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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
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2024 Softball Roster

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Matteo Bracco
Chris Henry
Aaron Meullion
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5 Aliya Catanzarita

5 Aliya Catanzarita

  • Position:
    UTL
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Cheshire, Conn.
  • Major:
    Exercise Physiology
  • High School:
    Cheshire Academy

Summary

Biography

2023:
CAA Championship All-Tournament Team…Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
…Appeared in 42 games and made 32 starts…Totaled 24 hits including four home runs and three doubles…Drove in 15 runs and scored 11 times…Drew 15 walks and was hit by pitch twice… Went 7-17 with two home runs, three RBI, scored seven times, and drew six walks in the 2023 CAA Softball Championship…Set a CAA Softball Championship record for walks in a game with four against UNCW…Recorded a season-high three hits in a 3-3 effort on two singles and a home run while driving in three runs and scoring twice against Drexel on May 5…Also recorded three RBI against Drexel on May 6.

2022:
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Appeared in 41 games and made 29 starts as Hofstra’s designated player…Batted .227 on the season with 22 hits, four doubles, and one home run…Drove in seven runs and scored nine times…Drew 12 walks…Had five multi-hit games including a 2-for-3 performance with two walks against the College of Charleston in a CAA Championship game on May 12…Hit her first career home run on March 27 at Elon…Had a five-game hitting streak from March 26 to April 2 when she recorded seven hits during the span.

2021:
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Played in 11 games and made nine starts including six at left field and three at designated player...Scattered seven total hits on the season including three games with two hits...Also recorded five RBI and four runs scored...Drew three walks...Had a breakout week during the road Towson series when she went 3-for-6 at the dish with four RBI, one triple, and two runs scored across two games played...Also went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run in Hofstra’s regular season finale at Fairleigh Dickinson on 5/9.

2020:
Appeared in seven games while making six starts at first base…Tallied two hits on the season…Recorded her first career hit against East Carolina (3/1)…Also drew one walk against ECU…Recorded one hit against Cornell (3/7)…Recorded a 1.000 fielding percentage on 37 total chances...Earned CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll, Hofstra Athletic Director Scholar and Dean's List distinction for the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester. 

High School:
Was a four-year team captain at the Cheshire Academy…Was named a Cheshire Academy Team MVP three times…Recorded 137 career hits…Batted over .500 in each of her four years including a career-high .654 during her senior year…Recorded an on base percentage of .500 or better and slugging percentage of .800 or better during all four years including a career-best on base percentage of .700 and slugging percentage of 1.327 as a senior…Recorded 16 total home runs in high school including seven during the 2019 season…Participated in the Western New England College Prep School All-Star game during her Freshman Year…Was selected for the Softball Factory Under Armour Preseason All-American Tournament as a junior and senior and collected MVP honors her senior year…Was named a Western New England All-Star in 2019…Helped her team to a 51-11-1 record and three-straight Class B Championships during her tenure…Also played two years of Field Hockey for the Cats…Received First and Second Honors as a freshman and sophomore.
 
Personal:
Daughter of Michael and Alicia…Has a younger brother, Michael…Majoring in Exercise Physiology at Hofstra.
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020Freshman

    UTL
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2021Sophomore

    UTL
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2022Junior

    UTL
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    UTL
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2024Graduate Student

    UTL
    5'7"
    5