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2008 canisius college softball
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PLAYER PROFILES<br />
Katie Miranto<br />
9<br />
Shortstop<br />
Senior<br />
N. Tonawanda, N.Y.<br />
N. Tonawanda<br />
2008<br />
MAAC<br />
Preseason<br />
Player of the Year<br />
2007<br />
All-MAAC<br />
First-Team<br />
2007<br />
MAAC<br />
All-Tournament<br />
Team<br />
2007<br />
MAAC<br />
Preseason<br />
Player of the Year<br />
2006<br />
All-MAAC<br />
First-Team<br />
2006<br />
MAAC<br />
All-Tournament<br />
Team<br />
2007: Started 47 games… Led the team with her<br />
.371 (52-for-140) batting average… Recorded nine<br />
doubles, seven homers, five triples and 27 RBIs… Set<br />
a school record with 44 runs scored… Was named<br />
first-team All-MAAC after she hit .432 (19-for-44)<br />
with five doubles, five home runs, 19 runs scored and<br />
14 runs batted in against MAAC teams… Batted .400<br />
(4-for-10) with four RBIs and two runs scored en route<br />
to being named to the MAAC All-Tournament Team<br />
for the second-straight season… Had the team’s only<br />
hit against Cal State Fullerton in the NCAA Tournament…<br />
Led the Griffs in seven offensive categories,<br />
including batting average, runs, slugging percentage<br />
(.657), on-base percentage (.461), triples (9), home<br />
runs (7) and total bases (92)… Ranked fifth on the<br />
team in fielding chances (127) and third in fielding assists<br />
(60)… Posted a .913 fielding percentage… Earned<br />
MAAC All-Academic honors for the second-straight<br />
season… Named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic<br />
All-District I First Team.<br />
2006: Led Canisius in 10 different offensive categories<br />
en route to being named first-team All-MAAC… Hit<br />
.402 (66-for-164) with 13 doubles, four triples, four<br />
homers and 18 RBIs… Her 66 hits set a new singleseason<br />
program record for hits in a year… Ranked<br />
fourth in the MAAC in batting average and fifth in<br />
the league in on-base percentage (.459)… Hit .458<br />
(22-for-48) with 13 runs scored, six doubles and eight<br />
RBIs in 16 MAAC games… Hit safely in 22-straight<br />
games… Led the team with 99 total bases, while also<br />
leading the squad in slugging percentage (.605) and<br />
stolen bases (12)… Had 18 multi-hit games… Was<br />
credited with 83 assists and 102 putouts in the field<br />
to go with her .964 fielding percentage… Was one of<br />
three MAAC players to be named to the 2006 National<br />
Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Mid-Atlantic<br />
All-Region First Team... Was also recognized for her<br />
work in the classroom, earning MAAC All-Academic<br />
and CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine All-Academic All-<br />
District 1 Second Team honors… Was Canisius’ lone<br />
representative on the MAAC All-Tournament Team.<br />
2005: One of six Griffs to play in all 41 games, making<br />
41 starts at second base… Registered her first collegiate<br />
hit in her first collegiate game against UNC Wilmington…<br />
Hit safely in 11-straight games… Hit her first<br />
collegiate triple against Niagara… Went 1-for-3 in her<br />
first NCAA Tournament game against Michigan…<br />
Had nine multi-hit games, which tied her for second<br />
on the team… Walked 15 times… Her .980 fielding<br />
percentage was tops among Canisius’ regular infielders.<br />
Before Canisius: Was named the 2004 New York<br />
State Player of the Year and the 2004 Western New<br />
York Player of the Year after her senior season at North<br />
Tonawanda… Won a total of 13 varsity letters at<br />
North Tonawanda in softball, basketball and volleyball…<br />
Hit over .400 in six seasons as a varsity softball<br />
player… Was fourth-team All-Western New York in<br />
basketball and scored over 1,000-career points, making<br />
her the school’s first female 1,000 point scorer.<br />
Personal: The daughter of Keith and Nancy Miranto,<br />
Katie is a business major at Canisius… Has an older<br />
brother Michael and a twin brother, Scott.<br />
Born: Feb. 19, 1986.<br />
GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT<br />
2005 41/41 .315 124 25 39 1 4 1 8 5-9<br />
2006 51/51 .402 164 38 66 13 4 4 18 12-15<br />
2007 47/47 .371 140 44 52 9 5 7 27 6-8<br />
Totals 139/139 .367 428 107 157 23 13 12 53 23-32