2015 Softball
Roster
Jordan Paolucci
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lake Mary, FL
- High School:
- Lake Mary
- Position:
- C/IF
As a Junior: Named to the MAACAll-Academic Team ... Currently holds the record for most home runsin a season when in 2011 she belted 15 home runs and holds therecord for most career home runs with 38 ... In 2013 setthe record for most runs batted in for a season with 44 and has themost RBIs in Quinnipiac history with 124 ...Paolucci was oneof the best hitters in the MAAC last season ranking third in theconference in slugging percentage ... Led the Bobcats inalmost every offensive category including hits, batting average,runs batted in, home runs, on-base percentage, and sluggingpercentage ... For the season had a .357 batting average(45-for-126), nine home runs, 26 RBIs, 16 runs scored, 13 walks,six doubles, a .443 on-base percentage, and a .635 sluggingpercentage ... On March 2nd against Fla. Atlantic belted agrand slam in a 15-4 loss ... On March 23rd against Towson knockedin the go ahead run with a triple in a game the Bobcats wouldwin 2-1 ... On March 29th belted a home run in what was thedeciding run in a 2-0 win over Manhattan ... On April5th against St. Peter's notched her 100th career RBI forQuinninpiac ... In the second game of that double header Jordan hadher best offensive performance of the season going 3-for-3 with ahome run and six runs batted in ...On April eighth was named theMAAC player of the week going (13-for-23) over seven games nineruns, two doubles, two walks, three home runs and 12 RBI ... Shepicked up three three-hit games and scored two runs in four gamesthroughout the week ... Over a four game span from April 5-6 went9-for-13 scoring six runs, hitting three home runs, and driving innine runs ... Against Monmouth on April 20th helped the Bobcats toa win 6-5 win with two hits and two RBIs ...On April 24th againstSacred Heart Belted the game tying home run in the bottom of thefourth.
As a Red-Shirt Sophomore: The Bobcats’offensive catalyst all season came back from an injury plagued 2012season and finished with a banner year in2013…Quinnipiac’s main backstop for all of 2013finished with a .322 batting average (48-for-149) to go along with12 home runs and a single-season program record 44 RBI…Sheled the Northeast Conference in both home runs and RBI and alsobelted three grand slams throughout the 2013 season…For herefforts at the plate, Paolucci was recognized with All-NEC FirstTeam honors for the second time in her career and also became justthe second Bobcat ever to earn a spot on the NFCA All-Region Team,making it as a Second Team honoree at the designated playerposition…In addition to her power numbers, she finished witha .401 on-base percentage, .611 slugging percentage and alsotallied a hit in over 90 percent of the team’s games whichalso included a home run in nearly 23 percent of the 2013slate…Her defense at the backstop position also shined asshe gunned down 29.2 percent of would-be base stealers during theyear…Paolucci started the year off with a 2-for-2 day withone run home and two runs scored against UNC Greensboro(2/23)…Picked up a double and walk against Drexel(2/24)…Singled and recorded one RBI in back-to-back games onMarch 1…Went 2-for-4 with one triple and one run againstLoyola Marymount (3/2)…Started a stretch of seven straightgames with at least one RBI on March 9 that lasted through March15…Went 2-for-4 with one RBI against St. Joseph’s(3/9)…Homered against Central Michigan (3/10)…Singledtwice and knocked in a run against SIUE (3/10)…Belted herfirst of three grand slams against a 2012 College World Seriesopponent in South Florida (3/12)..Picked up another home runagainst UT-Chattanooga to go along with two runs scored and two RBI(3/13)…Singled and drove in a run against Maine(3/15)…Smashed her second grand slam of the season againstColgate (3/16)…Went 3-for-6 over a two-game span againstDartmouth and Cornell…Went 2-for-3 with a three-run home runagainst Monmouth (3/29)…Crushed the ball over a three-gamespan where she batted .556 (5-for-9) with two home runs and eightRBI…Started the stretch with a 2-for-3 day against LIUBrooklyn with one home run, three RBI and two runs scored(4/6)…Continued the hot streak with another 2-for-3 with onedouble, two RBI, one run, one walk and one stolen base againstMount St. Mary’s (4/7)…Kept the streak going with athree-run home run against Mount St. Mary’s in game two of adoubleheader (4/7)…Recorded a hit in five straight games andnine out of 10 overall throughout the middle ofApril…Started the streak with a 1-for-2 day (two walks) withthat one hit being a big three-run homer against Wagner(4/13)…Picked up a base knock with one RBI and one runscored against Wagner (4/13)…Singled twice, homered anddrove in two in a two-game set against Sacred Heart(4/14)…Tallied two singles against Fairfield(4/16)…Singled and scored a run against Harvard(4/18)…Slammed the game-winning grand slam in the eighthinning of a 4-0 win against Fairleigh Dickinson(4/20)…Picked up an RBI single with a run scored againstBryant (4/27)…Went 2-for-4 with one double against CCSU in atwo-game doubleheader (4/28)…Singled and picked up an RBIagainst Manhattan (5/2)…Went 2-for-3 against Robert Morriswith one walk (5/4)…Finished the year strong with a 5-for-6stretch over a two-game doubleheader against St. Francis U with tworuns, one double, one home run and two RBI (5/5).
As a Sophomore: Redshirted in 2012 due toinjury.
As a Freshman: Made 57 appearances and 55starts in her first year with the Bobcats…Led the team witha .351 batting average, 40 runs and 36 RBI…Ranked third forQuinnipiac with 24 runs and three doubles…Collected a teamand league-leading 106 total bases on the year…Broke theQuinnipiac single-season home run record with 15 season home runs,which also ranked first among the Bobcats and NECcompetition…Led Quinnipiac with a .702 slugging percentageand .497 on-base percentage…Stole 10-of-11 bases…Wasnamed the 2011 NEC Rookie of the Year…Was selected to theAll-NEC first team…Received Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Weektitles twice during her freshman year, on May 2 and April11…Also made one appearance at the mound.
Before Quinnipiac: Attended Lake Mary HighSchool, where she won varsity letters in softball (4), volleyball(3) and weightlifting (2)...Was the District Champions and SeminoleAthletic Conference Champions in 2008...Held a .417 battingaverage, a .987 fielding percentage and a .667 on base percentagein high school...Collected 12 career homeruns at Lake Mary...Wasnamed the Offensive MVP in 2008 and 2010...Was named All-Districtand All-Central Florida in 2009...Was selected as a 2009 OrlandoSentinel Classroom Star...Was named to the All-State Third Team in2009...Was named All-County in 2010...Was selected in 2010 as aFlorida High School All Star in softball...Was a State runner upfor weightlifting and was named Weightlifter of the Year in2010...Was selected as the 2010 Scholar Athlete of the Year at LakeMary...Named to the Principal's Honor Roll for four-straightyears...Played for the Tropic Wave Gold, where her team was a 2009National Finalist...She held a .389 batting average, a .896 fieldpercentage, and a .768 on base percentage on the Tropic WaveGold.
Personal:A native of Lake Mary, Fla...Daughterof Kathy and Jim Paolucci...Has a brother, Jason, and two youngersisters, Jamie and Jessica...Plans to major in journalism.
