2019 Softball Roster

Tim Casey
Piper Hansen

15 Danielle Romanello

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown St. Petersburg, Fla.
  • Highschool Canterbury

Biography

Career Honors:
  • 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • 2018 SEC Freshman of the Week (4/11)
  • 2018 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
  • 2018 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

As a Sophomore (2019):
  • Honors:
    • SEC Academic Honor Roll
    • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
 
  • Statistics:
    • Played in 45 games for the Gators and registered 26 starts, primarily as a the right fielder.
    • Registered a .186 batting average after going 16-for-86 at the plate with nine runs scored and 10 RBI.
      • Hit four home runs, a triple and three doubles while also drawing eight walks.
 
  • Notables:
    • Put the Gators ahead 2-0 against No. 7 Arizona (2/9) with a home run to right center field off the Wildcats ace pitcher Taylor McQuillin in the bottom of the 1st inning. The Gators won 3-2 over Arizona on opening weekend.
    • Drove in Hannah Adams with an RBI single up the middle in the bottom of the 1st inning against N.C. State to give the Gators a crucial 1-0 lead. Gators eventually won 2-1 over the Wolfpack.


As a Freshman (2018):
  • Honors:
    • SEC Freshman of the Week (4/11)
    • 2018 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
    • SEC First-Year Honor Roll
 
  • Stats:
    • Saw action in 34 games with five starts for the Gators and went 8-for-44 (.182) with two doubles and a home run along with eight RBI and three runs scored.
    • Served primarily as a pinch hitter as she went to the plate 24 times off the bench.
    • Recorded one mulit-hit game and one multi-RBI game.
 
  • Notables:
    • Named SEC Freshman of the Week (4/11) after she lifted the Gators to the series victory in the final game at Alabama with a pinch-hit two-run double and solo home run. She accounted for all three RBI and the only two hits for the Gators in the game.
    • Registered her first collegiate hit in her first ever at-bat as a Gator against North Florida (2/14). She ripped an RBI double down the opposite field line - nearly hit a home run the previous pitch, but it just went foul over the trees in right field.
    • Tallied her first career hit in SEC play against Kentucky (3/11).

High School / Travel Ball:
  • FHSAA 2A State Championships (2013, 2014 & 2017)
  • 2A First Team All-State (2013-2016)
  • 2017 Miracle Sports Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2017 Miracle Sports First Team All-State
  • 2017 PGF All-American
  • 2017 Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-State
  • 2016 State Player of the Year
  • 2016 FloSoftball All-American
  • 2016 NFCA High School Second Team All-American
  • 2016 Tampa Bay Times Pinellas County Player of the Year
  • 2016 Junior Olympic Cup All-Star Team selection
  • 2015 Florida Dairy Farmers Class 2A Player of the Year
  • 2014 & 2015 First Team All-Tampa Bay
  • 2014 Max Preps All-American selection
  • 2013 State Defensive Player of the Year
  • Was also a member of the basketball and cross country teams

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2018Freshman

    UT/C
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2019Sophomore

    C
    5'9"
    15