2013: Named an All-Freedom Conference honorable mention … was the only Valiant to start all 41 games this year, including 38 at third base … hit .293 with four home runs, 15 extra-base hits, a career-high 30 runs batted in and 21 runs scored … ranked fifth in the Freedom Conference in RBI … had 11 multi-hit games and tied for second on the team with six multi-RBI games … is already tied for fifth in career home runs at Manhattanville with 14 through two seasons … went 3 for 3 with a triple and three RBI against St. Scholastica (3/12) … all three of her hits went for extra bases in a twinbill sweep of Eastern (3/22) … went 6 for 7 with a homer and four RBI in two games at King’s (4/13) … homered twice and tied for third on the school’s single-game list by driving in a career-best six runs versus Delaware Valley (4/16) … also homered and drove in four in the regular-season finale versus Baruch (4/27).
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2012: Started all 36 of her appearances as a freshman, including 35 starts at third base … had an excellent first season with Manhattanville, tying for the team and conference lead with a program rookie-record 10 home runs, a total that tied for second on the school’s single-season list … finished the year second in Division III in homers by a freshman and 14th overall in D-III in homers per game … in addition to the homers, hit .284 with 24 RBI and 22 runs scored … had a season-best 4 for 4 effort with her first collegiate homer and three RBI against Coast Guard (3/18) … had three homers in a four-game span in April, including a four-RBI effort against FDU-Florham (4/6) and long balls in both ends of a doubleheader with Delaware Valley (4/14) … had a monster game against King’s (5/5) in the Freedom Conference Tournament, going 3 for 5 with four RBI and two homers, including a three-run extra-inning walkoff shot … later that day, homered and drove in three in another tournament victory over Eastern (5/5).
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High School: A 2011 graduate of Preston High School ... played four varsity seasons of softball and also played four years with the volleyball and basketball teams for the Panthers ... named the
New York Post All-Bronx Player of the Year in both her freshman and senior seasons ... also was a
New York Post All-City first-team honoree as a senior ... earned spots on the
New York Post All-Bronx and
New York Daily News All-City first teams in her junior year ... also named to the All-Bronx/Manhattan first team and was an All-City honorable mention as a sophomore ... helped her team to CHSAA Archdiocesan semifinal appearances in 2009 and 2008, winning the Bronx/Westchester Division both times.
Personal: Born February 26, 1993 ... daughter of Lisa and Joe Montalto ... has one brother, Joe ... majoring in communications at Manhattanville.
