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2 Natalie Mariano

  • Position Outfielder
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Strongsville
  • Hometown Strongsville, Ohio
  • Custom1 L

Biography

2015 (Senior)
Made appearances in 52 games for the Flyers starting each one ... Posted the third best batting percentage on the team hitting .355 ... Second on the team in hits with 59 ... Plated 27 RBI including four home runs ... Had a career-best .524 slugging percentage ... Compiled 20 multi-hit games and added a 14-game streak of reaching base ... Named First Team All-Conference ... Named a 2014-15 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2014 (Junior)
Started in all 56 games for the Flyers as a junior, primarily in left field ... Posted career highs in hits (54), doubles (11), extra-base hits (14), and walks (14) ... Plated 20 RBI while only striking out 10 times in 181 at-bats ... Tied career high with three home runs on the year ... Named team Co-Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in a row ... Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll following the fall 2013 semester and the fall 2013 Dean's List.

2013 (Sophomore)
Started in all 46 games for the Flyers as a sophomore, primarily at left field ... Led the team with 43 hits, three triples and 149 at-bats, ranked second on the squad with a .289 average, 23 runs scored and seven doubles ... Also tallied a team-best 11 games with multiple hits and had four multiple-RBI games ... Held the team's third-longest hitting streak of the season at six games and her longest streak of games having safely reached base stretched to 10 during 2013 ... Named the team's Co-Defensive Player of the Year ... Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and UD's Dean's List following the Spring 2013 semester.

2012 (Freshman)
Made an immediate impact in the Flyers’ outfield in her rookie campaign after being tabbed to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team and finishing second on the team with a .309 batting average ... Had five multi-hit games and finished the season with an eight-game hitting streak … Started 33 of the 49 games she played in the 2012 season … Finished fourth on the team in hits with 29 in 94 official at-bats ... Slugged three home runs and had 11 RBI … Had an on-base percentage of .363 and slugged .426. Mariano was also a force in the outfield with two of UD’s four outfield assists for the season … Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 semesters.

Prior to UD
Four-year letter-winner at Strongsville High School ... Selected to the Cleveland Plain Dealer All-Star Team in 2010 ... Was named the team MVP in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... Selected First Team All-Lake Erie League in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... Was a four-year athletic scholar award recipient at Strongsville.

Personal
Daughter of Jim and Lucia Mariano ... Has one sister, Patti ... Born on June 29, 1992 ... Majoring in marketing.

Single-Game Highs
Hits: 3, 6 Times; Last, Massachusetts, 4/26/15
Doubles: 1, 26 Times
Triples: 1, Five Times; Last, Rhode Island, 3/29/15
Home Runs: 2, Butler, 3/28/13
Total Bases: 10, Butler, 3/28/13
RBI: 4, vs Penn, 3/7/15
Runs Scored: 3, Rhode Island, 3/28/15
Walks: 2, Four Times
Hit By Pitch: 1, 13 Times
Struck Out: 2, Five Times
Sac Flies: 1, Butler, 3/28/13
Sac Bunts: 1, 12 Times
At Bats: 6, Eastern Kentucky, 3/18/15
Stolen Bases: 1, Four Times
Caught Stealing: 1, vs. Belmont, 2/25/12
Field Chances: 5, Four Times
Putouts: 5, Five Times
Assists: 1, Five Times



 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2012Freshman

    OF
    2
  • 2

    2013Sophomore

    OF
    2
  • 2

    2014Junior

    Outfielder
    2
  • 2

    2015Senior

    Outfielder
    2