Erika Piancastelli

2021 Championship Season: Earned 23rd place on the leaderboard with 1,278 points … scored nine runs … starter in all 15 games … batted .256 with 11 hits, including five extra-base hits … tied for the league lead with 10 walks … drove in 10 runs, which were tied for sixth in the circuit … owned share of seventh place among league leaders with three home runs … hit by a pitch twice. 

2020 Championship Season: Ranked fourth on the leaderboard with 1,840 points … tied for sixth with 490 stat points while her 220 MVP points tied Jessica Warren for third place in the league … starter in 14-of-15 games who batted .327 … tallied 17 hits, including 11 for extra bases … owned share of league lead with nine home runs … drove in 15 runs, good for a share of third place in Athletes Unlimited … tied for fourth in the league with 52 at-bats … sixth in the circuit with 14 runs scored … accumulated 46 total bases to finish second among all players. 

International Experience: Member of the Italian National Team since 2015 … competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and went 2-for-15 in five games with both hits coming against Team Canada … helped Team Italy qualify for Tokyo Olympics by going 5-for-17 with one home run and two runs batted in at WBSC Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier … batted .545 with 12 hits and 15 runs scored during 2021 European Softball Championship. 

Other Professional Experience: Played for SGH Galaxy Stars in the Japan Diamond League during the 2022 season.

At McNeese State: Four-year letter winner for the Cowgirls who started 234-of-235 games from 2015-18 … finished her career with combined 19 school and Southland Conference records … compiled .401 batting average during record-setting career … owns McNeese career records for hits (253), home runs (75), runs batted in (212), runs scored (228), walks (229), doubles (62) and total bases (548) … also stands as Southland Conference’s career leader in home runs, runs batted in, walks, runs scored and total bases while holding share of career doubles mark … first player in program history to earn NFCA All-America honors, claiming pair of honors in 2015 and 2016 … four-time NFCA All-Region and All-Southland Conference honoree … named Southland Conference Hitter and Player of the Year four times … one of three student-athletes in school history to win multiple conference Player of the Year honors in any sport … named 2015 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year … also garnered All-Louisiana distinction all four years … three-time pick as Southland Conference Softball Student-Athlete of the Year … selected as 2018 Louisiana Hitter of the Year … four-time recipient of McNeese State Female Athlete of the Year award … set McNeese single-season home runs record three times during her career … three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District recipient.