USF Athletics

Senior (2014):
Named NFCA All-American Scholar Athelete ... Named to American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Played and started 59 of 60 games as the Bulls’ primary shortstop … Named All-American Athletic Conference First Team … Named NFCA Mideast All-Region Third Team … Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week twice (March 3 & March 17) … Named to American Athletic Conference Honor Roll twice (Feb. 10 & April 28) … Finished second in the American with a career-high 14 home runs, which ranks second all-time at USF for homers in a single season … Set a new program record for career home runs on April 23 at Florida with her 34^th and finished the year with 36 … Led the team and was sixth in the American with a career-high 44 runs … Finished fourth in the conference and first on the team with a .667 slugging percentage … Posted career highs in batting average (.340), runs (44), home runs (14) and slugging percentage (.667) … Became 13th player in program history to join the 200-hit club ... Finished career in the top 10 in nine offensive categories, including: runs (2^nd-156), doubles (10^th-37), home runs (1^st-36), RBI (4^th-150), slugging percentage (3^rd-.566), total bases (5^th-368), hit by pitch (1^st-44), sacrifice flies (1^st-13) and sacrifice hits (T-5^th-42) … Was third on the team with 11 stolen bases … Went 2-for-4 with two runs and a season-high four RBI on Feb. 6 vs. Bethune-Cookman … Went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI and two home runs on March 11 vs. Central Michigan … Went 1-for-3 with a run and three RBI on Feb. 28 vs. Central Arkansas … Went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI on March 16 vs. Wagner … Went 1-for-3 with a run and three RBI on April 27 vs. Memphis on Senior Day … Tied a career-high with three hits on May 3 at Temple.

USA National Team:
Named to the 2013 USA Softball Women's National Team ... One of 18 athletes to earn a spot on the team.

Junior (2013):
Named to NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team... Named to first team All-BIG EAST (Unanimous Selection)... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on April 1... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll three times (Feb. 11, March 18 & March 25)... Named a NFCA Top Performer twice (March 26 & April 2)... Led the team in almost every offensive category: batting average (.360), runs (37), hits (54), home runs (13), RBIs (41), slugging percentage (.693) and on-base percentage (.470)... Finished with second most home runs in a single season in school history with 13... Became first player is USF history to hit three home runs in a single game when she did it on March 24 in a 4-3 win vs. Rutgers... Was first on the team in multi-hit games with 16... Was second on the team with 10 multiple-RBI games...Went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs in opening day win vs. Marshall on Feb. 8… Went 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a home run vs. UMass on March 8… Went 1-for-3 with one runs, three RBIs and a home run vs. Quinnipiac on March 12… Went 2-for-2 with two runs, four RBIs and a home run vs. Maine on March 12… Went 2-for-3 with a run, and RBI and two doubles vs. Iowa State on March 15… Went 2-for-2 with three runs, two RBIs and a home run vs. Rutgers on March 23… Went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBIs and a school record three home runs including walk-off in 9th inning vs. Rutgers on March 24… Went 2-for-3 with two runs, a season-high five RBIs and two home runs at Villanova on March 27… Went 1-for-2 with a run and three RBIs and game-winning home run in 9^th inning at Villanova on March 28… Went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a home run at Pittsburgh on April 6… Went 1-for-3 with a run, three RBIs and a home run vs. Providence on April 13… Went 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBIs and two doubles in game two of double header vs. Providence on April 13.

Sophomore (2012):
Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team ... NFCA Mideast All-Region Second Team ... One of five players to play in, and start, all 64 games ... Led the team with a .324 batting average ... Second on the team in runs scored (31) ... Led the team in doubles (12) ... Tied for fourth in home runs (3) ... Second in RBI (32) ... Third on the team in slugging percentage (.459) ... Third on the team with 12 stolen bases ... Second on the team with 113 defensive assists ... Had 17 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... 2/18 vs. Arkansas - went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and two RBI ... 3/3 vs. Loyola Marymount - went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI ... 3/4 vs. Harvard - went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI ... 3/9 vs. Penn State - went 2-for-3 with three runs scored ... 3/17 vs. Northern Illinois - hit her first home run of the year while going 2-for-3 from the plate with an RBI and a run scored ... 3/21 vs. Hartford - went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored ... 4/6 vs. St. John's - went 2-for-4 from the plate with a run scored and an RBI ... 4/14 vs. Connecticut - went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI ... 4/28 vs. Villanova - went a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with three RBI ... 5/5 vs. Syracuse - hit a pair of home runs and went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI ... 5/26 vs. Hofstra - went 2-for-3 with a double to send USF to the College World Series ... 5/31 vs. Oklahoma - went 1-3 with the first RBI single in USF College World Series History ...

