University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2014 Softball Roster
Corbello, Sara
Jersey Number 25
Sara Corbello
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lake Charles, La.
- High School:
- Barbe HS
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2016)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2014)
Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference (2014)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2016 (Senior)
Returned to the starting designated player spot (pinch hit in RBI spots in 2015), serving in the role all 55 games … set career-high for home runs with 13, reaching double digits for the first time … homered in six straight Sun Belt games from Mar. 25-Apr. 3 ( all games of series with Troy and Texas State) … produced highest hits (41) and RBI (33) total since freshman campaign … beginning March 25 through season’s end, raised average 52 points by hitting .341 with 11 home runs and 25 RBI … posted a .339 average in Sun Belt play, a career-best mark … picked up 100th career hit (April 2 vs. Texas State) and 100th career RBI (April 24 vs. App State) ... made her 200th career appearance on May 20 vs. Boston University in the NCAA Lafayette Regional opener … used strong plate discipline to record a .400-plus on base percentage a second straight season (career-best .438 mark) … produced a career-best 17 extra base hits leading to a career-best .649 slugging percentage … collected at least one base hit 21 of the last 31 games … recorded season-best six-game hitting streak during postseason play, ranging from Sun Belt Tournament opener through NCAA Lafayette Regional finale … posted eight multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games … first home run of the season, on Feb. 14 in Gulf Shores vs. Louisiana Tech, came as an answer to a Lady Techsters run which had trimmed the Cajuns lead to 3-1 … had a hit all three games vs. No. 5 Oregon in the Louisiana Classics at Lamson Park … launched a two-run homer off of All-American Cheridan Hawkins in Game 2 on Feb. 19 … drew the first of two walks vs. No. 5 Oregon on Feb. 20 and scored on a three-run double by Haley Hayden which broke a 1-1 tie … went 4-for-7 at the plate with two home runs and five RBI in the doubleheader at Troy on March 25 … delivered a two-run home run and two-run double in Game 1 with the Trojans to match her career-high RBI total … capped off the Cajuns’ five-run rally in the Game 2 win over Texas State on April 2 with two-run home run … finished off the string of six straight Sun Belt games with a homer by launching a solo home run in the fourth inning of the Texas State finale, giving Alex Stewart a 2-0 cushion … named LSWA Hitter of the Week on April 5 after the Texas State weekend made it consecutive SBC series with a home run in all three games … posted a hit in 2-of-3 games at No. 1 Florida (April 16-17) … homered twice and drove in four runs as Louisiana built a 7-0 lead in Game 2 at Georgia Southern on April 30, leading to the win which captured the outright Sun Belt championship … finished 3-for-3 at the plate in Game 2 at GASO, tying career-high totals in hits (3), RBI (4) and home runs (2), while the home run production increased her season total to 10 giving her double digits for the first time in her career … three-run home run vs. Texas A&M in the NCAA Lafayette Regional final on May 22 provided the Cajuns with a 5-2 advantage …created a 3-3 tie in Game 2 of the NCAA Norman Super Regional with a solo home run … home runs vs. Texas A&M and Oklahoma increased her career NCAA postseason total to five, adding to solo home runs vs. Baylor in 2015 NCAA Regional, at Michigan in 2013 Super Regional and at LSU in 2013 NCAA Regional ... named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … received second team All-Louisiana honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
2015 (Junior)
Served in the role of pinch hitter with runners in scoring position...Went 6-for-18 (.333) in pinch-hit situations...Tallied at least one RBI in 13 of her 37 plate appearances...Struck out only four times and finished the season with no strikeouts in her final 16 plate appearances...Used strong plate discipline to bring a run home on two bases-loaded walks and four hit by pitch...Pinch-hit ground out in the sixth inning at #4 Alabama pulled the Cajuns into a 1-1 tie...Registered an RBI each game of the UTA series (Mar. 13-14)...Brought home a run on a sacrifice fly in the series opener...Stepped in for Leandra Maly with the bases loaded in the first inning of game one of the doubleheader vs. UTA on Mar. 14 and was hit by pitch with two outs to keep the inning alive resulting in a three-run frame...In the second game of the doubleheader, broke open a 1-0 game with a bases-loaded single that plated two runs...Delivered her first home run of the season in the winner's bracket final of the Sun Belt Tournament vs. South Alabama on May 8, a two-run blast that extended the Cajuns lead to 6-2...Both of her hits in the NCAA Tournament went for extra bases...Launched a solo home run in the winner-take-all NCAA Lafayette Regional championship game vs. Baylor on May 17...Lofted a two-run double down the right field line in the second inning of the Auburn Super Regional opener on May 22 to provide Louisiana with a 4-1 lead...Adding in a bases-loaded walk vs. Weber State in the NCAA Lafayette Regional opener, she produced an RBI in all three of her four pinch hit opportunities in the NCAA Touranment accumulating four RBI.
