2015: One of two players to start all 53 games of the season ... Hit .368 with 26 runs and 30 runs batted in ... Doubled 11 times to finish with .471 slugging mark ... Also earned 14 walks to post .424 on-base percentage ... Pitched in five games with two starts ... Went 2-0 in the circle with a 1.21 earned run average over 17.1 innings ... Struck out 21 batters, holding opponents to a .185 batting average ... Impressed in Bluefield doubleheader (Feb. 14), doubling twice with three RBI and three runs ... Had an unforgettable day against Fisher (Feb. 21), tossing a no-hitter over five innings with 11 strikeouts ... Kept it up at the plate, going 5-for-6 with five runs and five RBI ... Posted 3-for-3 day with three runs versus Oklahoma Baptist (March 1) ... Racked up three RBI and two runs over the course of a 5-for-6 doubleheader with Montreat (April 3) ... Recorded a hit in 35 games with multiple hits in 19.
2014: Appeared seven times in the circle, making three starts … Gave up 14 runs (nine earned) on 13 hits over 14.1 innings of work … Struck out 19 hitters and held opponents to .224 average … Went 1-for-4 as a hitter, doubling home two runs and scoring once in a win over Voorhees (April 10) … Debuted in the circle vs. Agnes Scott, tossing a perfect inning to preserve a shutout … Made first career start against NCAA Division I opponent Alcorn State, allowing four unearned runs on three hits over 1.2 innings … Struck out four in final two appearances of the season, pitching a combined 3.2 innings vs. Voorhees (April 10) and allowing a pair of hits and an unearned run.
PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Etowah High School … Earned regional player of the year award and named to an all-state team … Once helped team to the round of 16 in the state tournament.
PERSONAL: Born Chelsi Nicole Palazzo on May 31, 1995, in Marietta, Ga. … Daughter of Stephen and Stacy-Marie Palazzo … Sister, Shannyn, played softball for Georgia State.
