Hofstra University Athletics

2025:
CAA All-Tournament Team…Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…Appeared in 47 games with 45 starts in the infield…Recorded 45 hits in 122 at-bats for a .314 batting average…Finished the season with 18 doubles, the fourth-most in a season in program history…Hit two doubles against UNCW (Apr. 11)…Also recorded two triples and two home runs…Had 13 multi-hit games, including three in the CAA Championship…Drove in 22 RBIs…Recorded six multi-RBI games, including a career-high four RBIs against UNCW (Apr. 11)…Scored 22 runs…Finished 8-9 in stolen base attempts…Recorded a .514 slugging percentage and a .320 on-base percentage…Drew four walks and was hit-by-pitch twice…Finished with a .970 fielding percentage with 93 putouts and five assists.

2024:
Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…Played in 28 games as a pinch hitter…Recorded five hits on 25 at-bats for a .200 batting average…Tallied her first collegiate hit against Bucknell (Feb. 23)…Also recorded hits against Monmouth (Mar. 24), UNCW (Mar. 31), North Carolina A&T (Apr. 6), and Charleston (May 3)…Drew a walk against Hampton (Apr. 26).

High School:
Was a member of the varsity softball program at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California…Totaled 95 hits, 41 RBIs, 18 doubles, eight home runs, and five triples in four seasons of varsity play…A three-time First Team All-League honoree (2021-23)…Named First Team All-Area in 2022 and 2023…Helped the Lancers to a De Rey League championship in 2021.
 
Personal:
Daughter of Dante and Laura Palacio…Has a brother, Dante Jr., who played baseball at Cal Poly Pomona from 2017-23.