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12 Elaina Wagner

  • Class Senior
  • Position UT
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Fishkill, N.Y.
  • High School Our Lady of Lourdes
  • INFLCR elaina-wagner

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
All-BIG EAST Second Team 2024
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 2024: March 18
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
CSC Academic All-District 2023-24, 2024-25
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Career: Consistent hitter and versatile fielder who exploded onto the scene as a junior with an All-BIG EAST Second Team accolade … Started over 100 games in her career, making the switch from reserve middle infielder in her first two years to starting right fielder as a junior and senior … Named an Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete a team-high three times and earned a spot on the BIG EAST All-Academic Team every year … Member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for all eight semesters … Selected as CSC Academic All-District twice and earned her way onto the Academic All-America Ballot as a junior.

2025: Served as a team captain in her final campaign … Appeared in 51 games as a senior with 41 hits, 27 runs and 23 walks … Played a flawless right field with 74 putouts and an outfield assist on a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … Totaled 11 multi-hit games on the year with nine two-knock efforts … Reached three times with a single, two walks and three RBI against Connecticut on Mar. 7 … Worked a trio of bases on balls in the series finale against Creighton … Contributed a three-hit day at Seton Hall on Mar. 28 … Had three two-hit games in one week from Apr. 2-6 … Put forth two doubles and a pair of walks in win over Army … Rounded out regular season with three-hit, three-run performance against Providence … Had a hit in each BIG EAST Tournament game for the Wildcats.

2024: All-BIG EAST Second Team selection in her first year as a starter … Batted .294 overall with 47 hits … Finished second on the team with 13 doubles … Walked 25 times for the third-best mark on the team and the 12th most single season BBs for a Wildcat … Gathered a team-high 28 hits in BIG EAST play … Maintained a 22-game reached-base streak up until the three-quarter mark of 2024 … Amassed a team-best 16-game reached-base streak in conference matchups … Hit her first career home run and added a double in a two-hit, two-RBI effort against Longwood … Drove in three runs against Georgia Southern on March 2 … Knocked a three-run bomb vs. Providence on March 17 … Picked up her first career BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after a four-hit weekend at PC … Totaled nine two-hit games and seven contests with more than one RBI … Maintained the team's longest hitting streak at 11 … Reached base four times with three walks, a single and two runs scored in the BIG EAST Tournament against St. John's … Drove home two runs with a pair of singles against Arkansas to send Villanova into its first ever Regional Final.

2023: Earned four starts and 13 substitute appearances in her sophomore season … Totaled five hits, two runs, three RBI and four walks in 17 games played … Put up a .950 fielding percentage with seven putouts and 12 assists at second base … Body of work included seven pinch hit appearances and five as a defensive substitute … Earned first start of the season and drew a walk with a season-high five infield assists against Kent State on Feb. 10 … Delivered a pinch-hit RBI double then scored a run vs. Dayton on Feb. 19 … Walked twice and brought home a run while starting at second base against Penn … Contributed first career two-hit game in a start against Hosftra in her home state … Registered a double in the first game of a doubleheader with Princeton.

2022: Appeared in 18 games during her freshman season as a reserve infielder on the Villanova roster … Entered 14 games as a pinch runner and had four runs scored while stealing two bases on the year … Played in two games at second base and two games at shortstop … Recorded a putout in her only fielding chance … Made her collegiate debut as a pinch hitter against Duke … Scored runs in consecutive games as a pinch runner against Princeton and St. John’s … Got her first collegiate hit at Penn … Had stolen bases as a pinch runner at Creighton and Providence.
 
Club Softball: Played travel softball for the Empire State Huskies for seven years … In 2018 was part of a team that won a USSSA national championship … In 2020 her team was a USSSA Northeast champion and she was named the team’s offensive MVP.
 
Our Lady of Lourdes High School: Earned a total of eight varsity letters during her scholastic career, including four each in softball and soccer … As a softball player was a three-time all-league, all-section and Poughkeepsie Journal first team All-Star … Received each of those honors for her freshman, sophomore and senior seasons … Named the league Player of the Year as a sophomore and was an all-state selection her senior year … Batted .507 and struck out just three times total during her scholastic career … As a soccer player earned all-league honors four times and all-section accolades twice … Was the league Player of the Year and MVP as a senior … Selected as her school’s Female Athlete of the Year as a senior … Two-year inductee into the National Honor Society as a junior and a senior … Named to the Dean’s List academically all four years and achieved Principal’s Club status as a freshman and a senior.
 
Personal: Born 5/16/03 in Fishkill, N.Y. … Youngest of three children and the only daughter of Bill and Vicky Wagner … Has two older brothers, Billy and Johnny … Brother Billy played football at Hamilton from 2016-19 as a tight end and a punter … Brother Johnny played college football at Endicott College as a linebacker in 2019 … Enjoys spending time with family and friends in her spare time … Noted that Villanova felt like home when she stepped on campus as a result of a welcoming atmosphere which made her feel like she was part of a family … Decided to attend the school because she desired a combination of softball and academics which made Villanova a perfect fit ... Majoring in psychology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2022Freshman

    INF
    5'6"
    12
  • 12

    2023Sophomore

    INF
    5'6"
    12
  • 12

    2024Junior

    UT
    5'6"
    12
  • 12

    2025Senior

    UT
    5'6"
    12