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Marcella Passarelli Season 1998

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Marcella Passarelli Season 1998

PositionUTL
Height5-6
YearFreshman
HometownWhittier, Calif.
B/TR/R

HONORS & AWARDS:
SEC Player of the Week (March 30, 1999)

2001 | SENIOR YEAR:
Appeared in 45 games, making 21 starts ... knocked nine hits in 54 at bats ... four of her nine hits were doubles ... scored 15 runs ... recorded one RBI ... drew 10 walks and held a .297 on-base percentage ... swiped three bases ... tallied 33 putouts and four assists. 

2000 | JUNIOR YEAR:
Started in 63 of 65 games for Auburn ... hit for a .241 average on the season ... had 31 runs on 47 hits in 195 at bats ... earned five home runs and 17 RBI ... had a .951 fielding percentage with 38 putouts and two errors in SEC play ... went 4-for-7 with two doubles, one RBI and one run at Florida State ... hit 2-for-4 with two runs and two stolen bases at Indiana State. 

1999 | SOPHOMORE YEAR:
Led the team with a .331 batting average ... played in 54 games, starting in 53 ... broke school record with an eight-game hitting streak ... was a perfect 11-of-11 in stolen bases ... hit two home runs in a game versus Kentucky ... was named SEC Player of the Week ... scored a team-leading 39 runs ... had highest batting average on the team in SEC Games with .333 ... second on the team in hits with 54 ... held a .515 slugging percentage.

1998 | FRESHMAN YEAR:
Played in 48 games, started in 36 ... finished second on the team in RBI with 15 ... hit her first collegiate home run in the first game of the season against LaGrange College ... was a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases ... recorded six doubles, fourth on the team ... was one of two players to hit a triple on the team last season.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Led the team her senior season with four triples, three home runs and 20 runs scored ... posted a batting average of .313 ... was named first team Del Rio League ... posted a .326 batting average and a .510 on-base percentage as a junior while helping La Serna to the Division III CIF Championship ... led the team with three home runs, 18 runs scored and 20 stolen bases ... was named first team Del Rio League and to the Whittier Daily News all-area team.

PERSONAL:
Born Marcella Marie Passarelli on Nov. 21, 1979 ... the daughter of Valerie Spain and Robert Passarelli ... majoring in adult education ... distantly related to PGA golf pro Fred Couples.

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Sophomore
1999

Utility
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Junior
2000

Utility
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Senior
2001

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