Every college athlete has certain amount of pressure put on them. Whether it’s how they perform in their sport or in the classroom, the pressure is felt almost every day. But, there’s an added pressure when an athlete performs so well that the new expectation is to always be great. Marshall University softball senior infielder Elicia D’Orazio understands this pressure all too well, but she has excelled in spite of it.
In her freshman season, D’Orazio was named 2015 Conference USA Freshman of the Year. That sesason, she made the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Mideast All-Region Second Team, C-USA First Team All-Conference, C-USA All-Freshman team and was named C-USA Player of the Week on April 6.