2013: Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team Honoree ... Made the switch from shortstop to third base and appeared in all 44 games … Led the team in nearly every offensive category, racking up a team-best 54 hits while posting a .432 batting average ... Led the way with eight home runs and a team-leading 31 runs scored and 34 RBI ... Also drew a team-best 21 walks and blasted nine doubles and two triples ... Led the team with 11 stolen bases.
2012: Ranked second on the squad with a .371 average at the plate ... Appeared and started in all 42 games ... Led the Warriors with 52 hits and 40 runs scored ... Smashed a team-high eight doubles, two triples, and a team-best 12 home runs ... Drove in 20 runs ... Led Merrimack with a .714 slugging percentage ... Posted an on-base percentage of .450, the best mark on the team ... Drew 20 walks ... Went a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases ... Led the team with 18 multi-hit games and ran up a team-best eight-game hitting streak at one point.
2011: Named to the Daktronics All-Region second team … A Northeast-10 All-Conference first team honoree … One of four players to start all 54 games … Led the team with a .401 batting average and 65 hits … Drove in 33 RBIs and scored 40 runs … Stole eight bases on the season … Ranked second on the squad with 121 assists … Led the team with 13 doubles while also blasting seven homers … Recorded the lone hit in Merrimack’s 2-1 win over Dowling in game one of the NCAA Tournament, a two-run home run in the seventh inning … Batted .379 in postseason play with 11 hits, nine runs, two homers and six RBIs … Named Northeast-10 Player of the Week (5/17).
Before Merrimack: Transferred to Merrimack after playing one season at UMass ... Lettered three years for Dennis Melanaphy at Peabody Vets ... Batted .513 with 15 doubles her senior year, earning team MVP ... Earned the Salem News All-Star award three years ... Named to League All-Star team three years ... Also captained the field hockey and basketball team ... Honored as Peabody Veterans Memorial High School Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Born April 6, 1990 ... Daughter of Gary and Chery Palmieri ... Sister of Gary Jr. (24), Anthony (23) and Cally (17) ... Sociology and Education major at Merrimack.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, at Post Eagles, 04/18/13
Doubles: 2, at Stonehill, 04/24/13 ; at New Haven, 4/14/12 ; vs ESU, Mar 16, 2012
Triples: 1, 5 times
Home runs: 2, UMass Lowell, 03/29/2012 ; at Saint Michael's, 04/14/11
Total bases: 9, at Saint Michael's, 04/14/11
RBI: 4, Saint Michael's, 03/20/12 ; at Queens College, 04/03/13 ; at Saint Michael's, 04/14/11
Runs scored: 4, at Saint Michael's, 04/14/11
Walks: 3, UMass Lowell, 04/18/12
Hit by pitch: 1, vs Indiana Tech, 03/22/13
Struck out: 3, Le Moyne, 04/22/11 ; at Southern Conn. State, 4/15/2012
Sac flies: 1, vs Shippensburg, 03/22/13 ; St. Anselm, 04/06/11 ; Saint Anselm, 04/26/13
Sac bunts: 1, vs LIU Post, 03/03/13 ; vs Mt. Vernon Nazarene, 03/25/11 ; Southern CT, 04/07/13
At bats: 5, at Saint Rose, 03/31/12 ; at Post Eagles, 04/18/13 ; at Stonehill College, Apr 20, 2011
Stolen bases: 2, Franklin Pierce, 04/12/11 ; Southern NH, 04/19/13 ; at UMass Lowell, Apr 03, 2011
Caught stealing: 1, 8 times
Field chances: 10, vs LIU Post, 03/29/13 ; Saint Rose, 04/25/11
Putouts: 5, Bentley, 04/10/13 ; at Le Moyne, Apr 05, 2012
Assists: 9, vs LIU Post, 03/29/13
Career Summary Year | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | bb | so | sb-att |
2011.... | .401 | 54-54 | 162 | 40 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 28 | 8-12 |
2012.... | .371 | 42-42 | 140 | 40 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 33 | 4-4 |
2013.... | .432 | 44-42 | 125 | 31 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 21 | 30 | 11-15 |
TOTAL... | .400 | 140-138 | 427 | 111 | 171 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 87 | 61 | 91 | 23-31 |