2014 (Sophomore)
Made 55 appearances with 50 starts on the season, primarily as a designated hitter … led the squad with five sacrifice flies, which tied for 13th in the nation … hit .180 with 25 hits, 27 RBI and 11 runs scored … eight of her hits were home runs, fifth most on the team … was a Sun Belt preseason all-conference selection … matched her career high in hits twice during the season with a 3-for-3 performance against UTSA (2/28) and a 3-for-4 outing against Chattanooga (3/1) … tied her career best with four RBI against Georgia State (3/23) after going 2-for-4 with one home run … recorded her lone double of the season in the first game of the NCAA Super Regional against Arizona (5/23).
2013 (Freshman)
Started all 62 games at either designated player or first base … batted .291 with 35 RBI, 13 runs scored and eight home runs … recorded her first career hit against Iowa (2/9), going 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored … hit her first career home run off Texas' All-American pitcher Blaire Luna (3/6) … hit her first career grand slam in the first inning against FIU (3/30) … drove in eight runs over a series against FIU (3/29-30) … had her first career multi-home run game against ULM (5/4) … homered in the NCAA Regional against LSU (5/18) and the NCAA Super Regional against Michigan (5/25).
High School
Was a four year letterwinner at Barbe High School in Lake Charles, La. … helped lead the Buccaneers to four state tournament appearances and one state runner-up finish … team went 26-3 her junior season, falling in the state semifinals ... was also a standout pitcher at Barbe … made the All-State team all four years of high school … was district MVP three times … named the ESPN Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior … inducted to the Southwest Louisiana Hall of Fame as a senior.
Personal
Born Nov. 24, 1993 ... Daughter of Jeff and Cathy Corbello … has a younger sister, Kaitlin … is majoring in Public Relations.
All-Sun Belt First Team (2016)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2014)
Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference (2014)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2016 (Senior)
Returned to the starting designated player spot (pinch hit in RBI spots in 2015), serving in the role all 55 games … set career-high for home runs with 13, reaching double digits for the first time … homered in six straight Sun Belt games from Mar. 25-Apr. 3 ( all games of series with Troy and Texas State) … produced highest hits (41) and RBI (33) total since freshman campaign … beginning March 25 through season’s end, raised average 52 points by hitting .341 with 11 home runs and 25 RBI … posted a .339 average in Sun Belt play, a career-best mark … picked up 100th career hit (April 2 vs. Texas State) and 100th career RBI (April 24 vs. App State) ... made her 200th career appearance on May 20 vs. Boston University in the NCAA Lafayette Regional opener … used strong plate discipline to record a .400-plus on base percentage a second straight season (career-best .438 mark) … produced a career-best 17 extra base hits leading to a career-best .649 slugging percentage … collected at least one base hit 21 of the last 31 games … recorded season-best six-game hitting streak during postseason play, ranging from Sun Belt Tournament opener through NCAA Lafayette Regional finale … posted eight multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games … first home run of the season, on Feb. 14 in Gulf Shores vs. Louisiana Tech, came as an answer to a Lady Techsters run which had trimmed the Cajuns lead to 3-1 … had a hit all three games vs. No. 5 Oregon in the Louisiana Classics at Lamson Park … launched a two-run homer off of All-American Cheridan Hawkins in Game 2 on Feb. 19 … drew the first of two walks vs. No. 5 Oregon on Feb. 20 and scored on a three-run double by Haley Hayden which broke a 1-1 tie … went 4-for-7 at the plate with two home runs and five RBI in the doubleheader at Troy on March 25 … delivered a two-run home run and two-run double in Game 1 with the Trojans to match her career-high RBI total … capped off the Cajuns’ five-run rally in the Game 2 win over Texas State on April 2 with two-run home run … finished off the string of six straight Sun Belt games with a homer by launching a solo home run in the fourth inning of the Texas State finale, giving Alex Stewart a 2-0 cushion … named LSWA Hitter of the Week on April 5 after the Texas State weekend made it consecutive SBC series with a home run in all three games … posted a hit in 2-of-3 games at No. 1 Florida (April 16-17) … homered twice and drove