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2024 Softball Roster

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
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21 Gianna Fazzolari

  • Position
    Catcher/Infield
  • B/T
    R/R
  • Height
    5-6
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Newfane, N.Y.
  • Highschool
    Sacred Heart
  • Instagram
    gianna.fazz

Biography

AWARDS
ALL-MAAC FIRST TEAM (2022) (2023)
MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (2022) (2023)

PRESEASON ALL-MAAC (2023)
ALL-MAAC SECOND TEAM (2024)

CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4-2x, last: at Iona (4/10/21)
Runs: 2-11x, last: vs Fairfield (5/11/23)
RBI: 5, at Iona (4/10/21)


2024 • SENIOR SEASON

• 2024 All-MAAC Second Team 

• Started in all 45 games this season

• Led Canisius and tied the programs single-season home run record with 11

• Led the Golden Griffins with a career-high 47 RBI

• Recorded a career-best 49 hits

• Hit first home run of the season against Queens (Feb. 18)

• Went 3-for-4 against Lehigh (March 15)

• Tallied two RBI, going 2-for-3 against Penn State (March 16)

• Hit a home run in six straight games to break the Canisius record (March 29-April 9)

• Tallied a career-high six RBI against Saint Peter’s (April 6)

• Broke the Canisius career home run record against Saint Peter’s (April 6)

• Hit a home run and drew three walks against Iona (April 13)

• Went 3-for-4 at the plate against Buffalo (May 1)

• Hit a grand slam to tie the Canisius single-season home run record against Siena (May 10)

• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team


2023 • JUNIOR SEASON
• All-MAAC First Team selection
• Appeared in 43 games while starting 40
• Tied a career-high with a .306 batting average
• Recorded 33 base hits, with 14 going for extra bases
• Went 1-for-2 on stolen bases
• Drove in 33 runs, while crossing the plate 17 times
• Belted her first home run of the season driving in 3 runs vs Boston University (Feb. 19)
• Went 3-for-3 while scoring twice versus NC Central (March 3)
• Recorded two hits with two RBI at Quinnipiac (April 3)
• Tallied six hits and six RBI in a doubleheader at Niagara (May 1)
• Smashed two home runs and drove in four runs vs Fairfield (May 11)
• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team

2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• All-MAAC First Team selection
• Named the MAAC Player of the Week on Feb. 22
• Started in all 49 games played
• Ranked first on the team with 38 RBI and a .503 slugging percentage
• Recorded a team-high eight home runs
• Posted a career-best 45 hits and 22 runs
• Had a .991 fielding percentage with a team-best 286 putouts and 31 assists
• Began the season with a home run in four straight games (Feb. 18 - Feb. 20)
• Recorded a total of 18 putouts in three games in the MAAC Tournament
• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team

2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Named the MAAC Rookie of the Week on May 10
• Made 36 starts; one of three players to start every game
• Paced Canisius with four home runs, 27 RBI and 55 total bases
• Tied for third on the squad with 33 hits and was second on the team with 19 walks
• Has six multi-hit games, highlighted by a pair of four-hit contests (March 27 at Fairfield; April 10 at  Iona)
• Hit first collegiate home run with a two-run home run at Manhattan (April 3)
• Drove in a team-high five runs on four hits in a 14-5 win at Iona (April 10)
• Finshed with 27 RBI, the most by a Canisius freshman since Katie Lancellotti had 28 RBI in 2009

BEFORE CANISIUS
• Played three seasons at Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart and one season at Lockport
• Was previously a member of the New York Diamond Girls, USSSA Pride and Newtown Rock club teams
• Competed for the Sharks swim team for one season, where she took part in the freestyle and backstroke events

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Anthony and Wendy Fazzolari
• Has one sister, Maria
• Majoring in sports and exercise health care

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2021Freshman

    Catcher/Infield
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2022Sophomore

    Catcher/Infield
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2023Junior

    Catcher/Infield
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2024Senior

    Catcher/Infield
    5'6"
    21