CASSANDRA AT A GLANCE: Power pitcher and bat ... Great teammate.
JUNIOR (2023): Played in 54 games and started 51, working in the outfield and as a pitcher ... Made 24 appearances and 16 starts in the circle with a won-loss record of 8-6 and a team-best 1.52 ERA ... Her one complete game came against East Stroudsburg on February 12 in a 5-0 shutout win for the Buccaneers ... Combined with teammates on three other shutouts ... Career-high 12 strikeouts in a 4-1 win against Mars Hill on February 9 ... Struck out 89 batters in 92.1 innings pitched ... Batted a team-best .273 with a .404 on-base percentage ... 41 hits in 150 at-bats included six doubles, one triple, 12 RBI, and 23 runs scored ... Stole 16 bases in 19 attempts ... Drew a team-high 28 bases on balls and reached on a hit-by-pitch five times ... Eight multi-hit games ... Named to the Dean's List in the fall and earned the President's List recognition in the spring ... Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Commissioner's Honor Roll ... College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® (2023) ... Earned Barry's Dean's Award for most outstanding business major graduate ... Barry's Neill Miller Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second straight year.
SOPHOMORE (2022): Named to the All-SSC Second Team as utility pitcher ... Played in 47 games, started 47 ... Batted .289 with three home runs, four doubles and 21 RBI ... Slugged .391 with an on-base percentage of .432 ... Went 5-of-9 on stolen bases ... Pitched in 17 games, started 14 ... Had a record of 5-6 ... Struck out 57 batters in 67.1 innings pitched ... Pitched three complete games with one shut-out ... Compiled an ERA of 2.18 with a 1.13 WHIP ... Went 2-of-3 with one home run and two RBI against Eckerd on May 1 ... Had six multi-hit games ... Had a season-high nine strikeouts against Columbus State on March 16 ... Pitched first-career no-hitter on March 23 in 7-0 final against Lynn ... Had five strikeouts or more in five games ... Named to the Dean's List in the fall and named to the President's List in the spring ... Named to the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in the spring ... Named Neill Miller Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
FRESHMAN (2021): Started 10 out of 11 games ... Had an ERA of 4.43 with 42 strikeouts ... Had a season-high 7 strikeouts against Palm Beach Atl. (Apr. 3) ... Hit .250 with one double, with a .500 slugging percentage, a .400 on-base percentage and one RBI ... Had a season-high five assists against Florida Tech (Mar. 27) ... Had a fielding percentage of 1.000 ... Earned Dean's List honor in the fall and President's List in the spring ... Member of the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
CoVid (2020): Started in 15 out of 25 games ... Had an ERA of 3.91 with 32 strikeouts ... Had a season-high six strikeouts against West Liberty (Mar. 9) ... Hit .154 with two doubles, with a .205 slugging percentage, a .267 on-base percentage and five RBI ... Had a season-high five assists vs. Embry-Riddle (Feb. 21) ... Had a fielding percentage of 1.000 ... Earned President's List honors both semesters ... Member of the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played three seasons for coach Sarah James at Fenwick High in Oak Park, Ill. ... Batted .439 as a senior with six doubles, 12 runs scored and eight RBI ... Batted .436 with three doubles, three homers, nine runs and 11 RBI as a junior ... Struck out 141 in 105.2 innings ... Went 7-6 with a 3.11 ERA ... Earned all-conference honors ... Named Illinois State Scholar First-Team.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Carlos Lee and Monica Saldana ... Graduated Spring, 2023 with her degree in accounting ... Currently pursuing her MBA.
