Janae Barracato

Hannah Alexander

Infield

/ Softball

Janae Barracato Starting Lineup vs. DePaul

TAMU-CC Islanders versus Seton Hall Pirates Softball

Photo by: Jeff Huehn

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Hempstead, N.Y.
High School:
Sacred Heart Academy

**2019 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM**
**2019 SETON HALL Co-SOPHOMORE FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR**
**2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**

2021: Played in all 32 games starting all but one... Led the team and was tied for sixth in the BIG EAST with 10 doubles... Drove in seven while scoring 17 runs at the top of the lineup... Hit a home run in a win over Hofstra (3/31)... Had a monster day at the plate in the 10-inning walk off win over Villanova (5/2) going four-for-five with a pair of doubles, the first of which was her 49th two-bagger of her career setting the new program record in the process... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (5/4)... Racked up seven, multi-hit games.

2020: Started and played in all 24 games ... Hit .317 with a .585 slugging percentage, two home runs and 12 RBI ... Led the BIG EAST with 12 doubles ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI against Longwood on Feb. 8 ... Hit a three-run double against Elon on Feb. 8 ... Hit a two-run home run against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 22 ... Collected three doubles against Florida Atlantic on Feb. 28 ... Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a triple against Sacred Heart on Feb. 29 ... Drove in two runs and scored twice in a 2-for-4 outing against Penn State on March 7 ... Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored against Florida A&M on March 7.

2019: Second Team All-BIG EAST...started all 48 contests, shifting from center field to third base in-season...batted .335 with a .404 on-base percentage and .559 slugging percentage overall...during league play, ranked second in the conference with a .453 average...set the Seton Hall single-season record with 20 doubles and also notched two triples and four home runs...scored a team-high 37 runs and knocked in 33, despite leading off the majority of the season...was 5-of-6 stealing bases... Named Seton Hall's Co-Sophomore Female Athlete of the Year.

2018: Played in all 54 contests, making a total of 52 starts...batted .275 and hit five home runs with nine doubles, 17 RBIs and 26 runs scored...led the team with 47 total hits...recorded five outfield assists and stole four bases.

Before SHU: Played third base at Sacred Heart Academy for all four years of high school… Named All-Conference all four years...Helped lead her team to their first state title in the school’s history in 2016… Named First-team All-State her senior year, batting a career high .492 with 27 RBI’s… Named Second-team All-State in her junior year, batting .479 with a career high 45 RBI’s … Team Captain of Sacred Heart Academy her senior season… Her brother Joseph played baseball at Pace University… Member of the National Honor Society… Born February 4, 1999… Undecided for her major.