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Jersey Number 18
Tia Palauni
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Taylorsville HS
- Hometown:
- Taylorsville, Utah
Bio
Tia Palauni, a former team captain for the Utes, will serve as a student manager during the 2013 season after earning Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition in 2012. She is the school-record holder with 113 career walks and had 48 career extra-base hits (24 home runs, 17 doubles and seven triples) and 87 career RBI during her playing career.
Palauni's 2012 Game-by-Game Stats
Palauni Notes: Tied for Pac-12 lead with 19 double plays turned this season ... 10th in the Pac-12 with 33 walks and tied for eighth with two triples in 2012 ... vocal leader for the infield ... versatile athlete who played shortstop, first base and second base during her Utah career ... started 174 of 188 career games ... displays patience at the plate ... school-record holder with 113 career walks ... capable of hitting with power ... had 48 career extra-base hits (24 home runs, 17 doubles and seven triples) and 87 career RBI.
2012: Tied for Pac-12 lead with 19 double plays turned ... 10th in the Pac-12 with 33 walks ... tied for eighth in the league with a pair of triples ... second on the team with a .416 on-base percentage and fifth on the squad with a .504 slugging percentage ... started 52 of 56 games at first base ... went 2-for-2 with an RBI against Portland State (2/12) ... drove in a run against Western Michigan (2/10) ... hit a single against San Diego State (2/10) ... doubled against Rider (2/25) ... went 3-for-3 with a solo homer, her first of the season, at UNC Greensboro (2/25) ... was 2-for-4 2 with a double and triple for two RBI against North Dakota (3/3) ... posted a 2-for-3, four-RBI effort , that included a grand slam, during second game of doubleheader with Southern Utah (3/21) ... recorded a pair of singles and a double against No. 19/15 Oregon (4/13-15) ... went 3-for-4 with two RBI in second game at No. 15/15 UCLA (4/21), which was her fifth game of two or more hits this season, and her three hits in the contest tied a single-game high for this season ... knocked an RBI single in game one of doubleheader at Weber State (4/25) ... had three hits, two home runs, for seven RBI in final two games of Oregon State series (4/28-29) ... was 2-for-3 with three runs driven in to help Utah to its first-ever Pac-12 win against the Beavers (4/27) ... hit a grand slam in series finale against No. 23 OSU (4/29) ... doubled and scored a run in middle game of series at No. 2 Arizona State (5/5) ... scored a run against Utah Valley (5/8) ... had a single in opener against No. 15/17 Stanford (5/10), a 6-0 Utah win ... turned in a base hit in middle game against the Cardinal (5/11) ... drew two walks and scored finale of Stanford series (5/12).
2011: Selected to the NFCA All-West Region Second Team ... set school record by drawing 41 walks last ... posted the highest single-season on-base percentage in school history (.545) ... led the team with a .678 slugging percentage (minimum 50 at-bats) ... second on squad with a .333 batting average ... ninth in the conference stats with a .986 fielding percentage ... credited seven multi-RBI performances as well as six multi-hit games ... named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week (2/15) for the second time in her career after the first week of the season, compiling a 1.417 slugging percentage and hitting .583 over five games at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic with seven hits in 12 at-bats, six runs scored and eight RBI ... connected on a walk-off three-run home run at then-No. 13/10 Arizona State (2/12) when the Utes were down 1-0 to the Sun Devils in the bottom of the eighth inning ... began season with what turned out to be a team-best 14-game hit streak from Feb. 10 to Mar. 9 ... hit a two-run homer against Western Michigan (2/11) ... had three hits and three RBI against No. 23/22 Oklahoma State ... was 2-for-3 at the plate against No. 9/12 Hawaii (2/18) ... drove in a career-high six runs on three hits (including a home run) against Nevada (2/19) ... had two hits in three at-bats, including a double, against No. 1/1 UCLA (2/19) ... hit two home runs and drove in four runs against Utah Valley (4/5) ... had two hits in two at-bats as well as a home run in second game of doubleheader against Weber State (4/6) ... Spring 2011 Academic All-MWC selection.
2010: Started all 55 games, mainly at second base ... tied for second in the Mountain West Conference with 15 double plays turned ... .374 on-base percentage ranked fourth on the team ... drew 28 walks, which finished fourth in the MWC ... tied for second in the MWC with three triples ... tied for third with four double plays turned during MWC competition ... recorded 137 putouts ... opened year with season-high four-game hit streak ... hit four home runs in the first seven games of the season ... had three consecutive two-hit games against Northern Colorado (2/12), Idaho State (2/13) and Seattle (2/13) ... had two home runs and six RBI against Seattle (2/13) ... went 2-for-2 with three runs driven in against ISU (2/13) ... hit a league-high-tying two triples against Southern Utah (3/30) as part of a 3-for-3 day at the plate against the Thunderbirds ... hit a two-run home run in the second game against SUU (3/30) ... registered a 3-for-4 day with two home runs and three RBI against Colorado State (4/30) ... had a triple against Cal State Fullerton (2/20).
2009: Started 26 of last 32 games ... appeared in 39 games ... had four extra-base hits: one double, one triple and two home runs ... hit a three-run home run, the first of her career, at Utah State (4/7) ... recorded first career multiple-hit game against Oregon (3/1), going 2-for-3 ... came up with second home run, a solo shot, at UNLV (5/1) ... drove in first career run and was credited with a sacrifice against Utah Valley (2/8) ... scored runs in six consecutive games from April 21 to May 7 ... stole four bases without being caught ... drew 11 walks.
High School/Travel Ball: Helped lead Taylorsville High School to the 2007 state title as the starting shortstop ... all-region and all-state selection ... team MVP ... led Taylorsville with nine doubles, 18 walks and .574 on base percentage in 2006 ... also an all-state basketball player at Taylorsville ... played travel ball with Bad to the Bone.
Personal: Full name is Tiare Amanda Palauni ... majoring in sociology... parents are Cristina and Sione Palauni ... born April 7, 1990.
Palauni's Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .152 39-26 66 11 10 1 1 2 7 19 .288 11 0 19 0 .269 1 3 4-4 47 16 2 .9692010 .226 55-55 124 29 28 4 3 7 26 59 .476 28 2 36 0 .374 1 1 3-3 137 84 15 .9362011 .333 41-41 90 27 30 5 1 8 29 61 .678 41 1 16 0 .545 0 3 2-2 218 1 2 .9912012 .260 53-52 131 20 34 7 2 7 25 66 .504 33 2 31 0 .416 0 3 0-0 278 13 3 .990TOTAL .248 188-174 411 87 102 17 7 24 87 205 .499 113 5 102 0 .414 2 10 9-9 680 114 22 .973
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