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AS A JUNIOR IN 2011: Gaito put together one of the most successful seasons for a Triton pitcher in school history, leading UCSD to its first national championship while earning a variety of accolades- Most Outstanding Player of NCAA Finals, All-NCAA Tournament Team, CCAA Female Athlete of the Year, Daktronics Division II All-America First Team, Daktronics West Region Pitcher of the Year, NFCA Division II All-America Second Team, NFCA All-West Region First Team, California Collegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year, All-CCAA First Team and Mizuno Tournament of Champions Top Pitcher... Established single-season UCSD records for wins
(35-4), appearances (47), innings pitched (262.1), strikeouts (208), complete
games (32) and saves (4)... Became UCSD's all-time career wins leader with a 7-0 shutout of No. 25 C.W. Post in the first round of the NCAA Finals on May 26... Now has 65 victories over her three seasons in blue... Ranked second in the nation in wins and fourth in the nation in ERA (0.75)... Pitched every inning in the Tritons' NCAA
Tournament run, going 9-0 with a 0.94 ERA while striking out 62 and
walking 11 in 67 innings... Hurled a one-hit shutout of defending national champion No. 22 Hawaii Pacific on April 1 in the first round of the Mizuno T.O.C... Matched a career-high 12 strikeouts in a 2-1 win over Saginaw Valley on May 29 to send the Tritons to the national championship game... She previously set a career-high with 12 strikeouts against Cal State East Bay in the final regular season game on April 23... Pitched a career-high 11 innings at the West Regional against Chico State, outlasting the Wildcats 3-1 on April 14... Did not give up an earned run in eight consecutive appearances between March 4 and April 2... Tallied five or more strikeouts in 22 of her appearances.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010: Earned Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America honorable mention honors after being named to the NFCA Division II All-West Region Second Team for the second consecutive year... Finished with a 0.96 ERA, second-best in the nation at the Division II level and tops in the CCAA... Named CCAA Co-Pitcher of the Year and placed on the All-CCAA First Team after leading the conference with 25 earned runs allowed... Started 28 contests while appearing in 32 games, compiling an 18-10 record... Her 182.0 innings pitched is the eighth-most in a single season by any UCSD pitcher and her 129 strikeouts are the sixth-most in program single-season history... Tossed 21 complete games, tying her for fifth-most in a single season by any Triton hurler... Struck-out nine batters in a complete-game shutout over Cal State Dominguez Hills on Apr. 2... Recorded five or more strikeouts in 13 of her starts.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009: Named to the Daktronics Division II All-West Region Second Team after a stellar freshman season... Despite missing 45 days of the season because of the injury, she still finished first on the team in earned run average with a 1.86 mark and second on the squad in innings pitched with 124.1... En route to posting a record of 12-5, she allowed 116 hits and tallied 80 strikeouts... Pitched all three of UCSD's NCAA West Regional games in St. George, Utah, allowing just six earned runs in 20 innings of work... Struck out 11 batters while allowing just two walks in the NCAA Tournament... Recorded two complete-game shutouts on the a season, a 6-1 victory against Chico State on Feb. 7 and a 5-0 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills on April 17.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate from San Rafael High School in San Rafael, Calif.... Named the Team MVP in 2007... 2008 MCAL Pitcher of the Year... Was a First Team All-County Scholastic-Athlete in 2007.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 25, 1990... Parents are William and Jennifer Gaito... Has two sisters named Danielle and Mikayla... Father was a pitcher for Bucknell University... A student in Roosevelt College... Enjoys reading, coaching softball and ceramics in her free time... Favorite pro sports team is the San Francisco Giants... Favorite athlete is Tim Lincecum.
CAREER STATISTICS (through 2011 season)
| Year |
ERA |
W-L |
APP |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
2B |
3B |
HR |
BF |
OAV |
WP |
HBP |
BK |
SFA |
SHA |
| 2009 |
1.86 |
12-5 |
24 |
17 |
11 |
2/0 |
1 |
124.1 |
116 |
46 |
33 |
20 |
80 |
12 |
0 |
8 |
522 |
.249 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
29 |
| 2010 |
0.96 |
18-10 |
32 |
28 |
21 |
8/0 |
1 |
182.0 |
162 |
40 |
25 |
29 |
129 |
17 |
1 |
7 |
748 |
.238 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
| 2011 |
0.75 |
35-4 |
47 |
35 |
32 |
9/1 |
4 |
262.1 |
189 |
40 |
28 |
26 |
208 |
24 |
2 |
9 |
1024 |
.198 |
3 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
| 2012 |
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0 |
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| Totals |
1.06 |
65-19 |
103 |
80 |
64 |
19/1 |
6 |
568.2 |
467 |
126 |
86 |
75 |
417 |
53 |
3 |
24 |
2294 |
.222 |
5 |
34 |
0 |
3 |
79 |
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