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2026 Catamount Softball Roster

David Dorbin, WCU Athletics Creative Media

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, 3x last vs Tulsa (3/19/2025)
Walks 1 at Georgia (2/16/2025)
Stolen Bases 1 vs Presbyterian (3/1/2025)
Hit Streak 1 Game, March 11, 2025






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.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2025Freshman

    Utility
    5'4"
    2
  • 2

    2026Sophomore

    Utility
    5'4"
    2