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34 - Erika Piancastelli
ERIKA PIANCASTELLI
POSITION: Catcher HEIGHT: 5-9 BATS/THROWS: R/R HOMETOWN: Modena, Italy COLLEGE: McNeese State uurka_20
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Morgan’s Message
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Finished in 15th place on the leaderboard with 1,424 points during her third Athletes Unlimited campaign … tied for eighth in the circuit with 1,060 win points … starter in all 15 games who authored .282 batting average with 11 hits, including three home runs and 10 runs batted in … hit second grand slam of AU career on Aug. 7 against Team Harshman as part of 3-for-4 effort with five runs batted in … hit safely in four consecutive games from Aug. 14-21. 2021 Championship Season: Earned 23rd place on the leaderboard with 1,278 points … scored nine runs … starter in all 15 games … batted .256 with 11 hits, including five extra-base hits … tied for the league lead with 10 walks … drove in 10 runs, which were tied for sixth in the circuit … owned share of seventh place among league leaders with three home runs … hit by a pitch twice. 2020 Championship Season: Ranked fourth on the leaderboard with 1,840 points … tied for sixth with 490 stat points while her 220 MVP points tied Jessica Warren for third place in the league … starter in 14-of-15 games who batted .327 … tallied 17 hits, including 11 for extra bases … owned share of league lead with nine home runs … drove in 15 runs, good for a share of third place in Athletes Unlimited … tied for fourth in the league with 52 at-bats … sixth in the circuit with 14 runs scored … accumulated 46 total bases to finish second among all players.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member of the Italian National Team since 2015 … competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and went 2-for-15 in five games with both hits coming against Team Canada … helped Team Italy qualify for Tokyo Olympics by going 5-for-17 with one home run and two runs batted in at WBSC Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier … batted .545 with 12 hits and 15 runs scored during 2021 European Softball Championship.
PERSONAL
Born in Modena, Italy, but moved to California with her family when she was five years old.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Played for SGH Galaxy Stars in the Japan Diamond League during the 2022 season … also participated in Major League Baseball’s FTX Home Run Derby event in London, England on July 9, 2022, earning MVP honors after slugging 15 home runs in two rounds.
AT MCNEESE STATE
Four-year letter winner for the Cowgirls who started 234-of-235 games from 2015-18 … finished her career with combined 19 school and Southland Conference records … compiled .401 batting average during record-setting career … owns McNeese career records for hits (253), home runs (75), runs batted in (212), runs scored (228), walks (229), doubles (62) and total bases (548) … also stands as Southland Conference’s career leader in home runs, runs batted in, walks, runs scored and total bases while holding share of career doubles mark … first player in program history to earn NFCA All-America honors, claiming pair of honors in 2015 and 2016 … four-time NFCA All-Region and All-Southland Conference honoree … named Southland Conference Hitter and Player of the Year four times … one of three student-athletes in school history to win multiple conference Player of the Year honors in any sport … named 2015 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year … also garnered All-Louisiana distinction all four years … three-time pick as Southland Conference Softball Student-Athlete of the Year … selected as 2018 Louisiana Hitter of the Year … four-time recipient of McNeese State Female Athlete of the Year award … set McNeese single-season home runs record three times during her career … three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District recipient.
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 1840 15 14 0.327 0.364 0.885 52 14 17 2 0 9 15 3 0 7 46 0 0 0 0 2021 1278 15 15 0.256 0.418 0.512 43 9 11 2 0 3 10 10 2 4 22 0 1 0 0 2022 1424 15 15 0.282 0.462 0.513 39 10 11 0 0 3 10 13 0 7 20 0 0 0 0
