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Jersey Number 5
Marissa Gagliano
- Position:
- Shortstop
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Riviera Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Wheaton Academy
2018
Named Big South All-Academic … Led the team in batting average (.361), hits (65), runs (46), doubles (16), total bases (94), slugging percentage (.522), on-base percentage (.453) and stolen bases (20) … Ranked inside the Big South’s top 10 in seven offensive categories and top five in runs scored and doubles … Set the longest reached base streak in program history with 36 (35 this season) … Ranked second in the conference fielding 15 double plays and fifth with 116 putouts … Tallied a career-high four hits against Charlotte on Feb. 16 … Recorded a team-high 16 multiple base hit games, including a four-hit game – the most of any Highlander … Scored a career-high four runs against Gardner-Webb on April 21 … Stole three bases against Norfolk State on April 18 … Named Big South All-Tournament Team
2017
One of three Highlanders to start all 55 games, batting leadoff and playing shortstop... Among top 10 in Big South during regular season in runs scored, finishing with team-leading 35... Tied for fourth in conference with 22 stolen bases... Second on team with in hits and on-base percentage and tied for second in walks... Hit first career home run vs. Norfolk State on Mar. 29 and added a second in regular-season finale vs. Winthrop... Also totaled seven doubles and two triples... Shared team-lead with 13 multi-hit games... Tied career high with three RBIs against Norfolk State and Virginia Tech... Started season by reaching base in 12 straight games... Was second on team and in Big South with 137 assists, while compiling .960 fielding percentage
2016
All-Big South Second Team selection... Started all 61 games at shortstop, including 58 in the leadoff spot... Fifth in conference in hits (65), tied for fourth in stolen bases (27) and tied for fifth in doubles (12)... Had top average among full-time starters on team, was second in runs and one of three Highlanders with three triples... Defensively, recorded 168 assists to lead nation through the end of conference tournaments... Posted .959 fielding percentage in 271 chances... Posted team-high 16 multiple-hit games, including career-best three hits on four occasions... Had career-high three RBIs vs. Gardner-Webb on Apr. 10 and went 3 for 3 with three runs scored vs. Virginia on Mar. 6... Had team-best 12-game hitting streak from Mar. 16-30 and hit successfully in 20 of 21 games through Apr. 10... Member of Big South Presidential Honor Roll
2015
Medical redshirt after sustaining season-ending injury in second game on Feb. 7 at Elon... Had started first two games at shortstop in the lead-off position...In two games, had two hits and three RBI with a double
PREP/CLUB
2013 & 2014 Suburban Christian Conference (SCC) Player of the Year... Selected to 2013 Max Preps Small School All-American team… Two-time All-American selection by the National Christian School Association (NCSA), including first team in 2013… ICA Class 3A All-State honoree the past four seasons, including first-team as a senior (first in program history)… Four-time first-team all-conference, along with all-area and all-DuPage county selections… 2013-14 Wheaton Female Athlete of the Year... Played for the Beverly Bandits summer ball squad... Member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
Marissa Noelle Gagliano is the daughter of Paul and Natalie Gagliano... Has a younger sister, Meghan, who plays softball at Charleston Southern ... Majoring in physical therapy
Named Big South All-Academic … Led the team in batting average (.361), hits (65), runs (46), doubles (16), total bases (94), slugging percentage (.522), on-base percentage (.453) and stolen bases (20) … Ranked inside the Big South’s top 10 in seven offensive categories and top five in runs scored and doubles … Set the longest reached base streak in program history with 36 (35 this season) … Ranked second in the conference fielding 15 double plays and fifth with 116 putouts … Tallied a career-high four hits against Charlotte on Feb. 16 … Recorded a team-high 16 multiple base hit games, including a four-hit game – the most of any Highlander … Scored a career-high four runs against Gardner-Webb on April 21 … Stole three bases against Norfolk State on April 18 … Named Big South All-Tournament Team
2017
One of three Highlanders to start all 55 games, batting leadoff and playing shortstop... Among top 10 in Big South during regular season in runs scored, finishing with team-leading 35... Tied for fourth in conference with 22 stolen bases... Second on team with in hits and on-base percentage and tied for second in walks... Hit first career home run vs. Norfolk State on Mar. 29 and added a second in regular-season finale vs. Winthrop... Also totaled seven doubles and two triples... Shared team-lead with 13 multi-hit games... Tied career high with three RBIs against Norfolk State and Virginia Tech... Started season by reaching base in 12 straight games... Was second on team and in Big South with 137 assists, while compiling .960 fielding percentage
2016
All-Big South Second Team selection... Started all 61 games at shortstop, including 58 in the leadoff spot... Fifth in conference in hits (65), tied for fourth in stolen bases (27) and tied for fifth in doubles (12)... Had top average among full-time starters on team, was second in runs and one of three Highlanders with three triples... Defensively, recorded 168 assists to lead nation through the end of conference tournaments... Posted .959 fielding percentage in 271 chances... Posted team-high 16 multiple-hit games, including career-best three hits on four occasions... Had career-high three RBIs vs. Gardner-Webb on Apr. 10 and went 3 for 3 with three runs scored vs. Virginia on Mar. 6... Had team-best 12-game hitting streak from Mar. 16-30 and hit successfully in 20 of 21 games through Apr. 10... Member of Big South Presidential Honor Roll
2015
Medical redshirt after sustaining season-ending injury in second game on Feb. 7 at Elon... Had started first two games at shortstop in the lead-off position...In two games, had two hits and three RBI with a double
PREP/CLUB
2013 & 2014 Suburban Christian Conference (SCC) Player of the Year... Selected to 2013 Max Preps Small School All-American team… Two-time All-American selection by the National Christian School Association (NCSA), including first team in 2013… ICA Class 3A All-State honoree the past four seasons, including first-team as a senior (first in program history)… Four-time first-team all-conference, along with all-area and all-DuPage county selections… 2013-14 Wheaton Female Athlete of the Year... Played for the Beverly Bandits summer ball squad... Member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
Marissa Noelle Gagliano is the daughter of Paul and Natalie Gagliano... Has a younger sister, Meghan, who plays softball at Charleston Southern ... Majoring in physical therapy
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