoring younger players
  • Member of the Women's Israeli National team where she was the winner pitcher for the gold medal game at the 2022 Maccabi Games, helping Israel win its first-ever women's softball gold medal

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2022First-Year

    RHP
    5'7"
    22
  • 22

    2023Sophomore

    RHP
    5'7"
    22
  • 22

    2024Junior

    RHP
    5'7"
    22
  • 22

    2025Senior

    RHP
    5'7"
    22
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