2012 Florida Southern Softball Media Guide STEPH’S AWARDS AND HONORS
#7 – Steph Graziani New Castle, PA Neshannock HS/Iowa Central CC Senior • Second Base 5-01 • Bats L, Throws R
2010 (Sophomore year at Iowa Central CC): NFCA First Team All‐American, NJCAA First Team All‐ Region XI 2009 (Freshman year at Iowa Central CC): NJCAA Second Team All‐Region XI
Returning starter at second base, but also started several games in the outfield after an All‐American junior college career at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa… Helped the Tritons to back‐to‐back 50‐win seasons… One of two players on the roster from Iowa Central, coming to Florida Southern with Brittany Martin… Finished her junior college career with a .408 batting average, 147 hits, three homers, 48 RBI, and 88 stolen bases in two years playing for coach Rick Sandquist… Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Iowa Central. Junior season highlights (2011) Started all but two games in her first season at Florida Southern with 27 starts at second base and 17 in left field Hit leadoff in all 44 of her games played, and had the highest batting average in the SSC among all regular leadoff batters Led Florida Southern in at‐bats (146) and stolen bases (23), and was tied for the team lead in runs scored (32) with former junior college teammate Brittany Martin Second on the team in hits (54), batting average (.370) and on‐base percentage (.452), trailing only Brittany Martin in each of those categories Finished eighth in the SSC in batting, and fourth in on‐base percentage Hit .324 with a .429 on‐base percentage and 12 steals in conference play Tied for second in the league with her 23 steals, just one behind SSC leader Rachel Talenfeld of Nova Southeastern Reached base leading off a game 48 percent of the time (13 hits, four walks, and four HBPs) Drew 11 walks and was hit by a pitch a team‐high 11 times, giving her a total of 22 free passes for the season Got hit twice in one game in back‐to‐back games vs. Nova Southeastern (Apr. 28‐29), and was hit six times in the last six games of the season Led off the bottom of the 12th with a single and scored the winning run in Florida Southern’s only extra‐inning win of the season, a 3‐2 victory over Nova Southeastern (Apr. 28) Doubled in the tying run in the bottom of the seventh, the following day against Nova, sending that game to extra innings (Apr. 29) Successful on 15 of her last 16 stolen base attempts Twice stole three bases in one game (March 15 vs. Franklin Pierce, and April 2 vs. Lynn) Second on the team with 15 multi‐hit games, and had three hits in four of them Had a season‐high 8‐game hitting streak from March 12‐22, and hit safely in 15 of 16 games from Feb. 23‐March 22 Only player on the team to have a game with two doubles (March 4 vs. Georgia Southwestern), and a game with two triples (March 9 at Warner), and did it in back‐to‐back games Sophomore season highlights from Iowa Central Community College (2010) Helped the Tritons to a 55‐10 record and a second‐place finish in the Region XI Tournament where they were ranked #9 in the NJCAA Division II national poll Hit leadoff for the Tritons in all 58 games she started and batted .429 with a school‐record 76 runs scored… Second on the team in batting average to current Florida Southern teammate Brittany Martin Also set a school record by getting hit by a pitch 11 times, walked 21 times, and had a team‐best .514 on‐base percentage (struck out just seven times in 216 plate appearances Led the team with a .508 batting average with runners in scoring position Hit five doubles, three triples, and three home runs, had 31 RBI, and stole 42 bases in 45 attempts Had a team‐high 24 multi‐hit games, including eight games with three hits Had a career‐high five RBI in a 19‐0 win at Ellsworth, a game where she hit a grand slam (Florida Southern teammate Brittany Martin also hit a grand slam as part of the same 15‐run, third inning) Broke a scoreless tie with a 2‐run homer in the top of the fifth against Kirkwood in the regional tournament, sending Iowa Central into the championship round with a 2‐0 win… Followed that with an RBI single that gave them a 1‐0 win over Iowa Lakes the next day Committed only six errors in the field in 143 chances for a .958 fielding percentage 18