Major: Anthropology
Career Honors:
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2012 SEC All-Freshman Team
Career Highlights:
- 2011 USA Softball Women’s Junior National Team
- Won Gold Medal at the IX ISF Junior Women’s World Championship in December 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa
As a Senior (2015):
- Has appeared in 46 games, making two starts
- Has scored 15 runs and stolen six bases, utilized as the team’s primary pinch-runner
- Hit an RBI single and scored the game-winning run during her last regular-season home game on April 26 vs. Texas A&M
- Started in left field on May 3 in the final regular-season game of her career, playing in her home state against Missouri
As a Junior (2014):
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 43 games / five starts
- Scored 18 runs
- Was 7-for-7 on stolen-base attempts
- Scored two runs at the USF Tournament, three the next weekend at the Easton Desert Classic and two at the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic
- Scored a run on March 16 at LSU that helped to clinch the victory for the Gators in their first SEC road series
- Earned her greatest playing time April 11 vs. Florida A&M, when she started in left field and went 1-for-3, knocking her first hit of the year and adding a stolen base
- Entered as a pinch-hitter on May 17 vs. Stetson during the NCAA Regional, lacing an RBI single for the Gators’ 10th run in their record-setting 14-0 win over the Hatters
- Scored a run in Florida’s 11-0 win over Baylor to open the WCWS
As a Sophomore (2013):
- 51 games / 21 starts
- Batted .257 on the season with 19 hits, including six homers
- Walkoff double vs. Charleston Southern in extra innings Feb. 17
- Had four game-winning RBI, including her first grand slam April 6 vs. Mississippi State—one of Florida’s 11 slams on the year
- Was a team-best 4-for-9 during the Ole Miss series
- Two multi-hit games
- Five multi-RBI games
- Career-best five-game hit streak from Feb. 16-21
- Reached base in a season-best six straight games
- Tied a career high with two walks against UCF
- Had a career-best two stolen bases against UNC Wilmington
- Batted .250 (2x8) with a stolen base in the postseason
As a Freshman (2012):
- SEC All-Freshman Team (OF)
- 55 games / 38 starts
- Two multi-hit games
- Season-best three-game hit streak April 24-29
- Game-winning RBI on her first Gator triple in a 1-0 win vs. Mississippi State
- Eight-game reached-base streak April 15-May 4
- Scored the game-winning run in Game 1 of a doubleheader April 24 vs. LSU
- First career home run came April 21 vs. FIU April 21
- Season-best five putouts against USF Feb. 12 at second base
- Had a season-best three assists on three occasions
- Two bunt singles; ranked second on team with a .667 average when bunting
High School / Travel Ball:
- 2010 Missouri Gatorade Softball Player of the Year
- 2010-11 Four Rivers Conference Player of the Year
- 2010-11 Class 4 All-State accolades
- Played travel ball with St. Louis Chaos
- Holds Pacific single-season records in at bats, hits, batting average, home runs, runs, singles, doubles and triples
- High-school career totals:
- 313 at bats
- 165 hits
- .524 batting average
- 118 RBI
- 139 runs
- 38 stolen bases
- 36 doubles
- 13 triples
- 87 singles
- 29 home runs
- Holds the Missouri single-season home run record (15, 2009-10)
- Played in three ESPN RISE Under Armour All-America Softball Games (2009-11)
- All-Conference selection each year of her high school career
- Two-time Conference Player of the Year (2009-10)
- Three-time All-District selection (2008-10)
- Two-time All-Region (2009-10)
- Two-time All-State (2009-10)
- Played varsity basketball and was a first team All-Conference track selection
- Two-time state qualifier in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays
Damico’s Career Statistics
| Year |
avg |
gp-gs |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
bb |
so |
sb-att |
fld% |
| 2012 |
.209 |
55-38 |
86 |
17 |
18 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
23 |
2-5 |
.951 |
| 2013 |
.257 |
51-24 |
74 |
21 |
19 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
21 |
11 |
22 |
9-9 |
.985 |
| 2014 |
.200 |
43-5 |
10 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
7-7 |
1.000 |
| 2015 |
.250 |
50-2 |
4 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7-9 |
1.000 |
| TOTAL |
.230 |
199-69 |
174 |
72 |
40 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
30 |
23 |
49 |
25-30 |
.971 |
Damico’s Career Bests
CAREER-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Hits: 2, 4 times
Doubles: 1, 4 times
Triples: 1 [t-4th], at Mississippi State, Mar 07, 2012
Home runs: 1, 7 times
Total bases: 5, at FAMU, Mar 02, 2013
RBI: 4, Mississippi State, Apr 06, 2013
Runs scored: 2, 4 times
Walks: 2, Jacksonville, Feb 15, 2012; Central Florida, Apr 03, 2013
Hit by pitch: 1, 9 times
Struck out: 3 [t-6th], South Florida, May 20, 2012
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], Ole Miss, Apr 08, 2012; at Auburn, Mar 10, 2013
Sac bunts: 1, 5 times
At bats: 4, 4 times
Stolen bases: 2, UNC Wilmington, Feb 17, 2013
