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2022 Softball Roster

5 Bianca Barone

  • Class Senior
  • Position INF
  • Hometown Machesney Park, Ill.
  • High School Harlem

Biography

2022: Started 38 of the 41 games she played in ... Batted .302 and posted 35 hits, the fourth-most on the team ... Went yard on three separate occasions, the most in her career thus far ... Had a knack for getting on base with a .833 on-base percentage (second-best on the team) ... Stole seven bags on nine attempts ...  Had the third-best on-base plus slugging percentage on the squad at .804 and third-most triples with three ... Recorded 132 putouts and eights assists ...  All-MAC selection for the second time ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2021: One of three Huskies to play in all 56 games, starting 55…Made 29 starts at third base, 14 at catcher, 11 at first base and one at designated player…Ranked in the top five on the team in eight offensive categories…Established career highs in eight offensive categories…Career-best 39 hits ranked second on the team, while her 10 doubles, also a career high was third…She drove in a season-best four runs in a game three different occasions…Hit a grand slam in an 11-0 win at Central Michigan (4/16)…Recorded six multi-hit games, tallying  a season-high five as part of a 5-for-5, four RBI day at Toledo (4/3)...Garnered Academic All-MAC selection 

2020 (Season Halted Due to COVID-19): Started 10 of 18 games played, seven games at catcher, two in the outfield and one as designator player…Led the team in runs batted in with 12, plus a three-RBI game against Western Illinois (3/6).

2019: Started 19 of 29 games played before an injury ended her season with 17 games left in the regular season…Batted .309 with 21 hits in 68 at bats…Hit her only home run of the season, a grand slam, in NIU’s 13-2 win over Middle Tennessee (2/16)…Tallied 17 RBIs on the year and four multi-RBI games, including a season best five against Middle Tennessee (2/16).

High School: Needs eight home runs to break the Harlem School records for most home runs in school history… Regional champions and a sectional runner-up as a freshman… Three-time varsity letter winner and two-time team captain… All-Northern Illinois Conference- 10 for three years… A member of the Stateline Fury, won the NAFA Illinois State Tournament and was the series MVP in 2016.
 
Personal: Daughter to Charles and Kim Barone. Major: Psychology and minor in Criminal Justice.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2019Freshman

    INF
    5
  • 5

    2020Sophomore

    INF
    5
  • 5

    2021Junior

    INF
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    INF
    5