Elise Fortier Inducted into Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame

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BRONX, N.Y. — Softball great Elise Fortier was formally inducted into the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday as a part of Homecoming activities.

Fortier, and seven other inductees, joined an athletic hall of fame that includes Vince Lombardi, Vin Scully and Wellington Mara.

Honored to have special guest, Elise Fortier (2014 Alum) @efortier10 & @fordhamathletics Hall of Fall 2023 Inductee at practice today.

Awesome having you back on campus, talking to the team and still hitting bombs at Bahoshy. #Ramily #BronxBomber #SeeYa pic.twitter.com/sS52XyC2IY

— Fordham Softball (@FordhamSoftball) October 6, 2023

The 2023 Fordham Hall of Fame class consists of Samantha Clark FCRH ’16 (Women’s Basketball), Chase Edmonds FCRH ’18 (Football), Titi Fagade Gabelli ’15 (Women’s Track and Field), Jason Harris FCRH ’01 (Men’s Basketball), Nick Macarchuk (Former Men’s Basketball Head Coach), Ifeatu Otue FCRH ’74 (Men’s Soccer), Natali Sunara FCRH ’96 (Women’s Tennis) and Fortier.

In only three seasons, Fortier established herself as one of the best student-athletes in Fordham softball history.

Arriving to Rose Hill as a sophomore after a year at Stony Brook, Fortier poured in contributions from the start, earning a First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection in 2012.

During the 2013 season, Fortier was named Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and helped the Rams capture the 2013 Atlantic 10 championship.

In her final season in a Rams uniform, Fortier put together one of the best individual seasons in program history.

She was named the 2014 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and the ECAC Player of the Year. After the Rams repeated as Atlantic 10 champions, Fortier was named to the NCAA Tallahassee All-Regional team.

She graduated as the school record holder in home runs (46) and slugging percentage (.695) and ranked second all time in RBIs (159).

Fortier hit 20 home runs in a season twice, in 2013 and 2014, to establish a single-season program record.

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