Joie Fittante

Position:
C
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Shakopee
Hometown:
Shakopee, Minn.

2025: Made 43 appearances, including starting 15 games primarily as the designated player for the Pirates … Hit .204 with 10 hits, six runs and seven RBI … Went 2-for-3 at the plate in ECU’s win against UMBC (Feb. 15) … Batted in two runs against Lafayette (Mar. 2) and North Texas (May 2) ... Named to the American All-Academic Team.

2024: Started in 26 of her 32 games played for the Pirates as the designated player or catcher before suffering a season-ending injury at Florida Atlantic … Slashed numbers of .283/.358/.452 with 17 RBI … Hit a grand slam in the season-opening win at Charleston Southern (Feb. 8) and that play was tabbed the Play of the Week by the American Athletic Conference … Hit a walk-off RBI single in the eighth inning to give the Pirates a 2-1 win over Fairfield (Feb. 16) ... Named to the AAC All-Academic Team ... Made Dean's List for the fall and spring semesters.

2023: Competed in 47 games, including 30 starts as a sophomore … Recorded 13 hits and scored four runs in 77 plate appearances … Tallied 129 putouts and five assists behind home plate ... Made the Honor Roll for the fall and spring semester.

2022: Played in 48 contests, including 23 starts ... Hit .284 in 67 at bats with a fielding percentage of 97.6 and added seven RBI ... Tallied a season-high two hits and two RBI versus NC State (Apr. 20) ... Recorded a single-game high 10 putouts against NC Central (Apr. 26).

High School: Starting catcher for Shakopee High School’s varsity squad since her eight-grade season … Slotted as the No. 82 ranked recruit nationally by Extra Innings Softball … Hit .466 (130-for-279) with 16 runs scored, 29 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 83 RBI during her prep career … Tabbed to the 2018 and 2021 Minnesota High School Coaches Association 4A First Team Shone at the plate her senior season, hitting .508 (32-for-63) with five runs scored, five doubles, a triple, three home runs and 26 RBI … Ended the 2018 regular season with a .567 batting average … Won Shakopee’s Athena Award as a senior.