Ali Blanchard

Photo by: Andy Meng / Stageshot Photo

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

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Princeton University softball social media photos, Princeton, NJ, February 4, 2019.

Position:
Pitcher/Utility
Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Moses Brown
Hometown:
Lincoln, R.I.

Awards
First-team All-Ivy League (2022)
Second-team All-Ivy League (2019)

At Princeton
2022
First-team All-Ivy League ... led the Ivy with 155 strikeouts on the season to become the first Princeton pitcher since 2008 with at least 150 Ks in a season ... earned Ivy Pitcher of the Week honors on April 25 after throwing 8 1/3 shutout innings over two games against Penn, allowing two hits and two walks, striking out 10 ... had five games with at least 10 strikeouts, getting 12 at Harvard on March 26 and against Cornell on April 9 ... Ks-per-seven of 9.80 was the fourth-best for a season in Princeton history and best since 2006 ... at the plate, had eight two-hit games ... drove in a season-high three runs in the last of those two-hit games, in the Ivy League Playoff Series clincher against Harvard ... homered in the series opener against Dartmouth on April 2.

2021
Took the year off from Princeton.

2020
Pitched in two games, against Syracuse (Feb. 22) and Louisiana Tech (Feb. 23), totaling 7 2/3 innings ... had at-bats in three games, including a game as the designated player, homering against Syracuse ... the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 virus.

2019
Second-team All-Ivy League ... earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on March 18 and April 15, and Pitcher of the Week recognition on March 18 ... threw a no-hitter against Towson on March 17 ... shut out Yale, Brown and Penn in Ivy League play ... averaged 8.2 Ks per seven.

Before Princeton: R.I. Interscholastic League (RIIL) 2018 Division I state champion ... R.I. Gatorade Player of the Year 2018 ... Providence Journal Bulletin Player of the Year 2018 ... Providence Journal Bulletin first-team all-state 2017, 2018 ... RIIL first-team all-state 2017, 2018 ... National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) 2017-2018 Academic All-American ... National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Easton Fastpitch Scholar Athlete 2018 ... named to the 2018 NFCA High School first-team all-region ... 2018 varsity captain ... RIIL second-team All-Division II 2016 ... RIIL first-team All Division II 2015 ... Selected to RIIL All-Star Game 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 ... set school record with 17 strikeouts in a game, doing so once in seven innings and once in six ... played travel softball with Team Long Island Gold.

Personal: Daughter of Sheri and Joe Iaciofano and Charlie Blanchard ... has a younger brother, Joey Iaciofano, and older brother, Drew Blanchard ... Drew played lacrosse at Hobart College, followed by a graduate year in 2021-22 at Ohio State, where he continued his lacrosse career ... majoring in politics.