LJ softball: Profiles

By Ed Piper

La Jolla High softball

2b Gigi Smith

Gigi Smith
Number: 11
Year: Freshman
Position: 2b
Experience: 4 years club/travel ball
Given name: Giselle ("like Tom Brady's wife"; "Did you know that's a ballet?"
Nicknames: "Gig" (as in "Gigabyte"), "G" (as in "She's a G"), "Leadoff"

OF Ava Wittenberg

Ava Wittenberg
Number: 2
Year: Senior
Position: Outfield
Experience: 5 years travel ball

P Emmy Cardenas

Emmy Cardenas
Number: 6
Age: 14
Year: Freshman
Position: Pitcher
Experience: 9 years club/travel ball
Nickname: "Emmy Awards", "Bomber", "Crusher", "The New Kid"

C Jackey Farias

Jackey Farias
Number: 42
Age: 17
Year: Junior
Position: Catcher
Experience: 10 years club ball
Nicknames: "Captain", "Cap", "42", "Jackie Robinson"

3b Linda Medina

Linda Medina
Number: 24
Year: Junior
Position: 3b
Experience: School team only
Nicknames: "L&M" (not the tobacco company), "Shy, Quiet One"

OF Presley Cooper

Presley Cooper
Number: 4
Year: Freshman
Position: OF
Experience: 6 years club ball
Nicknames: "Elvis", "Prez", "Coop", "Giant", P.C."

1b Arianna Monell

Arianna Monell
Number: 13
Age: 18
Year: Senior
Position: 1b
Experience: 11 years of softball
Nicknames: "Ari", "Money", "Captain"

OF Cameron Cromwell

Cameron Cromwell
Number: 7
Age: 15
Year: Sophomore
Position: prefers 1b; OF
Experience: 2nd year on varsity
Nicknames: "Cromwell", "Crommy", "Crummy", "Camshaft"

SS-P Lu Thickstun

Lauren "Lu" Thickstun
Number: 25
Year: Junior
Position: prefers SS; P
Experience: 3rd year on LJHS team
Nicknames: "Sweet Lou" (former Dodger player), "Stunner"

Ss-3b Kelsey DeFalco

Kelsey DeFalco
Number: 99
Year: Junior
Position: Ss-3b
Experience: 5 years travel ball
Nicknames: "Kel", "KDF", "Desert Girl"

P Violet Nightingale

Violet NightingaleNumber: 51
Age: 16

Year: Sophomore

Position: Pitcher
Experience: 1st year on varsity (last year JV)
Nicknames: "Florence", "Vi", "Night" or "Knight", "Red"

2b Emily Fisher

Emily Fisher
Number: 3
Year: Sophomore
Position: 2b
Experience: 6 years club ball; 1 year travel
Nicknames: "E.F. Hutton", "Em", "The Fish", "Trout" (as in "Mike Trout")

OF Callahan Armstrong

Callahan Armstrong
Number: 44
Year: Freshman
Position: OF
Experience: Never played softball before
Other sport(s): Golf
Nicknames: "Callie", "Tiger Woods", "LJ Strong"

Ciana Delgadillo
Number: 73
Age: 16
Year: Sophomore
Late tryout coming over from soccer, a winter sport
Nicknames: "Cy" (as in "Cy Young", the pitcher), "Del"

Adriana Sanchez
Number: 34
Age: 14
Year: Freshman
Position: OF
Experience: 1 year club ball (6th grade)

Amalia Leith-Garcia
Number: 23
Age: 15 1/2
Year: Sophomore
Experience: 1st year ever playing softball