College Accomplishments By Southington Students

SOUTHINGTON, CT — Here are some recent notable accomplishments by local college students, as provided by readMedia Newswire.

Endicott College, Beverly MA

• Endicott softball student-athlete Hayley Arduini of Southington earned Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Player of the Week honors, for the week ending May 5. Arduini was a force at the plate as the top-seeded Gulls captured the 2019 CCC Softball Tournament Championship. She batted .429 (6-for-14) with a 1.214 slugging percentage in the tournament, picking up hits in all but one of the Gulls' tournament games. She saved her best performance for the championship round as she slugged three home runs over two games against No. 2 seed University of New England to help secure the conference crown for her team. She scored four runs and drove in seven in five tournament contests.

Tunxis Community College, Farmington CT

• Tunxis Community College in Farmington celebrated the conclusion of its first “Launch Your Leadership Journey,” an experiential leadership development program for female students, at a graduation ceremony on April 26. During spring semester, the 13 students who were chosen, including Vraja Gandhi of Southington, attended a series of Saturday workshops that covered a number of leadership topics, were assigned female mentors to provide guidance to them during the program, and participated in small teams to plan and execute a social action project.