Bentley University

Anne-Margaret Charron was a two-sport athlete during her time at Bentley, excelling at both field hockey and softball. It was her performance as a softball player that has gotten her recognition.
 
She played softball all four years that she attended Bentley and was a factor right from the start. Between 1984 and 1987, the shortstop never batted lower than .291. That number is significant considering that Anne-Margaret was a leadoff hitter for the Falcons. During her time in a Falcons uniform, her on-base percentage was an astounding .492.
 
A career .323 hitter, her strongest offensive season was her freshman year when she played in 23 games and batted .351, with a career-high 28 walks and just four strikeouts. She was second on the team in hitting each of her first three seasons, following her freshman year performance with .328 as a sophomore and .291 as a junior, and led the team in hitting as senior with a .333 batting average.
 
When you think of softball and baseball, you think of leadoff hitters as being tough outs, and that’s what Anne-Margaret was. Not known as a power hitter (just two home runs in four years), it was her strikeout numbers and hitting numbers that garnered the most attention. In four years and 97 games, she fanned just 21 times. Using that high on-base percentage, she was able to score 77 runs in her career.
 
Prior to the 2002 season, Charron was 13th in NCAA Division II history in career walks with 88. That ranking becomes even more impressive when one considers she is the only player in the top 20 who participated in less than 100 games.
         
Among the laundry list of awards, Anne-Margaret was named team MVP as a junior and senior, along with being a team captain in her final year. In 1987, she was named All-Northeast-8 second team and honorable mention All-New England.
         
The oldest of four children of Anne and Maurice Charron, Anne-Margaret remains active athletically. She played on the USA Women’s National Baseball team and participated in the 2002 World Series at Tropicana Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla.