Hokie Club11 - Shanel GarofaloPosition: Third Base/Second Base
Class: Senior
Height: 5' 8"
High School: Riverside Secondary
Hometown: Port Coquitlam, B.C.
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Was the starter at second base for her first two years at Tech, but made the move to third base early in her junior season ... Will play both positions this year ... Has started 167 of 169 games in three seasons ... A solid infielder who knows the game well ... Has great instincts ... Hit the ball really well last season ... Will be one of the big bats in the lineup.
2003: Started 48 games as a junior ... Began the season at second base, but was moved to third base midway through the year ... Ended up starting 37 games at the new position ... Was named to the All-Northeast Region first team at third base ... Led the team in hitting with a .340 average ... Recorded 55 hits, second-best on the team ... Hit a career-high eight home runs ... Also had 11 doubles, 23 runs scored and 32 RBI ... Recorded 14 multi-hit games ... Had eight two-hit games and six three-hit games ... Led the team with 10 multi-RBI games ... Was named to two all-tournament teams, the Hokie Fastpitch Club Classic and the Sonic Challenge ... Finished ninth in the conference with 1.15 hits per game ... Finished sixth in the conference with eight home runs ... Finished eighth in the conference with 32 RBI ... Finished in a tie for fifth in the conference with 90 total bases ... Hit .278 in BIG EAST games with 15 hits and 10 RBI ... Hit two home runs at James Madison in the first game of a doubleheader, driving in three runs ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBI against Lehigh ... Hit a game-sealing three-run home run at Seton Hall in the second game.
2002: Was named to the all-state team by the Sports Information Directors of Virginia ... Batted .295 for the year ... Had 57 hits and 30 RBI ... Also had 10 doubles, a triple and three home runs ... Scored 28 runs ... Went 3-for-5 with five RBI against Elon ... Hit a grand slam in that game ... Set two school records on March 30 against Radford ... Went 5-for-5 to set a new mark for hits in a game ... Also scored four runs, setting another school mark ... Recorded five hits and a run scored in the doubleheader sweep of Seton Hall ... Had just six errors in 222 chances.
2001: Named to the BIG EAST Conference All-Rookie team ... Named to the All-Northeast Region second team ... Started all 59 games ... Fifty seven of those 59 games were at second base and two were at shortstop ... Led the team in batting, hitting .303 ... Had 12 doubles, two triples and three home runs ... Ranked fifth in the conference in doubles ... Had nine multi-hit games, tops on the team ... Had 15 games with two hits and two games with three hits ... Recorded five multiple-RBI games ... Had a nine-game hitting streak during the season ... Also had streaks of seven and five games ... Recorded her first career hit against Northern Iowa on Feb. 18 ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Sonic Invitational.
High School: Graduated from Riverside Secondary School ... School did not have softball ... Played for the Burnaby Oakeys, one of Canada's top club teams ... Was the top hitter at Western Canadians ... An All-Canada player, MVP and all-star shortstop at the Canadian National Championships ... Helped lead her team to the Canadian National Championships title.
Personal: Shanel Christiana Garofalo ... Born June 22, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ... Daughter of Joanna Palmer and Olivio Garofalo ... Stepfather is Wes Palmer ... Majoring in business.
| Year | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB-A | BB | SO | PO | A | E | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 59 | 59 | 185 | 27 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | .303 | 2-2 | 10 | 20 | 145 | 79 | 12 | .949 |
| 2002 | 60 | 60 | 193 | 28 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | .295 | 0-0 | 7 | 33 | 119 | 103 | 6 | .974 |
| 2003 | 48 | 48 | 162 | 23 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .340 | 1-1 | 3 | 17 | 58 | 89 | 11 | .930 |
| Totals | 167 | 167 | 540 | 78 | 168 | 33 | 3 | 14 | 93 | .311 | 3-3 | 20 | 70 | 322 | 271 | 29 | .953 |