Career Honors: A 2010 All-SEC and NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Southeast Second Team selection… 2010 SEC All-Defensive Team … National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA)/Louisville Second-Team All-American in 2008 and 2009 … Easton First-Team All-American in 2008 and 2009 … NFCA All-Southeast Region in 2008 and 2009 … All- Southeastern Conference First Team in 2009 and Second Team in 2008 … SEC All-Defensive Team in 2008 and 2009 … SEC All-Tournament Team in 2009 … SEC All-Freshman Team in 2008 … SEC Freshman of the Week on March 17, 2008 … SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll in 2008.
Career Highlights:
- Led 2 single season lists: tied for 1st with 5 triples and 49 walks….Made top 10 on 10 single season lists: .368 batting average (10th), .492 on base percentage (5th), 225 at bats (5th), 69 runs scored (3rd), tied for 6th with 76 hits, tied for 10th with 16 homeruns, 62 RBIs (8th), tied for 5th with 137 total bases, tied for 4th with 5 sacrifice flies, and 27 stolen bases (2nd)…..Led 4 UF career lists: 821 at bats, 253 runs scored, 279 hits, and 160 walks….Made top 10 on 10 UF career lists: tied for 4th with a .340 batting average, .551 slugging percentage (9th), .448 on base percentage (4th), 48 doubles (3rd), 10 triples (3rd), 35 homeruns (6th), 176 RBIs (4th), 452 total bases (2nd), 9 sacrifice flies (6th), and 67 stolen bases (2nd)
As a Senior (2011):
- Played in and started all 271 games of her Gator career at second base and leaves Florida holding 10 records, including career runs (253), hits (279), walks (160) and stolen bases (48)
- A 2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America third team and All-Southeast second team selection, while picking up All-SEC second team honors
- Drafted to continue her career professionally with the NPF Diamonds in the National Pro Fastpitch Senior Draft
- Led all conference athletes with 100 at-bats and helped field four double plays in league play
- Had 13 doubles, 16 homers and ranked third for the Gators with 76 hits her senior season
As a Junior (2010):
- Named All-SEC Second team and All-Southeast Region Second team
- Named to the SEC All-Defensive team for third straight year
- Broke UF’s career runs scored record, tallying 188 runs in three years as a Gator
- Tied the Florida record for the longest hit streak in the program history at 16 games
- Currently holds the best career on-base percentage (.459) and second-best batting average (.341) in UF history
As a Sophomore (2009):
- Earned All-America honors (second team) for the second straight year
- Earned first-team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive team honors for second straight year
- Broke UF’s single-season runs (69), walks (49), stolen base (27) and stolen base attempts (32) records
- Recorded a career-long 10-game hit streak, tying for the high team on the season
As a Freshman (2008):
- NFCA/Louisville Slugger Second-team All-American
- Easton First-team All-American
- Second-team All-SEC
- SEC All-Freshman team
- SEC All-Defensive team
- SEC Freshman of the Week, March 17
- Second on the team with 62 runs scored on the season, second-most in school history
High School: A 2007 graduate of Elsinore High in Wildomar, Calif. ... Coached by Donn Brown ... A three-time member of the All-Sunbelt League first team ... Two-time member of the All-Valley and All-County first team ... Part of the 2007 all-state first team ... A three-time All-Academic Athlete at Elsinore ... Played with the Orange County Batbusters ... Coached by Gary Haning ... Team claimed the 16-and-under Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) National Title in 2005 and the 18-and-under Gold ASA Title in 2006 … 16-and-under Batbusters team was named Softball Today Magazine's 2005 Team of the Year.
Paculba’s Career Statistics
Year |
avg |
gp-gs |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
bb |
so |
sb-att |
fld% |
2008 |
.336 |
75-75 |
223 |
61 |
75 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
37 |
39 |
37 |
16-24 |
.969 |
2009 |
.368 |
68-68 |
204 |
69 |
75 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
34 |
49 |
29 |
27-32 |
.966 |
2010 |
.314 |
59-59 |
169 |
58 |
53 |
12 |
4 |
8 |
43 |
41 |
25 |
15-18 |
.968 |
2011 |
.338 |
69-69 |
225 |
65 |
76 |
13 |
0 |
16 |
62 |
31 |
35 |
9-18 |
.971 |
TOTAL |
.340 |
271-271 |
821 |
253 |
279 |
48 |
10 |
35 |
176 |
160 |
126 |
67-92 |
.969 |
Paculba’s Career Bests
CAREER-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Hits: 3, 5 times
Doubles: 2 [t-2nd], at Gardner-Webb, Feb 22, 2008
Triples: 1 [t-4th], at Mississippi State, Apr 06, 2008
Home runs: 1, Kentucky, Apr 19, 2008; vs Bethune-Cookman, Feb 08, 2008
Total bases: 6, Kentucky, Apr 19, 2008
RBI: 3, vs Bethune-Cookman, Feb 08, 2008
Runs scored: 3, Auburn, Apr 27, 2008; at Gardner-Webb, Feb 22, 2008
Walks: 3, Kentucky, Apr 20, 2008
Hit by pitch: 1, at Florida State, Apr 16, 2008; Mercer, Feb 13, 2008; at Alabama, Mar 12, 2008
Struck out: 3 [t-6th], at Florida State, Apr 16, 2008; vs Alabama, May 10, 2008
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], at East Tennessee State, Feb 16, 2008; Gardner-Webb, Feb 23, 2008; at Tennessee, May 03, 2008
Sac bunts: 1, 6 times
At bats: 4, 21 times
Stolen bases: 2, vs Florida Gulf Coast, Feb 08, 2008; Hofstra, Feb 20, 2008; vs Pacific, Feb 29, 2008