Career Accolades:
- 2019 & 2017 PSAC West All-Conference Team
- 2019 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2020: Played in 17 games while making 16 starts in her senior season... hit .300 with 15 hits, four doubles, and six homers... recorded 10 runs and 11 RBI with a .740 slugging percentage... tallied a hit in the first three games of the season and notched her first double and RBU vs. Southern Wesleyan (2/14)... hit a homer vs. Georgian Court (3/1) to tally two RBI and a run... hit another homer two games later and a double vs. West Virginia Wesleyan (3/2) while tallying two RBI and a run... went 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs vs. University of the Sciences (3/5), which sparked a five-game hitting streak to end the season... went 3-for-4 vs. Charleston (3/6) with a double and homer to finish with one RBI and two runs...tallied three hits vs. Clarion in the season-ending double-header (3/12)... finished her career tied 24th all-time with 143 games played... tied seventh all-time with 33 doubles, fifth all-time with 22 homers, and 12th all-time with 215 total bases.
2019: Played and started in all 46 games this season for the Knights... hit .310 on the year with 45 hits including a team-best 14 doubles and four homers...scored 21 runs and 29 RBI... recorded 11 multi-hit games including three multi-hit games back-to-back... went 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI and one run scored at Point Park... followed that performance with two hits at Clarion in game one... in game two, went 4-for-5 at the plate with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored... hit a grand slam in Gannon's 11-1 win over Mansfield to tally four RBI.
2018: Played in 46 games, starting in 41 (39 in left field and 2 in center field) ... named a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete … received the NCAA Division II Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award ... hit .235 with 27 hits, nine doubles and seven home runs in 115 at-bats ... recorded 21 RBI and 24 runs ... ranked second on the team in walks with 20 ... had a .496 slugging percentage and a .353 on-base percentage ... was 6-for-6 on stolen bases attempts ... recorded seven multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games ... had a four-game hit streak from 4/6/18-4/10/18 ... went 3-for-3 with four RBI, one double and two home runs at Notre Dame on 4/10/18 ... smacked a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against West Virginia Wesleyan in the Atlantic Regional 2 Championship game to send the game to extra innings ... her seven homers helped Gannon set a new single-season home run record with 48.
2017: Saw action in 34 games as a true freshman, starting 30 … named a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete … selected to the All-PSAC Western Division first team as an at-large honoree … started 15 games as a left fielder, 11 as a center fielder and four as a designated player … batted in every position of the lineup from third through eighth, including 11 starts in the fifth spot … led Gannon in slugging percentage (.581) … finished second among Lady Knights in batting average (.337), doubles (6), home runs (5), on-base percentage (.383), stolen bases (4) and two-out RBIs (9) … hit .588 (10-17) against left-handers and .415 (17-41) with the bases empty … reached base 61.9 percent (13-21) of the time when leading off an inning … ranked second among Lady Knights in multiple-RBI games (4) and third in multiple-hit performances (9) … made her collegiate debut during a 3-1 victory against Point Park at the National Training Center (NTC) Games in Clermont, Florida … went 1-for-3 with one stolen base during her first game … followed with a 2-for-2 showing, two runs, one RBI, one home run and one stolen base during a 5-2 win against Wheeling Jesuit the next day … hit .400 (6-15) during the NTC Games … went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs, one double, one home run and one stolen base during a 7-0 victory at Point Park … ripped a season-best three hits in four at-bats during a 5-4 nine-inning win against Edinboro, scoring once and driving home one run … used a home run to record a season-best three RBIs during a 10-1 victory against Slippery Rock … began the season with 18 consecutive errorless games, before ending the year with a 15-game errorless streak … had a batting average of .316 or better throughout the entire season.
High School: Played for head coach and father Craig Taliani at Deer Lakes (Pa.) High School … hit .500 as a senior and .410 as a junior … was a four-year varsity starter … named
Valley News Dispatch Player of the Year as a senior … was a two-time all-state selection, being named to the first team as a junior and second team as a senior … earned
Valley News Dispatch all-section and all-star first-team honors during her final season … named to the all-area first team during her junior campaign … selected to the all-conference all-star team as a junior … named to the 2015 MSA Sports Diamond Dolls All-Star Team … earned Player of the Week accolades from the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette … named
Valley News Dispatch Spotlight Player of the Week during her junior campaign … helped Deer Lakes win the conference, section and regional championships as a junior … was part of a Deer Lakes team that finished second in the state during her junior season … advanced to the conference finals three consecutive years … was part of four straight Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) 3-AA section championships … participated in the 2015 WPIAL Sportsmanship/Leadership Summit … named 2015 Trib Total Media Outstanding Young Citizen … finished runner-up in the 2015 Bayer Cultural Mentorship Program … served as a student council representative … ranked among the top 10 percent of her senior class … produced a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average … received highest honors all four years … was a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.
Career-Highs:
At bats: 5, two times, last at Clarion (3/5/19)
Runs: 3 at Notre Dame (4/10/18)
Hits: 4 at Clarion 3/15/19)
Doubles: 2, three times, last vs. Notre Dame (3/26/19)
Home runs: 2 at Notre Dame (4/10/18)
RBI: 4, two times, last vs. Mansfield (5/1/19)
Stolen Bases: 1, 12 times, last at Clarion (3/15/19)
Assists: 1, nine times, last vs. Fairmont State (3/6/20)
Putouts: 5, two times, last vs. West Chester (5/3/19)
