Devon Casazza

Position:
Catcher
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Galena HS
Hometown:
Reno, Nev.

2021: Appeared in 41 games, starting all of them at catcher… Registered a .231 batting average and logged 24 hits, 11 runs, 26 RBI – second highest on the team, and four doubles… Led the team with nine home runs, including the first dinger in the new Burrill Family Field against CCSU (March 24)… Third in slugging percentage (.519)… On-base percentage of .320… Named to the 2021 All-BIG EAST Second Team… Knocked in the game-winning RBI double against Villanova in the opening round of the BIG EAST Softball Championship… 2021 BIG EAST All-Tournament team selection… Seven multi-hit games… Season-best two home runs and four RBI at Creighton (March 20)… Posted 1.000 fielding percentage, caught 10 stealing (2^nd in BE) and led the team with 243 putouts… Finishes UConn career ranked first all-time with a .998 fielding percentage (885 putouts).

2020: Played and started in all 21 games at catcher… Batting average of .273… 12 hits, nine runs, nine RBI’s and three doubles (T-3^rd on team) in 44 at-bats… Logged 15 total bases… Notched .341 slugging percentage and .333 on-base percentage… Season-high two runs vs. Santa Clara (Feb. 28)… three multi-hit games… four multi-RBI games… Team-high 129 putouts to go with 1.000 fielding percentage.

2019: Played in 37 games and started in 34…Notched a batting average of .125…88 at-bats…Seven runs...11 hits…Four doubles…One home run…Four RBIs…18 total bases…With a slugging percentage of .205…On base percentage of .198…Tallied a pair of multiple hit games, reached base streak of four games, and two game hitting streak…Defensively, she posted 198 putouts…17 assists…Perfect fielding percentage of 1.000…A part of three double plays…Caught six people stealing for a percentage of .842.

Season highs: a pair of hits, a double, and scored two runs at Hartford Apr. 2nd…Homered and tallied two RBIs at USC Upstate, Feb. 16th…Two assists vs. Tulsa, May 3rd…13 putouts vs. UMass-Lowell, Mar. 27th.

In the school record books at third overall for her career fielding percentage of .996 (530 TC, 2E). Ended the season in a five-way tie for first in fielding percentage.

2018: Started in 34 games, while making 46 total appearances…Made 32 of her starts at catcher…Hit .168 with two home runs and four doubles…Accumulated the fifth-most RBI of any UConn player, chipping in 13 throughout the season…Two multi-hit games against Jacksonville State (Feb. 10) and Southern Illinois (Feb. 23)…Season-long six-game hitting streak ranged from Feb. 17-24…Two-run double against Purdue on Mar. 10 led UConn to a 7-1 victory in the Oklahoma State Hall of Fame Classic.

2017: Played in 38 games in her first season, making 27 starts at catcher and designated player...Ranked second on the team with four home runs and one of five players to record double-digit RBI (11)...Slugging percentage of .365 was fourth-best on the team...Five multi-hit games, including a 2-for-3 effort with a home run, double, two RBI and two runs scored against Northern Kentucky on March 4...Launched two-run homer in win over Hofstra on April 5.

Before UConn: Three-sport athlete at Galena High School…Earned four letters as a softball player…Named Nevada First Team All-State catcher…All-League Honorable Mention on three occasions…Team captain and MVP…NIAA Top 10 Student-Athlete…Hit .358 with 13 home runs, 85 runs scored and 100 RBI in her high school career…Three-year letter winner in golf…Second Team All-League for golf…Played one season of basketball…Four-time winner of the Academic Excellence Award…Four-time winner of Community Service Letter Award.

Personal: Devon Dominique Casazza is the daughter of Cory and Laurel Casazza…Has one older sister named Alex…Mechanical engineering major.