in four runs as Louisiana built a 7-0 lead in Game 2 at Georgia Southern on April 30, leading to the win which captured the outright Sun Belt championship … finished 3-for-3 at the plate in Game 2 at GASO, tying career-high totals in hits (3), RBI (4) and home runs (2), while the home run production increased her season total to 10 giving her double digits for the first time in her career … three-run home run vs. Texas A&M in the NCAA Lafayette Regional final on May 22 provided the Cajuns with a 5-2 advantage …created a 3-3 tie in Game 2 of the NCAA Norman Super Regional with a solo home run … home runs vs. Texas A&M and Oklahoma increased her career NCAA postseason total to five, adding to solo home runs vs. Baylor in 2015 NCAA Regional, at Michigan in 2013 Super Regional and at LSU in 2013 NCAA Regional ... named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … received second team All-Louisiana honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
2015 (Junior)
Served in the role of pinch hitter with runners in scoring position...Went 6-for-18 (.333) in pinch-hit situations...Tallied at least one RBI in 13 of her 37 plate appearances...Struck out only four times and finished the season with no strikeouts in her final 16 plate appearances...Used strong plate discipline to bring a run home on two bases-loaded walks and four hit by pitch...Pinch-hit ground out in the sixth inning at #4 Alabama pulled the Cajuns into a 1-1 tie...Registered an RBI each game of the UTA series (Mar. 13-14)...Brought home a run on a sacrifice fly in the series opener...Stepped in for Leandra Maly with the bases loaded in the first inning of game one of the doubleheader vs. UTA on Mar. 14 and was hit by pitch with two outs to keep the inning alive resulting in a three-run frame...In the second game of the doubleheader, broke open a 1-0 game with a bases-loaded single that plated two runs...Delivered her first home run of the season in the winner's bracket final of the Sun Belt Tournament vs. South Alabama on May 8, a two-run blast that extended the Cajuns lead to 6-2...Both of her hits in the NCAA Tournament went for extra bases...Launched a solo home run in the winner-take-all NCAA Lafayette Regional championship game vs. Baylor on May 17...Lofted a two-run double down the right field line in the second inning of the Auburn Super Regional opener on May 22 to provide Louisiana with a 4-1 lead...Adding in a bases-loaded walk vs. Weber State in the NCAA Lafayette Regional opener, she produced an RBI in all three of her four pinch hit opportunities in the NCAA Touranment accumulating four RBI.
2014 (Sophomore)
Made 55 appearances with 50 starts on the season, primarily as a designated hitter … led the squad with five sacrifice flies, which tied for 13th in the nation … hit .180 with 25 hits, 27 RBI and 11 runs scored … eight of her hits were home runs, fifth most on the team … was a Sun Belt preseason all-conference selection … matched her career high in hits twice during the season with a 3-for-3 performance against UTSA (2/28) and a 3-for-4 outing against Chattanooga (3/1) … tied her career best with four RBI against Georgia State (3/23) after going 2-for-4 with one home run … recorded her lone double of the season in the first game of the NCAA Super Regional against Arizona (5/23).
2013 (Freshman)
Started all 62 games at either designated player or first base … batted .291 with 35 RBI, 13 runs scored and eight home runs … recorded her first career hit against Iowa (2/9), going 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored … hit her first career home run off Texas' All-American pitcher Blaire Luna (3/6) … hit her first career grand slam in the first inning against FIU (3/30) … drove in eight runs over a series against FIU (3/29-30) … had her first career multi-home run game against ULM (5/4) … homered in the NCAA Regional against LSU (5/18) and the NCAA Super Regional against Michigan (5/25).
High School
Was a four year letterwinner at Barbe High School in Lake Charles, La. … helped lead the Buccaneers to four state tournament appearances and one state runner-up finish … team went 26-3 her junior season, falling in the state semifinals ... was also a standout pitcher at Barbe … made the All-State team all four years of high school … was district MVP three times … named the ESPN Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior … inducted to the Southwest Louisiana Hall of Fame as a senior.
Personal
Born Nov. 24, 1993 ... Daughter of Jeff and Cathy Corbello … has a younger sister, Kaitlin … is majoring in Public Relations.
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