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2026 Catamount Softball Roster

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Ava Schmitt
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2 Ava Giglio

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Irvine, Calif.
  • High School Northwood HS
  • Class Sophomore
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Hits 1 vs N.C. Central (3/11/2025)
Runs 1, 7x last at N.C. Central (4/21/2026)
RBIs 1 at N.C. Central (4/21/2026)
Walks 1 at Georgia (2/16/2025)
Stolen Bases 1, 2x last at N.C. Central (4/21/2026)
Hit Streak 1 Game, March 11, 2025







2026 (Sophomore): Appeared in 10 games serving mainly as a pinch-runner for the Catamounts... scored a run in league matchups against Furman (March 22) and Chattanooga (April 19)... also scored a run in nonconference matchups against N.C. A&T (Feb. 11), Winthrop (Feb. 17), Queens (March 11), USC Upstate (March 24), and N.C. Central (April 21)... tallied a stolen base and her first collegiate RBI against N.C. Central... also saw action in the field during season-opener against N.C. A&T with an assist at 3B during season-opening 16-2 win vs the Aggies... part of an offense that broke single-season team records in batting average (.313), slugging percentage (.505), on-base percentage (.385), hits (504), doubles (73), runs (368), runs batted in (337), total bases (812), steals (79), and sacrifice flies (24)... 

2025 (Freshman): Saw action in 11 games serving primarily as a pinch-runner for the Catamounts… scored a run in nonconference matchups against Presbyterian (Mar. 1), NCCU (Mar. 11) and Tulsa (Mar. 19)… tallied her first collegiate hit in front end of doubleheader with N.C. Central… recorded walk in lone at-bat against Georgia (February 16)… swiped her first base in matchup against Presbyterian… served as pinch-runner in eight games…2024-25 SoCon Academic Honor Roll...

HIGH SCHOOL: Giglio joins Western Carolina after a four-year high school career at Northwood High School in Irvine, California where she saw action in 73 games in her prep career. She finished with a career .339 batting average tallying 74 hits including 13 doubles and also drove in 57 runs for Northwood High. Giglio’s best season was as a sophomore when the Irvine, Ca. native totaled a .384 average with 28 hits along with 17 RBIs and six doubles. She garnered first team all-pacific coast league honors her sophomore year and second team honors during her first year of high school.  Giglio received second team all-conference honors her junior season while earning all-orange county honorable mention and defensive player of the year recognition. She received the Leadership Award for her school during her senior season. As a team, Northwood High School qualified for the state championship and marked first time in program history they made semifinal and states. She was a captain her junior and senior year on the softball diamond and volleyball captain during her first two prep years.

Statistics

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2026

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2025Freshman

    Utility
    5'4"
    2
  • 2

    2026Sophomore

    Utility
    5'4"
    2