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2026 Softball Roster

Atlantic 10
Erik Schelkun

17 Deirdre Flaherty

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School Mt. Lebanon

Biography

2024 (Freshman)
• Saw action in 40 games, earning the starting nod 31 times
• Tallied 17 hits with 18 RBI and 11 runs scored
• Playing primarily as catcher, was second on the team with nine runners caught stealing
• Recorded 78 putouts and 17 assists
• Named a 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Named to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior to UD
• Pennsylvania Overall Player of the Year (2022)
• HSSN 6A Player of the Year (2022) 
• Graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School
• First Team All-State honoree (2021-2022)
• Holds the Mt. Lebanon High School SIngle-Season and Career Home Run records (12) & (24)

Personal
• Full name: Deirdre Marie Flaherty
• Parents: Anne Flaherty
• Father Mark Flaherty - Played Soccer and Baseball at Duke University
• Major: Pre-Medicine

Career Highs 
Hits: 3, Two times, Last at George vs Towson 02-08-25
Doubles: 2, at Loyola Chicago 04-13-25 
Home runs: 1,Six times 
Total Bases: 6, George Washington, 03-23-24 
RBI: 4, at Rhode Island 03-22-25, at Loyola Chicago 04-13-25 
Runs Scored: 2, Four Times
Sac flies: 1, at Massachusetts, 04-07-24; at Fordham, 04-13-24; at Loyola Chicago 04-13-25
At Bats: 5, George Washington, 03-23-24
Field Chances: 13, at Georgia State 02-21-25
Putouts: 12, at Georgia State 02-21-25
Assists: 3, Akron, 04-10-24; at EKU 03-02-25

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2024Freshman

    First Base/Catcher
    5'6"
    17
  • 17

    2025Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'6"
    17
  • 17

    2026Junior

    Catcher
    5'6"
    17