Arianna Rodi

Awards:

• 2024 Softball America First Team All-American
• 2024 NFCA First Team All-Region
• 2024 First Team All-American Athletic Conference
• 2024 American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team
• 2023 Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal Honoree
• 2023 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll Selection

Prior to SC:

2024 (Charlotte, Sophomore)

Had a breakout sophomore campaign that saw her start all 57 games at first base with a .353 batting average, 22 homers, and 55 RBI … Became the second player in program history to hit 20 homers in a season … Ranked fifth nationally in homers, 27th in slugging (.788) and 23rd total bases (134) … Also led the team with 37 walks and totaled 60 hits, 36 runs, and eight doubles … Paced the Niners with 16 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games … Posted a 29-game on-base streak from Feb. 11-March 28 … Opened the season with a 2-for-4 day and a homer at #4 Florida State (Feb. 8) … Had two hits and a homer vs. Canisius (Feb. 16) … Went 2-for-4 with a pair of taters and four RBI against #9 Clemson (Feb. 21) … Hit a walk-off three-run homer to lift CLT over #14 Kentucky to earn AAC Player of the Week honors (March 2) … Compiled a 12-game hitting streak from March 9-28 … Named the top first baseman in the country in Softball America positional rankings for February (March 5) … Also recognized as the #4 first baseman by D1Softball.com … Homered in back-to-back games against #12 Virginia Tech and Memphis (March 13-15) … Had another multi-homer game with four RBI at Longwood (April 2) … Had back-to-back multi-hit games against UTSA (April 12-13) … Posted a 2-for-4 day with two RBI at UAB (April 28) … Hit a game-tying homer in the sixth inning on senior day against North Texas as Charlotte won on a walk-off (May 5) … Went 2-for-3 with a career-high five RBI, including a grand slam, in the Niners’ 10-1 win over Wichita State in the American Conference Championship game (May 11) … Named to the AAC All-Tournament team … Had three RBI and a two-run homer in the NCAA Regionals against UNC Wilmington (May 18) … Named First Team All-AAC and First Team NFCA All-Region.

2023 (Charlotte, Freshman)

Played in 36 games and started 20 … Finished the season with a .250 batting average (16-for-64) with five home runs, a double, and 13 RBI … Went 2-for-2 and drove in a run against South Carolina (Feb. 9) … Went 1-for-2 and hit the first home run of her career against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 10) … Went 2-for-4 with a double against St. John’s (Feb. 18) … Hit a solo home run against Georgia (Feb. 19) … Came on as a pinch hitter against UTEP and hit a three-run home run (Mar. 24) … Came on as a pinch hitter against Western Kentucky and hit a two-run home run (Apr. 1) … 2023 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal honoree and named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Member of the 2019 state championship team at La Salle Academy … Named State Championship MVP in her freshman season … First Team All-State in 2021 & 2022 … Picked First Team All-Division in 2022 … Voted as team captain at La Salle in senior season … Also played ice hockey where she was a three-time state champion.

PERSONAL:

Born July 7, 2004 … Parents are Anthony and Barbara Rodi … Has two siblings, Anthony and Alexandria … Sister, Alexandria, played college softball at Nichols College (Mass.).