2003 Softball Roster
Roster
Jennifer Orpitelli
- Position:
- First Base
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Pacifica
- Hometown:
- Garden Grove, Ca.
Freshman Year: Started all 42 games at first base … Second on the team with a .364 average and 44 hits … Set the school records with a .579 slugging percentage and a .425 on-base percentage … Hit seven home runs, the second-highest rookie total in SU history … Drove in 22 runs … Named the team's Offensive Player of the Year … Had a pair of five-game hitting streaks, a six-game streak and a seven-game run … Hit safely in 14-of-16 games from March 29-April 24 … Tied the school record with four hits in the first game at Providence … Finished the doubleheader versus the Friars with five hits, two home runs, five runs scored and four RBI … Hit the second of SU's first-ever back-to-back-to-back home runs versus Notre Dame … Homered and drove in a career-best four runs versus Siena … Had three hits and drove in two runs versus Binghamton and Miami … Had two hits and three RBI in game two against Rutgers … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two driven in versus Villanova in the last game of the season … Scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh against the Wildcats … Hit her first career home run on February 28 versus Mississippi State … Named to the athletic director's honor roll in the fall and spring.
High School: 2002 L.A. Times All-Southern California first baseman … Three-time All-Garden Grove League First Team … Two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American Scholar-Athlete … Team captain and Offensive Player of the Year as a senior at Pacifica High School … Starting first baseman on 2002 Pacifica High team that finished number one in California and was ranked 14th in the country … Hit .354 with 20 RBI and a 1.000 fielding percentage senior year … Posted a .346 career batting average, along with .997 fielding percentage and 321 put-outs … Also played number one doubles for Pacifica High tennis team sophomore and junior year.
Personal: Born April 12, 1984 … Daughter of Ken and Lita Orpitelli … Father played baseball for San Jose State … One sister … Majoring in history.
