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2025 Tufts University Jumbos Softball Roster

13 Sophia DiCocco

13 Sophia DiCocco

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • B/T:
    L/L
  • Hometown:
    Bozrah, Conn.
  • High School:
    Norwich Free Academy

Summary

Biography

2025 (Graduate Student): Appeared in 29 games, making 24 starts in the circle for the Jumbos...Led Tufts in ERA and WHIP with a 2.50 and 1.25 respectively...Also led Tufts in strikeouts (89), HBP (0) and Wins (17)...Allowed one hit and struck out a season high eight batters in a complete game win against Hamilton...Pitched 4.1 innings of hitless softball against Endicott...Pitched all eight innings in an extra-innings win against Amherst in April...Walked zero batters in a five-inning win against RPI...Threw a pair of hitless innings against Amherst...Named NESCAC Pitcher of the Week twice...Named to the All-NESCAC First Team...Academic All-District...NFCA All-Region...Part of the 2025 NESCAC Championship Winning Tufts Softball Team

2024 (Senior): Once again one of the best hurlers in the nation at the Division III level...was named as a NFCA Second Team All-American, while also earning NESCAC and NFCA All-Region First Team honors...was once again picked as an NCAA Division III Rawlings Gold Glove recipient at pitcher...College Sports Communicators Academic All-American First Team awardee...was fifth in NCAA Division III with a 0.94 ERA for the season, ranking ninth in the country with her 34 appearances...first in the NESCAC in games started with 23...tossed 15 complete games...struck out 86 and went 18-6 on the season...allowed just eight earned runs in 10 NCAA Tournament games in 2024...recorded a one-hitter against Endicott on April 10, striking out three...had a season-high nine K's in a complete-game shutout of Union on March 23...tossed a complete-game shutout against Salisbury on May 23...shutout St. John Fisher in the NCAA Tournament over six innings, allowing three hits...struck out six in a shutout of Bowdoin on May 4...allowed just one hit against Brandeis on April 24...Tufts was 39-10 overall while winning the Medford, MA regional, Salisbury Super Regional and advancing to the NCAA Championships in Marshall, Texas. 

2023 (Junior): An inaugural recipient of an NCAA Division III Rawlings Gold Glove Award at pitcher … Had 57 assists from the pitcher's circle and made just one error in 60 total chances (.983) … An All-Region first-team pick … Her third year as an All-Region pitcher … Was voted for her second straight NESCAC All-Conference first team award … Made the 2023 Tucci / NFCA Division III Pitcher of the Year watchlist … Also in the preseason was selected as one 10 Division III Pitchers To Watch In 2023 by FloSoftball.com … Her 1.21 era was 23rd nationally, while her 0.83 WHIP was 13th … Ranked second in NESCAC for Wins (15) and innings pitched (116) … Threw a one-hit shutout at Moravian at the NCAA Regional … Was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ... An Academic All-District® Softball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators recipient … On the NESCAC All-Academic Team (3.50 GPA+) for the third time.

2022 (Sophomore): A third-team NFCA All-American who was the first Tufts player to earn the national honor since 2017 … Pitched in 33 of Tufts' 48 games this season and made 27 starts with 21 complete games ... Finished with a 19-6 record, 0.96 earned run average, 91 strikeouts and just 12 walks in 182.2 innings … The NESCAC Pitcher of the Year and an All-Conference first-team selection … Also a first-team NFCA All-Region honoree … Announced as part of the 2022 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division III National Pitcher of the Year watchlist … Ranked fourth nationally with a 0.46 walks per seven innings mark, and sixth in Division III with her 0.96 era … Her 19 victories were a top 20 total in Division III … Led NESCAC in era, wins and innings pitched ... Won two NESCAC Pitcher of the Week honors on March 28 and April 25 … Pitched three two-hit shutouts including against Trinity (Conn.) College on April 22 … Selected to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ... Had a six-inning, two-hit shutout in Game 1 of NCAA Super Regional at WPI ...  A NESCAC All-Academic Team member.

2021 (Freshman): Selected to the 2021 NESCAC All-Conference First Team… voted the 2021 Rookie of the Year… earned a spot on the NFCA All-Region Third Team…named NESCAC Pitcher of the Week on April 12, 2021… went nine innings with six strikeouts and eights hits in win over Trinity on April 18… went seven innings with seven strikeouts and one earned run in win over Wesleyan on April 24… went seven innings with three strikeouts and no runs scored in win over Husson May 23… Earned a spot on the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ... led the team with 11 wins and one loss on the season.

Before Tufts: Was on the softball team at Norwich Free Academy...was a two-time All-Conference and two-time All-Area selection...was a three-time Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I championship participant...won the 2019 ECC Tournament Championship...her team made three Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) Class LL quarterfinal appearances...was on the team that was the 2019 CIAC State Tournament runner-up...winner of the NFA Softball Senior Award and the Softball Team Award...selected as the Karen Janik Demanche '84 Memorial Award winner...member of the Stratford Brakettes...named to the 2020 Women's Major Championship All-Tournament Team...member of the National Honor Society...graduated in the top 1% of her high school class...winner of the Sidney E. Frank Memorial Scholarship...earned a Connecticut Seal of Biliteracy in Italian...named the Norwich Art School Award winner. 

Personal: Daughter of Susan and Miguel...has one sibling, Antonio...uncle was the JMU women's soccer head coach from 1990-2017.
 

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Freshman

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    2022Sophomore

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    2023Junior

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    5'3"
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    2024Senior

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    5'3"
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    2025Graduate Student

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    5'3"
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