2018 Softball Roster
Fraccastoro, Taylor
Jersey Number 5
Taylor Fraccastoro
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS
- Hometown:
- Orange, Texas
Bio
- 2018 All-Southland Second Team
- 2018 Southland All-Academic Second Team
- 2018 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2016 All-Southland Honorable Mention
- 2015 All-Southland Honorable Mention
Career: A Four-year letter winner who earned three All-Southland Conference honors, including making the All-Southland Second Team as a senior in 2018 ... Started a total of 185 games and played in 198 total ... Tallied 143 hits, including 61 for extra bases, and accumulating 105 RBI ... Knocked out 27 home runs and connected on 28 doubles as she scored 113 runs ... Hit .266 for her career, owning a slugging mark of .491 and an on-base percentage of .373 ... Made 761 putouts in the field with 96 assists for a fielding percentage of .973.
2018 (Senior): One of two Ladyjacks to start all 55 games of the season, serving as SFA’s starting catcher in 51 of those contests ... Led the Layjacks with a .572 slugging mark, which ranked fifth in the Southland Conference, and boasted the third-highest on-base percentage (.409) on the team ... Notched a team-best 14 doubles, which was tied for the fifth-most in the league, and owned the second-most RBI (39), which tied for ninth in the conference ... Hit .277 for the season with 44 hits, including a team-high 26 extra-base knocks ... Scored the fourth-most runs in the Southland (45), while her nine home runs were tied for the most of any Ladyjack and tied for sixth-most in the league ... Had 299 putouts for the fifth-most in the conference and tied for the second-best fielding percentage (.985) in the Southland ... Helped turn two double plays and caught 16 base runners stealing to lead the league in that category ... Had seven multi-hit games ... Named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete and earned a spot on both the Southland All-Academic Second Team and the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll after holding a 3.76 GPA for the academic year.
2017 (Junior): Played in 36 games and made 27 starts as a catcher and utility player … Recorded 17 hits, including three extra-base hits, and knocked out two home runs … Scored eight times and had four RBI, hitting .200 for the season and recording a slugging percentage of .282 and an on-base percentage of .227 … Defensively, threw out eight base runners attempting to steal as a catcher and earned 85 putouts.
2016 (Sophomore): Named All-Southland Conference honorable mention for second consecutive season … One of three players to appear and start in all 57 games, owning the team's second-best batting average at .294 … Totaled 47 hits, only second to All-Southland First Team selection Brittany Lewis … Smoked seven home runs and collected 30 RBI, while totaling 77 bases and going a perfect 13-of-13 on stolen base attempts … Held an on-base percentage of .397 and a slugging mark of .481 … Made 206 putouts and assisted on another 21 from behind the plate … Aided the Ladyjacks to the championship round of the Southland Tournament as SFA pulled off an amazing 11-run seventh-inning rally to beat Sam Houston State.
2015 (Freshman): Named All-Southland Conference honorable mention … Started 46 of 50 games played in her first year at SFA, claiming 171 putouts and making 23 assists as a catcher … Collected 35 hits, including knocking out the second-most home runs (9) on the team, while owning a .261 batting average … Tallied the second-highest slugging percentage (.537) on the team and totaled the second-most RBI (32) and bases (72) ... Held a .380 on-base percentage and went 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts.
High School: Four-year letter winner and starter as a catcher and outfielder at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School … Three-time first-team all-district selection … Named all-city MVP as a senior in 2014 … Chosen as The Orange Leader's player of the year in both 2013 and 2014.
Personal: Daughter of Katherine and Francis Fraccastoro Jr. … Played club ball for the Orange Crush Gold (2009-15).
- 2018 Southland All-Academic Second Team
- 2018 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2016 All-Southland Honorable Mention
- 2015 All-Southland Honorable Mention
Career: A Four-year letter winner who earned three All-Southland Conference honors, including making the All-Southland Second Team as a senior in 2018 ... Started a total of 185 games and played in 198 total ... Tallied 143 hits, including 61 for extra bases, and accumulating 105 RBI ... Knocked out 27 home runs and connected on 28 doubles as she scored 113 runs ... Hit .266 for her career, owning a slugging mark of .491 and an on-base percentage of .373 ... Made 761 putouts in the field with 96 assists for a fielding percentage of .973.
2018 (Senior): One of two Ladyjacks to start all 55 games of the season, serving as SFA’s starting catcher in 51 of those contests ... Led the Layjacks with a .572 slugging mark, which ranked fifth in the Southland Conference, and boasted the third-highest on-base percentage (.409) on the team ... Notched a team-best 14 doubles, which was tied for the fifth-most in the league, and owned the second-most RBI (39), which tied for ninth in the conference ... Hit .277 for the season with 44 hits, including a team-high 26 extra-base knocks ... Scored the fourth-most runs in the Southland (45), while her nine home runs were tied for the most of any Ladyjack and tied for sixth-most in the league ... Had 299 putouts for the fifth-most in the conference and tied for the second-best fielding percentage (.985) in the Southland ... Helped turn two double plays and caught 16 base runners stealing to lead the league in that category ... Had seven multi-hit games ... Named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete and earned a spot on both the Southland All-Academic Second Team and the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll after holding a 3.76 GPA for the academic year.
2017 (Junior): Played in 36 games and made 27 starts as a catcher and utility player … Recorded 17 hits, including three extra-base hits, and knocked out two home runs … Scored eight times and had four RBI, hitting .200 for the season and recording a slugging percentage of .282 and an on-base percentage of .227 … Defensively, threw out eight base runners attempting to steal as a catcher and earned 85 putouts.
2016 (Sophomore): Named All-Southland Conference honorable mention for second consecutive season … One of three players to appear and start in all 57 games, owning the team's second-best batting average at .294 … Totaled 47 hits, only second to All-Southland First Team selection Brittany Lewis … Smoked seven home runs and collected 30 RBI, while totaling 77 bases and going a perfect 13-of-13 on stolen base attempts … Held an on-base percentage of .397 and a slugging mark of .481 … Made 206 putouts and assisted on another 21 from behind the plate … Aided the Ladyjacks to the championship round of the Southland Tournament as SFA pulled off an amazing 11-run seventh-inning rally to beat Sam Houston State.
2015 (Freshman): Named All-Southland Conference honorable mention … Started 46 of 50 games played in her first year at SFA, claiming 171 putouts and making 23 assists as a catcher … Collected 35 hits, including knocking out the second-most home runs (9) on the team, while owning a .261 batting average … Tallied the second-highest slugging percentage (.537) on the team and totaled the second-most RBI (32) and bases (72) ... Held a .380 on-base percentage and went 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts.
High School: Four-year letter winner and starter as a catcher and outfielder at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School … Three-time first-team all-district selection … Named all-city MVP as a senior in 2014 … Chosen as The Orange Leader's player of the year in both 2013 and 2014.
Personal: Daughter of Katherine and Francis Fraccastoro Jr. … Played club ball for the Orange Crush Gold (2009-15).
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