Vanessa Dwyer heading to Vanguard after her senior year at La Salle
By Tim Peterson
(Costa Mesa) – La Salle pitcher Vanessa Dwyer signed a letter of intent last Saturday to continue her softball career at Vanguard University in 2016.
Dwyer, who is preparing to play her senior year at La Salle, has started for the Lancers since her freshman year. Last season she went 7-6 striking out 60 batters in 91 plus innings. At the plate she hit .338 with 24 hits, including four doubles, and 14 RBI. When not in the circle she holds down the fort at first base and had a fielding percentage of .959 in 2015.
Dwyer went 5-2 with 47 Ks in 59 innings pitched in 2014 and struck out 29 batters in 49 innings with a 4-4 record her freshman year.
Dwyer, who has been on the softball diamond since she was five years old, grew up playing at Live Oak Park in Temple City for TCALL and TCASA. She is set to graduate in June before beginning her college journey at Vanguard in the fall.
Vanguard, an NAIA school, is located in Costa Mesa, about 50 miles south of Los Angeles.
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