Alaana Panu

Rachel McCarroll

/ Softball

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Alaana Panu is welcomed by Maria Angelino after scoring against South Alabama, March 6, 2022

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Class:
Senior
Position:
Outfielder
Hometown:
Los Gatos, Calif.
High School:
Los Gatos High School
Height:
5-4
Major:
Government & Psychology

SENIOR (2025): Played in and starting all 38 games for the Big Green...Led the team in batting average (.362), slugging percentage (.630), hit by pitch (12), runs scored (40), hits (46), stolen bases (27), runs batted in (37), at bats (127), home runs (6), and total bases (80)…Led the Ivy League in runs scored and stolen bases…Broke the single season record in steals and career stolen bases with 49…Perfect in the field, ending the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage…Richards Group Athlete of the Week 2/24…Unanimous All-Ivy First Team Selection.

Junior (2024): Started all 35 games as a junior …Second Team All-Ivy … Ranked third on the team with a .280 batting average … Hit two home runs, along with five doubles and two triples …Totaled 15 RBIs … Named to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team … Helped lead the Big Green to their first Ivy League Tournament appearance with a .344 batting average in conference play … Nine games with multiple hits … Went 3-for-4 with two-run home run to help lead Dartmouth to a 5-4 series opening victory over Cornell (4/20) … Led the team with six stolen bases.

Sophomore (2023): Started all 39 games as a sophomore ... Hit .288 with 14 RBIs and three home runs ... Hit a walk-off grand slam to beat Penn at home (3/24) ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week (3/26) after totaling six hits and seven RBIs in the Penn series ... Recorded seven extra-base hits on the season, including two triples ... Ranked third in the Ivy League with nine stolen bases ... All-Ivy Honorable Mention.

Freshman (2022): Started all 44 games for the Big Green as a freshman ... was a premier option for Dartmouth, earning first-team All-Ivy League honors following a stellar campaign in the outfield ... finished the year with the second-highest batting average on her team (.268) ... stole seven bases on seven attempts ... closed the year with three home runs and 14 RBIs.

Before Dartmouth: Four-year letter winner in softball and was a team captain … also was a member of the field hockey team … Santa Clara Valley champion in 2017-18 … First Team All-League as a freshman, sophomore and senior … League MVP as a sophomore … Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore.

Personal: Daughter of Erik Panu and Katherine Bridges … Named Female Student Athlete of the Year in 2021 … plans on studying government and psychology … enjoys hiking, cooking and making YouTube videos.