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Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

Softball - Delaware

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SOFTBALL

Ava Calciano

Shortstop
CAPE HENLOPEN HIGH SCHOOL
LEWES, DELAWARE
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

.538

Batting Average

4

Home Runs

18

RBI

39

Runs Scored
“Calciano looked above every high school athlete that I saw this year. She’s a triple threat. She can hit for power or drive (the ball up the) middle. She can steal bases and she makes extremely athletic plays at shortstop appear as if they’re routine. She has great sportsmanship and class as well, and leads her team not only vocally, but by example. She’s a pleasure to compete against.”
Nina Marcano
Head Coach - Smyrna High School
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 senior shortstop led the Vikings to a 19-2 record and a trip to the state quarterfinals this past season. Calciano batted .538 with four home runs, 18 RBI and 39 runs scored, compiling a .707 on-base percentage, a .942 slugging percentage and a 1.650 OPS. She drew 28 walks while striking out just five times, and posted a .420 isolated power percentage. A three-time Henlopen Conference Player of the Year and two-time First Team All-State selection, Calciano is ranked as the nation’s No. 46 prospect in the Class of 2025 by Extra Innings Softball.

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Academic Achievement

Calciano has maintained a 101.1 weighted average in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play softball on scholarship at the University of Connecticut this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the National Honor Society, Calciano has volunteered locally with the Delaware Food Bank. She also serves as a youth softball instructor.