BOONTON TOWNSHIP — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Jessica Torch a 2018 graduate of Mountain Lakes High School has been recognized by the ECAC following a successful month of March.
Torch, the Softball Rookie of the Month, is Rensselaer’s leading hitter with a .460 average, including team-bests of 29 hits and 20 runs. A starter in all 18 games, she has a 1.045 OPS and a school-record 24 stolen bases. In March, the utility player went 27 for 60 for a .450 average. She scored 19 runs with nine batted in and 23 stolen bases. She was also perfect on all 25 fielding chances while picking up three assists. Torch was named the conference Rookie of the Week on Monday after hitting a team-best .714 (10 for 14) with a double, six runs, two runs batted in and 10 stolen bases in four games last week.
Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America’s oldest technological research university. For nearly two centuries, the Institute has been a driving force behind breakthroughs in engineering and science in virtually every arena-from transportation and infrastructure to business, medicine, outer space, and cyberspace.
As it approaches its bicentennial anniversary, the Institute continues to define The New Polytechnic, a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and research that uses advanced technologies to enable fresh collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and regions, in order to answer the global challenges of our day.
