#34 Catcher
Erika Piancastelli
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Member of the Italian National Team.
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Piancastelli was born in Modena, Italy however moved to California with her family when she was five years old. She later went on to play softball on the Italy Women's National Team. She has played for Italy since 2015.
Piancastelli finished the 2020 season ranked fourth with 1840 points. She tied for the league lead in home runs with nine and had a .885 slugging percentage. She is currently a member of the Italian National Team and helped the team qualify for the 2020 Olympics.
- Holds three McNeese Career Records (Home Runs, RBI, Walks)
- 2017 SLC All-Academic
- 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2017 NFCA All-Region
- 2017 SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2017 All-SLC
- 2017 SLC Player and Hitter of the Year
- 2017 SLC Softball Student-Athlete of the Year
- 2016 All-SLC
- 2016 NFCA All-American
- 2016 NFCA All-Region
- 2016 SLC Player and Hitter of the Year
- 2016 SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2016 Preseason Top 25 USA Softball POY Finalist
- 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2016 SLC All-Academic
- 2016 SLC Softball Student-Athlete of the Year
- 2015 NFCA All-American
- 2015 NFCA Top 10 Freshman of the Year Finalist
- 2015 NFCA All-Region
- 2015 Louisiana Freshman of the Year
- 2015 SLC Player and Hitter of the Year
- 2015 SLC Freshman of the Year
- 2015 All-SLC
- 2015 SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Height 5' 8"
Hometown Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
College McNeese
Leagues Scrap Yard Fast Pitch, Athletes Unlimited
Bats Right
Throws Right
Favorite Softball Memory Olympic qualifiers 2019
Preferred Pronouns She/Her
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