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2026 Softball Roster

5 Bella Ligotti

  • Hometown Hollywood, Fla.
  • Prev School Gardner-Webb University
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8

Biography

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AS A SENIOR (2026)
Made 19 appearances with 19 starts during the 2026 season… Had seven hits in 37 at-bats while scoring six runs and driving in two… Recorded one double and drew four walks on the year… Delivered a strong late-season stretch, including a two-hit performance against Lynn on 5/8/26 and another two-hit outing on 5/9/26… Defensively, posted a .955 fielding percentage with 120 putouts and six assists while committing six errors, helping turn seven double plays.

PRIOR TO NOVA SOUTHEASTERN
Played three seasons at Gardner-Webb University, where she played in 58 total games. As a junior in the 2025 season, she started 16 of 22 games and recorded 12 RBIs, 10 hits, six runs, three home runs and posted a .408 slugging percentage. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where she played softball and won the Unsung Hero Award as a senior. 

PERSONAL
Daughter of Carlo and Candace Ligotti... has one brother, Antonio... says that hitting her first collegiate home run, and hitting the walkoff hit to score 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th to win a game in college as her most memorable athletic achievements... is majoring in Applied Professional Studies... likes the campus and location the most about NSU... names her parents as the most influential people in her life.

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