Freshman (2011):
One of four players to start all 53 games … Hit .290 while leading the team in total bases (79) , triples (4) and hit by pitches (7) … Second on the team in slugging percentage (.510) , runs scored (42) , home runs (6) , doubles (8) and sacrifice bunts (7) … Third on the team in runs batted in (43) … Fourth on the team in hits (45) , walks (17) and sacrifice flies (3) … Tied for third in BIG EAST all games in triples … 2/11 vs. Marshall – Recorded first collegiate hits, RBIs, run and walk going 2-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIS … 2/11 vs. Long Island – Tallied two RBI’s going 1-for-3 at the plate with one run … 2/12 vs. Florida Gulf Coast – Recorded two runs and one RBI going 2-for-3 at the plate … Hit first collegiate homerun and triple going 2-for-3 at the plate … Drove in two RBI’s … Scored two runs while drawing one walk … 2/19 vs. Ole Miss – Collected three RBI’s while going 2-for-3 at the plate with a triple … 2/24 vs. Central Connecticut State – Recorded fifth multi-hit game of the season going a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate … Tallied three RBIS and two runs … Collected first career stolen base … 2/27 vs. Alabama – Hit second home run of the season going 1-for-3 at the plate with one run scored and one run batted in … 3/5 vs. East Tennessee State – Collected third home run of the season driving in three … 3/8 vs. Maine – Went 2-for-3 at the plate with a triple … Scored two runs … 3/12 vs. Green Bay – Registered fourth home run going 2-for-3 at the plate … Collected two runs and two RBI’s … 3/18 vs. Buffalo – Hit fourth triple of the season while collecting one stolen base, one RBI, and one run … 3/19 vs. Colorado State – Collected three RBIS going 2-for-4 with a double … Scored one run … 3/20 vs. Florida A&M – Tallied fifth home run of season … Drove in three RBI’s while scoring two runs … 4/2 vs. Syracuse – Collected three RBIs going 1-for-2 at the plate with sixth home run of the season … 4/6 vs. Bethune-Cookman – Registered ninth multi-hit game of the season … Went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double … 4/9 vs. Georgetown – Collected two RBI’s and one run scored … 4/23 vs. UCONN – Went a perfect 2-for-2 offensively with two RBI’s and a season high three runs scored … 5/7 vs. DePaul – Went 2-for-3 offensively … recorded one RBI and one run scored.

Junior National Team:
Named to the 2010-11 USA Softball Junior Women's National Team ... One of 17 athletes to earn a spot on the team.

High School:
Lettered in varsity softball all four years at Broadneck High School, Md. ... Blasted a Maryland state record 12 home runs while hitting .698 and driving in 41 runs in 2007 ... On the mound, she was 13-3, striking out 139 hitters ... Led her team to the 4A state championship in 2009, allowing one run from the rubber and tallying four hits at the plate ... In 2009, she was perfect on the mound with a 12-0 record and a 0.90 ERA ... At the plate, she batted .619 with seven home runs, six triples and 28 RBI ... Rated No. 5 in the ESPNU player rankings released in late April ... Was the softball team captian all four years ... Was a All-Met player all four years ... Named Player of the Year all four years ... Member of the principal honor roll.

Personal:
Full name is Kourtney Mercedes Salvarola ... Born on January, 16, 1992 ... Daughter of Resse and Karen Kiple ... Has a sister, Kristina Salvarola, 21 ... Enrolled in Pre-Elementary Education.

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