2011: Played in 50 games, making 46 starts…Ends her junior year ranked fourth all-time with 20 career home runs...Batted .300 (39-for-130) with six doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI…Scored 17 runs and stole four bases on the year in five attempts…Behind the plate, threw out 11 runners in 17 steal attempts (.607 percentage)…Was a preseason all-league selection…Earned second-team all-conference accolades.
2010: Started all but one game at catcher for the Phoenix…Helped Elon to a school record 38 wins en route to the SoCon Tournament title and an NCAA Regional appearance…Led the team with 11 home runs, including one grand slam…Seven of her round-trippers came with at least one runner aboard…Belted a three-run shot against UNCG in the championship game of the SoCon Tournament that lifted Elon to its first-ever title…Was responsible for 68 Phoenix runs during the season, driving in 38 and scoring 30…Finished fourth on the team with a .295 batting average and slugged at a .530 clip…Gunned down five runners and picked off two behind the dish.
2009: Recorded seven home runs, the most among the returners…Led the team in RBI with 29…Accounted for 48 runs during the season…Led the team with a .469 slugging percentage…Finished second on the team with eight doubles…Had an on-base percentage of .342…Registered 145 putouts and 26 assists…Scored 19 runs on 31 hits.
High School: Helped Immaculata to the 2007 Somerset County championship…During her junior campaign, she hit .368 with 15 RBI…As a pitcher, she posted a 11-8 record with six shutouts and 192 strikeouts over 131 innings for an ERA of 0.66 as a junior…She batted .351 and built a .452 on-base percentage for the Jersey Intensity (18U Gold) team…She earned co-MVP honors and Somerset County MVP honors…Named First-Team All-Area by both the Star-Ledger and Courier-News in 2007…Helped her travel teams to the ASA 14U New Jersey state title and a first-place finish in the 16U ASA regional qualifier.
Personal: Full name is Kaitlyn Nicole Piazzolla…Daughter of Mario and Donna Piazzolla...Born on August 8, 1990…Nickname is KP…Majoring in sport and event management.
Favorite Elon softball moment: Stepping onto the field for the first time.
Favorite movie: The Blind Side
I came to Elon because…: I loved the campus and how the team was like a second family.
Biggest jokester on the team: Hannah Shelton or Ashlee Crewe
Pregame rituals: I usually eat nachos
Most played song on my iPod: “Chances” by Five for Fighting
Words to live by: “Always look at the big picture.”
