2011 Softball Roster
Roster
Tiffany DeFelice
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- American Heritage
- Hometown:
- Coral Springs, Fla.
Career Honors: 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll selection … Southeastern Conference All-Freshmen Team in 2008 … SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2009 … SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll in 2008
Career Highlights: Made top 10 on 1 single season list: tied for 3rd with 13 sacrifice hits….Made top 10 on 2 UF career lists: .413 on base percentage (9th) and 34 sacrifice hits (3rd)
As a Senior (2011):
- Had just two errors her senior season – marking the only two in her career as a Gator. She finishes her career as one of just three players in Florida history to record a perfect fielding percentage in a single season and the only to do so twice (2009, 2010)
- Tallied one pick off and gunned down nine runners on the base paths in 2011
- Leaves UF at the top of the record book in career fielding percentage (.997)
- Led the Gators in 2011 with 13 sacrifice bunts
- SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection
As a Junior (2010):
- Has not made an error in three years at Florida (394 chances), the only player to do so in UF history
- One of three players to record a perfect fielding percentage in a single season and only person to do so twice
- Hit first career grand slam in win over South Carolina
As a Sophomore (2009):
- Played in 42 games, starting 41, including 13 at catcher
- Tallied a .230 batting average on 23 hits
- Led the team with nine sacrifice hits, including three in the NCAA Tournament
- Recorded 12 RBIs and a .394 on-base percentage
- Recorded a career-long seven-game hit streak from Feb. 25 to March 7, which included eight hits and five RBIs while batting .500
- Tallied two game-winning RBIs and two game-winning runs, along with two multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games
- Scored the game-winning run in the 2-1 victory over No. 14 California in game two of the Super Regional on May 24 that sent UF to the Women’s College World Series
As a Freshman (2008):
- SEC All-Freshman team
- Started at designated player most of the season despite an injury to her right wrist
- Put together an impressive 23-pitch at bat in the World Series versus Louisiana-Lafayette
High School: A 2007 graduate of American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla. … Coached by Marty Cooper … Team claimed the 2004 and 2005 Class 3A State Championship … 2006 and 2007 Miami Herald Player of the Year … 2007 Sun Sentinel Player of the Year … Named to the All-Broward County First Team by the Sun Sentinel and The Miami Herald five times … Named the team MVP in 2006, Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 and Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 … Played club softball for the Gold Coast Hurricanes … Coached by Jeff Norman and Marty Cooper … Team took third at Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) Gold Nationals in 2007 … Earned pre-calculus and computer awards while in high school.
DeFelice’s Career Statistics
| Year | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | bb | so | sb-att | fld% |
| 2008 | .291 | 66-60 | 141 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 2-3 | 1.000 |
| 2009 | .230 | 49-41 | 100 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 0-0 | 1.000 |
| 2010 | .319 | 44-44 | 113 | 27 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 22 | 18 | 2-2 | 1.000 |
| 2011 | .271 | 52-46 | 118 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 2-2 | .993 |
| TOTAL | .280 | 211-191 | 472 | 70 | 132 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 106 | 100 | 64 | 6-7 | .997 |
DeFelice’s Career Bests
CAREER-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Hits: 3, Mississippi State, Apr 04, 2009; Jacksonville, Feb 17, 2010; South Carolina, May 08, 2010
Doubles: 2 [t-2nd], vs NC State, Feb 12, 2011; at East Carolina, Feb 20, 2010
Home runs: 2 [t-3rd], Jacksonville, Feb 17, 2010
Total bases: 9 [t-7th], Jacksonville, Feb 17, 2010
RBI: 4, vs Marshall, Feb 11, 2011; South Carolina, May 08, 2010
Runs scored: 3, Ole Miss, Mar 13, 2010; North Florida, May 05, 2010
Walks: 3, at Kentucky, Apr 11, 2009; Georgia, Mar 11, 2009
Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times
Struck out: 3 [t-6th], vs Indiana, Feb 24, 2011
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], 4 times
Sac bunts: 2 [t-1st], vs Texas, Feb 24, 2011
At bats: 4, 10 times
Stolen bases: 1, 4 times
