Saint Joseph's University

Career Honors

2022 CACC All-Tournament Team

CACC Rookie of the Week (3/2/20)

2020-21 CACC All-Academic Team

2020-21 NFCA Scholar-Athlete

5x Dean’s List Honors

Career-Highs (Entering 2021)

Hits: 2 (3x)

RBI: 1 (2x)

Runs: 1 (2x)

TB: 3 (vs. Clarion, 3/1/20)

2022 (Game-by-Game):

• Four-RBI for second straight day, driving in four of USciences' five runs with a two-RBI triple and two-RBI double in 5-4 CACC Tournament triumph over Dominican (5/6)
• Three-run homer highlighted a four-RBI performance in win over Post in USciences' opening game of 2022 CACC Tournament (5/5)
• Two hits in eight-run sixth of game one win at Felician, beginning the inning with a double and later coming through with the eventual game-winning two-RBI single (4/14)
• Had multiple hits in both games of a doubleheader at Boomfield, driving in six runs (3/26)
• Tied a career-high with three hits in game one of doubleheader sweep of Lincoln (3/20)

2021 (Game-by-Game):

• Drove in four runs in doubleheader split at Jefferson (4/8)
• Went a perfect 5-for-5 on the afternoon with a team-high five RBI, three runs, two doubles, a triple and a walk in sweep of Holy Family (4/14)
• Went 5-for-9 in doubleheader split at Nyack, driving in a team-high seven while both recording two extra-base hits. Drove in a career-high four runs, finishing 2-for-3 with a run scored in game one, before going 3-for-6 with three RBI, three runs and her first career home run in the game two win (4/18)
• Homered twice, finishing 3-for-4 while scoring a career-high three times in game one win at Chestnut Hill (5/2)

2020 (Game-by-Game): Polera appeared in 11 games in her shortened freshman season, finishing third on the team with a .294 average, and fourth with 10 hits and a .314 on-base percentage, and fifth with a .324 slugging percentage. In the field, she converted all 40 of her chances while throwing out a team-high two runners from behind the plate.   

• Went a combied 4-for-6 on the day with multiple hits versus both Glenville State and Gannon (3/5)
• Part of the game-ending double-play that stranded the bases loaded and secured a 9-7 win over Clarion. Also had her first career multi-hit game at the plate (3/1)

Prior to USciences:

• All-Shore First Team
• All-Conference First Team
• All-State
• National Honor Society
• National Italian Honor Society
• Honors with Distinction

Personal:

• Daughter of Frank and Roseanne Polera
• Chose USciences because of her interest in working with athletes for physical therapy