Laura Belardinelli

Class:
Junior
High School:
Union-Endicott
Hometown:
Endicott, N.Y.

2006: Laura Belardinelli played in 29 games this season and started 27...tied the program season record for wins with a record of 15-11...posted three shutouts...tallied a record win-loss percentage at .577...finished the season with 95 strikeouts...named an Big East Academic All-Star. 2005: Laura Belardinelli started 23 games on the mound for the Panthers while playing in 33 games throughout the season...recorded a team-leading 69 strikeouts, including 24 while batters were looking...earned one shutout...posted a team-best ERA of 2.88...had a season-high five strikeouts twice (Jacksonville and Morgan State)...won 10 games on the mound for the Panthers.

2004: Belardinelli led the Panthers with 11 victories in her first season on the mound...pitched in 45 of the team[apos]s 57 games and made 29 starts...also led the team in ERA (3.47), complete games (19), saves (three) and innings pitched (207.2)...won three straight starts from March 5-7, allowing just five runs and 14 hits in 21 innings of work and added eight strikeouts...shut out Marshall on a four-hitter with one walk and three strikeouts on March 6...had a season-best seven strikeouts in nine innings of work against Houston (Feb. 27)...won both games of a doubleheader against St. John[apos]s with three runs allowed in nine innings with three strikeouts and no walks allowed...a Big East Academic All-Star.

HIGH SCHOOL: Belardinelli led Union-Endicott High School to four regional and two New York state championships...three-time all-conference selection and two-time all-region and all-state selection...earned Athlete of the Week and Spotlight Athlete honors by the Press and Sun Bulletin as a junior...Union-Endicott 2003 Female Athlete of the Year...registered a 0.12 ERA as a senior...a member of the ASA U-16 and U-18 traveling teams...also lettered in soccer, volleyball and tennis...member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Born April 18, 1985...daughter of Dennis and Pam Belardinelli...has three sisters, Brenna, Jennifer and Alexis...a political science and communications major.