Biography
2012: Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Year and to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District First Team… Named to the MAC Spring Honor Roll... Made a record 29 appearances in the circle, pitching a record 196.1 innings as a senior with a 2.17 ERA and 17-10 record… Led the team in both wins and saves (2)... Struck out a career-high 122 batters on the season… Struck out a season-high 10 batters against Kean on March 15... Made both starts in the postseason... Converted 25 of 27 starts into complete games... Held opponents to a .230 batting average... Pitched three one-hitters and seven shutouts... Pitched two shutouts in a day against SUNY Cortland and DeSales on March 17... Finished her collegiate career ranked fifth in wins (29), fourth in shutouts (11), and fifth in strikeouts (198)… Hit .371 with 43 hits, 20 RBIs, and 12 runs scored…. Led the team with 10 doubles… Offensively, Palmerio finished ranked third in career at bats (404), fifth in runs (66), third in hits (134), second in doubles (30), and second in triples (8)... Had five three-hit games at the plate... Stole three bases in the first two games of the season and finished with four total steals... Opened the season on a six-game hitting streak... Knocked in a season-high five RBIs in game two against Franklin & Marshall on April 12... Recorded her 100th career hit against Misericordia on March 9.
2011: Ranks third on LVC’s all-time triples list with six in her career … Second Team All-Commonwealth Conference … Led the team in several categories including: 113 at-bats, 42 hits, 25 RBI, 61 total bases, 11 sacrifice hits, and a .418 on-base percentage … Tied the single season record for triples with four … Second on the team with a .372 batting average … Scored 22 runs … had eight doubles and a home run … Notched a .540 slugging percentage … Drew six walks … Stole two bases … Maintained a .958 fielding percentage … Pitched 44.0 innings … Made seven appearances, starting five ... Compiled a 6-0 record and 1.11 ERA … Tallied two shutouts … Struck out 38 batters … Held opponents to a .175 batting average … Started one of two seven game hitting streaks on 3/7 … Went 4-for-4 with a season-high five RBI vs. Penn State Behrend (3/11) … Allowed three runs and struck out eight in seven innings at Juniata (3/17) … Did not allow a run and struck out six through seven innings vs. DeSales (3/20) … Tallied two hits and two runs in game one at Lycoming (4/15) … Began her second seven game hitting streak on 4/20 … Tossed a season-high 10 innings vs. Ursinus, allowing one hit and retiring seven in a 2-1 extra innings win (4/20) … Compiled three hits, four runs, and three RBI in the series against Wilkes (4/26) … Fanned a season-high nine batted in a 1-0 complete game victory over Susquehanna (4/27) … Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run in the nightcap vs. Arcadia (4/30) … Posted two or more RBI in eight games … Registered at least one hit in 29 games and two or more hits in nine games.
2010: Second Team All-Commonwealth Conference … Played in 36 games, starting all but one and spent 30 games in right field … Hit .299 … Drove in 10 runs and scored 21 more … Posted 29 hits, including eight doubles, a triple and two home runs … Notched 45 total bases … Slugged .464 … Led the team with 15 sacrifice hits … Recorded a perfect fielding percentage … Tallied six multiple hit games … Posted a five game hit streak from April 22-28 … Held down the second spot in the batting order for 28 games … Made five appearances in the circle, starting four games … Recorded a 4.52 ERA and a 2-2 record … Pitched two complete games and one shutout … Struck out 13 batters in 26.1 innings.
2009: Started 26 games as a freshman at second base, DP, and pitcher ... At the plate, hit .256 with eight RBI, scoring 11 runs ... Had four doubles ... In the circle, went 4-4 overall with a 4.26 ERA in nine appearances and 46 innings pitched ... Had a shutout among four complete games ... Struck out 25.
High School/Personal: Named the 2008 Times-Herald Player of the Year at pitcher for Norristown ... First-team all-area ... Two-time Suburban One League First-Team All-League ... Two-year captain ... National Honor Society member ... Honor roll student ... Involved in DECA ... Born July 17, 1990 ... Daughter of Lori and Nick Palmerio ... Sister, Jamie, plays softball at Indiana University (Pa.) ... Elementary and special education major.
