Lincoln Memorial University Athletics

LMU 2013
Played in 52 games with 51 starts.... Hit .248 with 32 hits, six doubles, one triple, five home runs and 29 RBI.... Scored 36 runs.... Was 4-4 in stolen bases.... Led the team in getting hit by pitch.... Was second on team in runs, strikeouts, on base percentage, fielding percentage and putouts.... Hit a grand slam in LMU's win over North Georgia.... Hit a three-run walk-off home run vs. Augusta State.... Ranked in top ten in the South Atlantic Conference in walks, runs and sacrifice flies.... Had a nine-game hitting streak.... Along with Danae Reed was one of two players to have five-plus RBI in a game in 2013.... Reached base successfully in 13 consecutive games.

PRIOR TO LMU
Lake Mary Prep for freshman and sophomore year. Co-MVP my freshman year. Offensive MVP sophomore year. Back to back district and conference champions. Sophomore year we were also regional champions and state runner-up in division 1A. Both years I received 1st team All-State division 1A and 2nd team All-County for all divisions.... Transferred to Lake Mary High School. Made second team All-Conference both years as well as 2nd team 6A All-State my senior year. senior year I ended the season with a .352 batting average and a .960 fielding percentage....  State College of Florida:  Hitting .220 for the Manatees and starting right fielder for the SCF in 2012 who competed at the Junior College World Series.

PERSONAL
Born in Altamonte, FL….Daughter of Mark and Diane Taricano….Majoring in Kinesiology

SURPRISING FACT
I am an identical twin.
 
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT LMU IS…
How its surrounded by mountains.
 
IF I COULD HAVE DINNER WITH THREE PEOPLE, DEAD OR ALIVE...
Luke Bryan, because he's a very good looking guy and a good singer, and then my great grandfather because he was an identical twin and it would have been cool to compare what tricks him and his brother did to what my sister and I do.
 
WORDS TO LIVE BY
"Boys are scum. Men are bigger scum and girls are stupid when it comes to scum" -Mark Taricano

CAREER STATS (Through end of 2013 season)