2005 Softball Roster
Alessandra Giampaolo
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- CF
- Height:
- 5-5
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- High School:
- Polytechnic
At Michigan ... 2008 NFCA All-America second team (outfield) ... CoSIDA Academic All-America third team (2018) ... Three-time First Team Great Lakes All-Region (outfield) (2006, '07, '08) ... Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2007) ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 4 second team (2006) ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2006, '07, '08) ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2005, '06, '07, '08).
Senior (2008) ... NFCA All-America second team ... CoSIDA Academic All-America third team ... All-Great Lakes Region first team ... All-Big Ten first team ... Started all 60 games, splitting time between leftfield (48) and centerfield (12)... Tied the U-M career doubles record (61) ... Went 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI vs. Wright State in the NCAA Regional opener (May 16) ... Posted four hits, three runs and four RBI in Florida State doubleheader (April 30), including a 3-for-4 effort in the first game ... Tallied career-high 16-game hitting streak (March 28 - April 18), batting .471 (24-for-51) with five doubles, two homers and seven RBI over the stretch ... Posted two hits a piece in Minnesota doubleheader (April 13) ... Went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI at Wisconsin-2 (April 11) ... Recorded three hits, including two doubles, vs. Bowling Green (April 9) ... Launched two-run home run in the third inning vs. Central Michigan (April 8) ... Posted four straight multi-hit efforts (March 15-29), including five hits between back-to-back games at Louisville ... Multi-hit stretch capped 11-game hitting streak ... Recorded two hits, a run scored and an RBI in consecutive games vs. #17 Cal State Fullerton and #24 Texas at the Texas Invitational (Feb. 15).
Junior (2007) ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... First Team Great Lakes All-Region (outfield) ... led the Wolverines in batting average (.379), runs (41) and hits (74) ... also boasted a career-high, Big Ten-leading 19 doubles ... recorded a team-leading 19 multi-hit games and tallied five multi-RBI efforts ... posted five game-winning hits ... selected to the Big Ten All-Tournament team after batting 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs vs. #6 Northwestern/Illinois (May 11) ... went 5-for-7 with two runs scored in the Michigan State series (May 5-6) ... went 2-for-4 and scored the game-winning run at Purdue (April 21) ... tallied two RBI and a stolen base in comeback win at Purdue (April 20) ... went 4-for-5 in home-opening doubleheader vs. Western Michigan (April 3) ... batted 1-for-2 with two walks vs. #7 Northwestern (March 24) ... scored the winning run on a 2-for-3 day with a pair of doubles vs. Cal State-Northridge (March 16) ... went 3-for-4 with an RBI vs. #12 Washington (March 15) . ... slugged out two doubles and reached base four times in a 3-for-3 effort vs. Virginia (Mar. 4) ... went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 17) ... went 2-for-4 vs. Texas-Arlington (Feb. 10) with two hits, two runs and two RBI ... recorded the game-winning RBI triple in the seventh inning vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 9) ... tallied at least one hit in 11 of U-M's first 12 games, batting .447 (17-for-38) with seven runs, seven extra-base hits and seven RBI.
Sophomore (2006) ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 4 second team honors ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... First Team Great Lakes All-Region (outfield) ... Started all 59 games in centerfield ... finished third on the team in batting (.313) and tied for the team lead in doubles (14), while drawing a career-best 26 walks ... Hit .353 in the NCAA postseason with three doubles, one home run and four RBI ... tallied 14 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... went 2-for-3 with three RBI and first home run of season vs. Youngstown State in NCAA Regional play (May 19) ... recorded the game-winning single in the seventh inning at Ohio State-1 (April 22) ... scored the game-winning runs in both contests of the Central Michigan doubleheader (April 18) ... tied career high with three runs and set new career high with three walk vs. Minnesota (April 2) ... laced a two-run triple in the fifth to drive in the game-winning run vs. Toledo (March 26) ... scored game-tying run in the sixth inning at Florida State (March 3) ... went 2-for-3 with a run scored, a double and a walk at #13 Georgia (2) (Feb. 27) ... went a career-best 4-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI at #13 Georgia (1) (Feb. 27) ... went 2-for-4 with a double vs. #7 Alabama (Feb. 24) ... went 2-for-3 with two RBI at Florida (Feb. 18) ... went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI vs. DePaul (Feb. 17).
Freshman (2005) ... Member of U-M's 2005 NCAA Champion team ... All-Big Ten first team (outfield) ... U-M Athletic Academic Award ... All-Big Ten Tournament team ... second on U-M team with 15 doubles ... recorded 18 multi-hit games ... went 2-4 with an RBI in 5-0 NCAA Regional win over Seton Hall (May 21) ... went 2-4 with and scored once in 4-1 WCWS win over UCLA (June 8) ... went 1-2 with a run scored in Women's College World Series win over Tennessee (June 6) ... went 2-3 with a home run in NCAA Super Regional win over Washington-2 (May 28) ... hit solo shot in 4-1 NCAA Super Regional win over Washington (May 27) ... batted .318 with two home runs in NCAA Regional and Super Regional play (May 20-28) ... hit .400 with three runs, two RBI at the Big Ten Tournament, including a home run in the championship game win over No. 22 Iowa (May 14) ... named Big Ten Player of the Week (May 9) after going 2-3 with a home run, two runs and a career-best three RBI in Big Ten-championship clinching 8-7 win over #19 Northwestern (May 8) ... went 2-3 with two runs, two RBI and a home run in win at Indiana-1 (April 17) ... went 3-4 to match a career best in hits and added an RBI and a run scored in a 3-0 win over Purdue (April 15) ... went 2-2 with a home run and matched a career-best with three runs scored in a win at Minnesota-2 (April 10) ... went 2-3 with an RBI a run scored in 7-0 win over #11 Texas (March 30) ... went 1-4 with a two-run home run in win over Creighton (Feb. 26) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic ... boasted a hit streak with 11-game string from Feb. 26 (Southern Illinois) through March 6 (Pittsburgh) ... homered on first career pitch and finished 1-3 with two RBI and two runs scored in loss to No. 17 Baylor (Feb. 12).
Prep ... Graduated from Polytechnic High School (2004) ... Member of California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) ... Two-time All-CIF first team (2003, '04) ... First-Team All-Prep League (2001, '03, '04) ... All-San Gabriel Valley First-Team (2003, '04) ... All-San Gabriel Valley Honorable Mention (2001) ... Prep League MVP at third base (2003) ... Prep League MVP at shortstop (2004) ... High School Team Most Valuable Player (2003, '04) ... 2004 Arroyo Tournament All-Tournament team ... Four-year varsity soccer letterwinner, earning CIF All-League first team (2001, '02, '03, '04) ... Three-year varsity volleyball letterwinner, earning first-team All-Prep League as a senior ... Hit .650 as a senior.
Club/Junior Team ... Orange County Batbusters second-team ASA nationals (2002) ... California Cruisers (2002-03) ... ASA 18-U Gold National runners-up (2004) ... Louisville Slugger Tournament Champions (2002-03) ... 2004 Champions Cup Champions ... hit .675 in final season of summer action.
Personal ... Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in psychology ... Born on August 12, 1986 ... Daughter of Joseph and Barbara Giampaolo ... Sister, Jennifer, played softball at Notre Dame (1994-98) ... Brother, Michael, played football and baseball at Harvard (1996-2000).
