Kacie Pisani returns for her second season with the Rutgers-Camden soccer team. A junior academically, she has sophomore athletic eligibility.
Pisani started her collegiate athletic career during her first year at Rutgers-Camden (2015-16), when she was a part of the Scarlet Raptors’ softball program. She was enjoying a fine rookie season before her year was cut short by injuries during the 2016 spring semester. Despite appearing in only 16 games, she remained with the softball team the whole season and was honored with the team’s Billy Carty Award as its Most Dedicated Player.
During the 2016 fall semester, Pisani earned her second varsity letter at Rutgers-Camden as a member of the women’s soccer team.
Soccer 2016: Played in 12 games as a defender…Took one shot…Made her Rutgers-Camden soccer debut playing three minutes in a 1-0 victory over Widener University (Sept. 3)…Played 68 minutes during a 1-1 double-overtime tie at Drew University (Sept. 10)…Contributed her season high of 81 minutes in a 0-0 double-overtime deadlock against Moravian University (Sept. 11) and played eight minutes to help the Raptors shut out Rutgers-Newark, 2-0 (Sept. 17)…Appeared in three of the six games the Raptors played against Top 25 teams during the season, playing 27 minutes against Johns Hopkins (Sept. 21), 29 against The College of New Jersey (Sept. 28) and 15 against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Oct. 5)..
Softball 2016: Played in 16 games, starting 15…Started 13 games in left field and two as the designated player before her stellar freshman season was curtailed by an injury during an April 2 doubleheader…Returned at the end of the season to make a pinch-running appearance against The College of New Jersey in the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoffs (May 7)…Honored with the Billy Carty Award as the team’s Most Dedicated Player…Hit .308 with 11 runs, two RBIs, two walks and seven stolen bases…Added two sacrifices and one HBP…Hit .385 (5-for-13) with runners on base and .333 (3-for-9) with runners in scoring position…Had the best percentage on the team in advancing runners (11 advanced in 15 opportunities, .733)…Had a three-game hitting streak (4-for-10, .400) from March 31-April 2, including a 3-for-6 doubleheader against Rutgers-Newark on April 2…Collected a pair of two-hit games, coming against Albertus Magnus College (March 16, 2-for-4, one run) and Rutgers-Newark (Game Two, April 2, going 2-for-4)…Scored two runs on three occasions, coming against Southern Vermont (March 15), Spalding (March 16) and Bay Path (March 17)…Made her collegiate debut as the designated player against Shenandoah University (March 5), going 1-for-2 with one sacrifice and one stolen base…Had RBIs against both Virginia Wesleyan (March 6) and Southern Vermont (March 15), going 1-for-2 in both games…Added her season high of three putouts against Virginia Wesleyan.
High School: Captured eight varsity letters at Haddon Heights High School, graduating in 2015…Earned four softball letters, three in soccer and one in winter track…Played for Coaches Michelle Schlichtig (her current Rutgers-Camden Softball Head Coach), Bradley Kent (soccer) and Lisa Benadetti (track)…Earned All-Conference First Team recognition as a senior and All-Conference Second Team honors as a junior in both softball and soccer…Honor Roll three years (freshman through junior)…Principal’s List as a senior.
Club Team: Marlton.
Personal: Born November 30, 1996…Kathleen “Kacie” Pisani…Last name pronounced “Pie-zani”…Enjoys napping with her puppy Izzy, cooking and eating, shopping online (“filling up the cart but never buying anything”) and making tie-dye t-shirts…Dual Criminal Justice and Psychology majors…Plans to attend law school and start her career as an attorney…Kacie is the daughter of Kimberly an John Pisani of Haddonfield.
