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1-on-1 with Pauline Maurice
Pauline Maurice – Kent State (softball):
Kent State’s Pauline Maurice (1988-91) remains as the Golden Flashes’ career leader in batting average (.396) and hits (219) and led Kent State to the 1990 College World Series, the last appearance by a MAC softball program.
Maurice also set the Kent State career record in on-base percentage (.448), runs (107), stolen bases (64) and triples (16). While leading Kent State to the 1990 MAC Championship, Maurice and the Flashes finished with a 43-9 record and was named All-America Second Team in 1990.
Maurice was a four-year letter winner, two-time captain and was named MAC Freshman of the Year in 1988. She was also named a two-time All-MAC First Team selection (1990-91) and a two-time All-Mideast Region First Team selection (1990-91). She was also a two-time Academic All-MAC First Team selection.
Following Kent State, Maurice played for the Saronno Softball Club (semi-pro) in Italy in 1992. She was also a four-year member of the Canada Cup Team in 1993-96. Maurice was a member of Canada’s 1996 Olympic Softball Team, which placed fifth and also helped Canada to a Silver Medal in the 1991 Pan-Am Games, leading the games with six stolen bases.
Maurice was inducted into the Kent State Hall of Fame in 1998 and was chosen as the MAC Female Athlete of the Decade and was honored at the MAC’s 50th Anniversary celebration.
