Hall of Fame 2020 | Julianne Bass '09

With the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony coming up on Saturday, each of the inductees will be featured leading up to the event as a way to get to know what they accomplished both individually and their teams. Julianne Bass '09 came to Troy from Costa Mesa, Calif., where she was a standout catcher at Newport Harbor High School. A civil engineering major, she is now an Assistant Director, Structures Design Bureau, in the Office of Structures for the New York State Department of Transportation.

Career: Played 155 games, 154 as starter … Batted .390 with 41 doubles, two triples, and 26 home runs … Registered 319 total bases in 503 at bats … Scored 124 runs and knocked in 126 … Stole four bases … At least two hits in 58 games and at least two runs in 28 … Two-or-more RBI in 30 games … Slugging percentage of .634, on-base percentage of .414, and fielding percentage of .979 … 2006: Played all 41 games … Batted team-high .443 with team-record 62 hits, including team-best 13 doubles and six home runs … Registered team-high 93 total bases in 140 at bats … Scored 41 runs and knocked in team-high 35 … Walked three times and stole one base … At least two hits in 18 games and at least two runs in eight … Two-or-more RBI in eight games … Slugging percentage of .664, on-base percentage of .448, and fielding percentage of .984 … Liberty League Rookie of the Week three times … Liberty League Performer of the Week once … ECAC Upstate Player of the Week once … All-Liberty League First Team … NFCA All-Northeast Region Second Team … Team set school record for single season wins (35-6) … Played in NCAA Tournament … School record for wins … 2007: Started all 35 games ... Batted .414 with eight doubles, one triple, and nine home runs … Recorded team-high 83 total bases in team-high 111 at bats … Scored 28 runs and knocked in 34 … Walked 10 times … At least two hits in 14 games and at least two runs in six … Two-or-more RBI in seven games … Team-best slugging percentage of .748, on-base percentage of .472, and fielding percentage of .971 … All-Liberty League First Team ... NFCA All-Northeast Region Second Team ... Team was 25-10 … Hosted ECAC Tournament … 2008: Captain ... Played all 40 games, starting 39 ... Batted .386 with six doubles, one triple, and eight home runs … Registered 81 total bases in 127 at bats … Scored 27 runs and knocked in 31 … Walked four times and stole three bases … At least two hits in 16 games and at least two runs in six … Two-or-more RBI in eight … Slugging percentage of .638, on-base percentage of .410, and fielding percentage of .968 … Liberty League Performer of the Week once ... All-Liberty League First Team ... Liberty League All-Academic … Team was 27-13 … Played in ECAC Tournament ... 2009: Captain ... Played 39 games, starting each ... Batted .312 with team-high 14 doubles and three home runs … Recorded 62 total bases in 125 at bats … Scored 28 runs and knocked in 26 … Walked four times … At least two hits in 10 games and at least two runs in eight … Two-or-more RBI in seven games … Slugging percentage of .496, on-base percentage of .326, and fielding percentage of 1.000 … All-Liberty League Honorable Mention ... Liberty League All-Academic … Team was 26-14 … Played in ECAC Tournament.

Bass will be joined by six others, along with their friends, families and former teammates at a ceremony at the Hilton Garden Inn. Those unable to attend can watch the event live via RPI TV at https://www.youtube.com/@rpi-tv.