2011 Softball Roster

28 Tiffany DeFelice

  • Position C
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School American Heritage
  • Hometown Coral Springs, Fla.

Biography

Career Honors: 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll selection … Southeastern Conference All-Freshmen Team in 2008 … SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2009 … SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll in 2008

Career Highlights: Made top 10 on 1 single season list: tied for 3rd with 13 sacrifice hits….Made top 10 on 2 UF career lists: .413 on base percentage (9th) and 34 sacrifice hits (3rd)

As a Senior (2011):

  • Had just two errors her senior season – marking the only two in her career as a Gator. She finishes her career as one of just three players in Florida history to record a perfect fielding percentage in a single season and the only to do so twice (2009, 2010)
  • Tallied one pick off and gunned down nine runners on the base paths in 2011
  • Leaves UF at the top of the record book in career fielding percentage (.997)
  • Led the Gators in 2011 with 13 sacrifice bunts
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection
 
As a Junior (2010):
  • Has not made an error in three years at Florida (394 chances), the only player to do so in UF history
  • One of three players to record a perfect fielding percentage in a single season and only person to do so twice
  • Hit first career grand slam in win over South Carolina
 
As a Sophomore (2009):
  • Played in 42 games, starting 41, including 13 at catcher
  • Tallied a .230 batting average on 23 hits
  • Led the team with nine sacrifice hits, including three in the NCAA Tournament
  • Recorded 12 RBIs and a .394 on-base percentage
  • Recorded a career-long seven-game hit streak from Feb. 25 to March 7, which included eight hits and five RBIs while batting .500
  • Tallied two game-winning RBIs and two game-winning runs, along with two multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games
  • Scored the game-winning run in the 2-1 victory over No. 14 California in game two of the Super Regional on May 24 that sent UF to the Women’s College World Series
 
As a Freshman (2008):
  • SEC All-Freshman team
  • Started at designated player most of the season despite an injury to her right wrist
  • Put together an impressive 23-pitch at bat in the World Series versus Louisiana-Lafayette

High School: A 2007 graduate of American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla. … Coached by Marty Cooper … Team claimed the 2004 and 2005 Class 3A State Championship … 2006 and 2007 Miami Herald Player of the Year … 2007 Sun Sentinel Player of the Year … Named to the All-Broward County First Team by the Sun Sentinel and The Miami Herald five times … Named the team MVP in 2006, Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 and Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 … Played club softball for the Gold Coast Hurricanes … Coached by Jeff Norman and Marty Cooper … Team took third at Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) Gold Nationals in 2007 … Earned pre-calculus and computer awards while in high school.

 

DeFelice’s Career Statistics
 

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att fld%
2008 .291 66-60 141 21 41 9 0 7 33 33 17 2-3 1.000
2009 .230 49-41 100 8 23 2 0 1 12 27 11 0-0 1.000
2010 .319 44-44 113 27 36 8 0 9 36 22 18 2-2 1.000
2011 .271 52-46 118 14 32 4 0 7 25 18 18 2-2 .993
TOTAL .280 211-191 472 70 132 23 0 24 106 100 64 6-7 .997

DeFelice’s Career Bests

CAREER-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Hits: 3, Mississippi State, Apr 04, 2009; Jacksonville, Feb 17, 2010; South Carolina, May 08, 2010
Doubles: 2 [t-2nd], vs NC State, Feb 12, 2011; at East Carolina, Feb 20, 2010
Home runs: 2  [t-3rd], Jacksonville, Feb 17, 2010
Total bases: 9  [t-7th], Jacksonville, Feb 17, 2010
RBI: 4, vs Marshall, Feb 11, 2011; South Carolina, May 08, 2010
Runs scored: 3, Ole Miss, Mar 13, 2010; North Florida, May 05, 2010
Walks: 3, at Kentucky, Apr 11, 2009; Georgia, Mar 11, 2009
Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times
Struck out: 3 [t-6th], vs Indiana, Feb 24, 2011
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], 4 times
Sac bunts: 2 [t-1st], vs Texas, Feb 24, 2011
At bats: 4, 10 times
Stolen bases: 1, 4 times

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2008Freshman

    C
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2009Sophomore

    C
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2010Junior

    C
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2011Senior

    C
    5'5"
    28