GiOnna DiSalvatore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Palm Harbor, Fla. High School: Countryside HS Height: 5-9 Position: UTIL Experience: 1V Bats/Throws: L/R

2008
DiSalvatore was one of three Bruins to start all 60 games, making 46 starts at first base, eight at designated player, five at second base and one at third ... earned first-team NFCA All-American and All-Pacific Region honors ... was also honored on the All-Pacific-10 Conference second team and the All-Pac-10 Freshman first team ... was first on the team in hits with 68, second in RBI (45) and total bases (100), third in slugging (.532) and tied for third with a .362 batting average ... placed fourth with 31 runs scored, tied for second with 16 doubles, tied for third with four home runs and tied for first with two triples ... was tied for fifth among Pac-10 players in doubles, tied for sixth in hits and seventh in average ... topped the team with 20 multiple-hit games and 11 game-winning RBI and was third with 10 multiple-RBI contests ... went 10-for-16 (.625) with five runs scored, four doubles and a home run during the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament (Feb. 8-10), earning Pac-10 Player of the Week honors on Feb. 12 for her performance ... hit her first collegiate home run, a game-tying, three-run bomb with two outs in the bottom of the seventh in an extra-inning win over UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 9) ... had a pair of four-RBI efforts against UCSB and in the season opener against Nevada (Feb. 8) ... received Pac-10 POW honors for the second time on Feb. 26 after batting .667 (8-for-12) with six runs, five RBI, two doubles, a triple and a homer at the Palm Springs Classic (Feb. 22-24) ... drove in the go-ahead runs on a three-run double against Georgia on Feb. 22 ... posted four runs batted in against Portland State on Feb. 16, adding three-RBI performances against San Diego (Feb. 29) and Notre Dame (March 7) ... drove in the game-winning run in the top of the seventh on an RBI double against Notre Dame ... went 3-for-7 (.429) with two runs scored, three RBI, a double and a home run during the Super Regionals against Georgia (May 24-25) ... also had home runs against Baylor (Feb. 23) and Arizona State (May 3) ... had a seven-game hitting streak from April 12-27 (11-for-24, .458 average) ... recorded 13 two-hit games and seven three-hit contests ... scored three runs in a game twice against Santa Clara (Feb. 9) and Baylor ... stole her first career base against Eastern Michigan on March 1.

SUMMER 2007
Helped the USA Softball Junior Women's National Team to gold at the ISF Junior Women's World Championships in June ... had five hits in 13 at-bats for a .385 average, scoring three runs and driving in three in six games ... also helped her ASA team, the OC Batbusters, to a runner-up finish at Gold Nationals in August, going 6-for-20 (.300) with three RBI.

COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
DiSalvatore played four years of softball and volleyball at Countryside High School in Clearwater, Fla. ... earned first team all-conference, all-county and all-area honors each season ... was a two-time NFCA and EA Sports All-American ... named all-state four times, including first-team accolades as a junior and senior ... named All-Suncoast Area and County Softball Player of the Year as a senior ... was Team MVP and Cougars' Captain in 2006 and 2007 ... earned athletic scholar academic awards as a junior and senior ... inducted into the Countryside Hall of Fame ... helped CHS to state championship in her senior season.

PERSONAL
Born GiOnna Josephine DiSalvatore on March 11, 1989 in Dunedin, Fla. ... parents are Johanna and Joseph DiSalvatore ... has one sister, Davionna ... favorite class is anatomy ... thing she likes the most about her sport is the pressure ... lists her biggest athletic highlight as winning the gold medal with the U.S. Junior National Team ... admires UCLA volunteer assistant coach and Olympian Natasha Watley ... favorites include the television show "The Girls Next Door", actress Angelina Jolie, the "Halloween" movies and the New York Yankees ... majoring in physiological sciences.

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