Janelle Ilacqua

Class:
Senior
Position:
IF
Height:
5-5
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Fort Mill, S.C.
High School:
Catawba Ridge

Senior (2026)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 52 games with 46 starts, primarily at second base
• Batted a career-best .315 (39-for-124) from the No. 9 spot with 26 runs scored and 15 RBI
• Posted a .348 on-base percentage and .403 slugging percentage with seven doubles and two triples
• Registered three hits and two runs against Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (May 6)
• Contributed two hits, including a second-inning RBI single vs. Indiana (April 25)
• Used a seventh-inning fielder's choice to push across the go-ahead run in U-M's 11-9 comeback win at Northwestern (April 5); posted four hits, four runs and two RBI over the final two games of the series
• Posted three multi-hit games over U-M's spring break trip in Virginia -- against Bucknell (Feb. 28), Liberty (March 3) and Boston College (March 5); also scored six runs on the week-long trip
• Went 4-for-4 with an RBI double and three runs scored in U-M's 9-8 win at vs. #21 Arizona State (Feb. 20)

Junior (2025)
• Appeared in 39 games, starting one at second base
• Posted a .125 batting average with three runs, one hit and three RBI
• Recorded an RBI single down the line vs Wisconsin (March 23)
• Also posted RBI against UNC Wilmington (March 2) and North Carolina Central (March 7) over the Wolverines' spring-break trip
• Walked and scored runs against Western Carolina (Feb. 14) and in U-M's home opener against Western Michigan (March 25)

Sophomore (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 45 games, starting at 12 at second base and designated player
• Scored eight runs, including two in Big Ten play and one in the Big Ten Tournament
• Tallied the game-winning run in a 6-5 walk-off win in the seventh inning vs. Iowa (April 14); also scored in U-M's comeback win vs. Iowa-2 (April 13)
• Scored a pair of runs at the NKU Spring Classic vs. Bowling Green (March 10) and Illinois State (March 11)

Freshman (2023)
• Appeared in 32 games, starting 23 at second base before injury prematurely ended her season
• Singled and scored in U-M's 4-2 rubber-game win at Nebraska (April 2)
• Went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer against #5 Oklahoma State (Feb. 18)
• Also posted two hits apiece vs. #16 Duke (Feb. 19) and #16 Stanford (Feb. 25)
• Tallied two hits, including an RBI single in the second inning, and scored the winning run in the seventh in U-M's 3-2 win vs. Seattle (March 3)
• Made collegiate debut in THE Spring Games opener vs. Colgate (Feb. 10)

Prep
• Graduated from Catawba Ridge High School (2022)
• Four-time South Carolina Softball Coaches Association All-State selection
• Named Regional Player of the Year and a four-time Region 4A honoree
• Selected to the North-South All Star Game
• Named the 2022 Charlotte Hot Stove League Player of the Year
• Four-time Catawba Ridge Team MVP
• Helped guide CRHS to the Class AAAA UpperState Championship and a state runner-up finish in 2022
• Posted a .535 career batting average with .615 on-base percentage, 106 hits, 114 runs, 74 RBI; also tallied 73 stolen bases and a .992 fielding percentage
• Played travel ball with the Tennessee Mojo Fisher club
• Named a 2022 PGF All-American; member of the East All-American Team
• Contributed to a Triple Crown National Championship (2020) and a PGF Nationals runner-up finish (2021)
• Also earned varsity letters in volleyball and tennis
• Twice earned all-region honors in volleyball and was selected to the North-South All Star Game as a middle blocker
• Named an all-region honoree in tennis
• Honor Roll; Beta Club
• Rated as the No. 32 prospect by Extra Innings

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in economics
• Born on July 1, 2004
• Daughter of Travis and Heather Ilacqua
• Has a sister, Alissa