Hofstra University Athletics

A two-year member of the Colonel E. David Woycik Pride Leadership Academy at Hofstra.

2022:
CoSIDA Academic All-District®…Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...NFCA All-Northeast Region Third Team...All-CAA First Team…Named the Hofstra Softball team MVP…CAA Player of the Week on April 11 and May 2…Transitioned over to Hofstra’s starting shortstop role where she made 47 starts after playing her first three seasons with the Pride at third base…Batted .307 on the season with 43 hits…Tied for the team-lead with nine doubles and led the team with seven home runs…Drove in a team-high 32 runs which was ninth in the CAA at the conclusion of Hofstra’s season…Scored 30 runs which tied for first on the team and was tied for sixth in the CAA…Registered a team-high .521 slugging percentage and .396 on base percentage…Drew a team-high 21 walks which was ninth in the CAA…Went 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts…Had a spectacular conference season where she batted .424 with 25 hits, five doubles, five homers, 21 RBI’s, nine walks, 18 runs scored, and a .763 slugging percentage and .507 on base percentage…Had 14 multi-hit games including one three-hit game…Led the team with eight multi-RBI games including a trio of three-RBI games and one four-RBI game…Concluded the season on a 20-game reached base streak…Recorded a season-long eight-game hitting streak that spanned from April 24 to May 12, accumulating 11 hits during the span…Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double and three-run home run against Indiana on 2/25…Went 3-for-1 with two RBIs against Army on 3/30…Recorded two hits in three-straight games against Charleston and two against James Madison…Homered in back-to-back games against James Madison in a doubleheader on 4/9…Reached base in all three plate appearances in a 5-1 win over Drexel on 4/30 when she hit a three-run home run with two walks...Recorded her 100th career hit against Syracuse on 3/20.

2021:
CoSIDA Academic All-District®...Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...CAA Player of the Week on March 12...Started and appeared in all 32 games at third base...Batted .270 primary as Hofstra’s clean-up hitter...Scattered 24 hits including five doubles and a team-high four home runs...Slugged .461 on the season which was second on the team...Drove in 24 runs which was also second on the team...Drew a team-high 19 walks...Recorded a .402 on base percentage...Went 4-for-5 on stolen base attempts....Finished her junior season with 82 RBI and she will enter her senior season ranked 12th in RBI in Hofstra program history... Recorded seven total multi-hit games and had seven games with at least two RBI...Went 2-for-2 with four RBI (including ga three-run home run), two walks, and four runs scored in Hofstra’s season-opener against Villanova on March 7...Went 2-for-3 in the nightcap of that doubleheader with a home run in her second-straight game, this time a two-run shot...Went 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBI in Hofstra’s 14-6 win over Towson on 4/3...Also went 2-for-2 with two walks against Drexel on 4/9.

2020:
Started and appeared in all 18 games…Saw time at second base, third base, and shortstop…Recorded 12 hits which was the second-most on the team…Also added three extra base hits including one double, one triple and one home run…Drove in five runs…Drew eight total walks…Logged a .360 slugging percentage and .345 on base percentage…Went 1-for-2 on stolen base attempts…Logged three multiple-hit games which occurred during three of her last four games of the season (Buffalo on 3/7, Cornell on 3/7 and Connecticut on 3/10)…Hit her first collegiate grand slam in a 10-7 win over Buffalo (3/7)…Strung together a season-long three-game hitting streak lasing from Canisius on 3/6 to Cornell on 3/7…Reached base safely in five-straight games…Drew three walks against Drake (3/16)…Also had two walks in a 9-3 win over Florida Atlantic (2/21).

2019:
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Schutt Sports/NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 Selection…NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team…CAA Co-Rookie of the Year…CAA First Team selection…CAA All-Rookie Team…Started and played in all 47 games at third base…Finished her rookie campaign as arguably one of the top freshman in Hofstra program history, leading the Pride in batting average (.378), on base percentage (.480) and slugging percentage (.678)…Drove in 53 runs which tied for the third-most in a single season in Hofstra program history…Led the team with 10 home runs and 13 doubles…Also drew 30 walks which led the team and tied for the fifth-most in a single season at Hofstra…Finished top-10 in the CAA in batting average (6th), slugging percentage (8th), on base percentage (7th), total RBI (7th), and walks (6th)…Finished ninth in the nation and first among freshman nationally with 1.13 RBI per game…Recorded a season-long 10-game hitting streak and 17-game reached base streak…Tied for first on the team with 15 multiple-hit games including 13 two-hit games, one three-hit game and one four-hit game…Finished first on the team with 17 multiple RBI games, including 11 two-RBI games, three three-RBI games, two four-RBI games and one five-RBI game…Had two multi-home run games…Hit her first-career home run, a three-run shot against No. 3/3 Oklahoma’s Giselle Juarez, a 2019 USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List honoree...Scattered four hits against Towson (4/20) when she went 4-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI…Delivered a walk-off single in that same game against Towson when Hofstra won, 9-8…Went 3-for-5 with five RBI and two home runs against Iona (3/9)…Tied a program record with four walks in a single game at Kennesaw State (3/1)…Named CAA Rookie of the Week once (3/12)...Named to the CAA Spring Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll and Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll.

High School:
LOHUD Section 1 All-Decade Team...A six-time All-League Section 1 selection from 2013-2018...A five-time All-Section in Section 1 from 2014-2018...Named the Section 1 Player of the Year twice (2017 and 2018)...Named the MVP Position Player her senior year…Received the James Mackenzie Award in 2018…Named the 2017-18 Senior Female Athlete of the Year at Croton Harmon High School...Holds the current NYSPHSAA career home run record with 56 home runs…Holds NYSPHSAA single season batting average of .821 set in her sophomore year...Currently tied for first in career batting average for the NYSPHSAA with a .695 clip...Hit .621 during the 2018 season with nine home runs…Team won league championship in 2014…Also participated in varsity basketball in 2014,
 
Personal:
Daughter of Scott and Karan Giordano…Has one brother, Scott who played baseball at Westchester Community College and SUNY Cortland…Graduated with a degree in physical education and health and is now pursuing a graduate degree in the same field.