Softball great Molly Rathbun ’12 inducted into Connecticut Hall of Fame
Molly Rathbun '12Molly Rathbun ’12, a four-year All-American pitcher at Eastern between 2009 and 2012, was inducted into the Connecticut Scholastic and Collegiate Softball Hall of Fame on Sept. 15 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. Rathbun is the only four-time All-American in Eastern softball history and one of the program’s all-time most successful two-way players. At the time of her 2019 induction into the Eastern Alumni Hall of Fame, the Hebron native still held 19 career, season and game pitching records and was ranked among the program’s all-time top five in seven offensive career categories, including first in RBI. Rathbun led the Warriors to an overall record of 144-29-1 (83%), four NCAA tournaments, two NCAA regional championships and three straight Little East Conference regular-season and tournament titles (62-8 combined LEC regular-season and tournament record). Rathbun was selected to the NFCA Division III All-America first team in each of her final three seasons when she was also voted LEC Pitcher of the Year. A two-time LEC tournament MVP and Eastern’s three-time Female Athlete of the Year, Rathbun won 103 games and lost only 14 in her career, with 14 saves, 1,130 strikeouts in 770 2/3 innings, and a 0.88 ERA in 142 appearances (105 starts) with 94 complete games, 49 shutouts and nine no-hitters. She was inducted into the Little East Conference Hall of Fame in 2023.
