2017 (Senior Year): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team ... Western New England Student Athlete of the Week (Apr. 10)
2016 (Junior Year): First Team All-New England Division III All-Star...CCC Player of the Year...First Team All-CCC...CCC Academic All-Conference Selection...Appeared in 38 games, hitting .431 with 7 home runs, 30 RBI, and 26 runs scored...CCC Player of the Week 3/28.
2015 (Sophomore Year): CCC Academic All-Conference selection...appeared in all 39 games for the Golden Bears, hitting .296 (5th on team) with ten doubles (2nd), four home runs (T-2nd), 27 RBI (T-2nd) and 18 runs scored (T-3rd)...recorded a hit in 23 of 39 games, including nine multi-hit efforts...went 3-for-3 with a walk, a double, one RBI and two runs scored in a 16-2 win over Westfield State (3/31)...two games later, posted a 2-for-4 effort with two doubles and three RBI as the Golden Bears defeated Roger Williams 12-9 (4/4)...drove in three more runs on two hits in a 5-4 win over Nichols (4/6)...hit her first two home runs of the season in a three-day span against Wesleyan (4/9) and at Endicott (4/11)...went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in a 10-2 win at Wentworth (4/19)...posted a season-best six-game hitting streak from 4/21-5/2, highlighted by a 4-for-7 effort in a doubleheader sweep of city rival Springfield College (4/24)...went 2-for-2 with her third homer of the season in Western New England's CCC Tournament opener, a 7-4 win over Curry (4/27)...delivered her biggest hit of the season, a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning as the Golden Bears captured the CCC title with a 4-1 win over Endicott (5/2)...doubled and scored a run in a 3-1, NCAA Tournament win over MCLA (5/9)...Honorable Mention NFCA/Louisville Slugger DIII National Hitter of the Week (5/8)...ECAC New England DIII Player of the Week (5/6)...CCC Player of the Week (5/4).
2014 (Freshman Year): Named a National Fastpitch Coaches' Association (NFCA) Scholar All-American...voted the WNE Rookie of the Year after an impressive freshman campaign ranking second in the Commonwealth Coast Conference with six home runs, fourth with 70 total bases, seventh with eight doubles and a .609 slugging percentage, and ninth with 42 hits...tabbed the WNE Student-Athlete of the Week (May 7) after an incredible performance during the CCC playoffs, batting .500 (11-for-22) with two home runs, a triple, two doubles, seven runs batted in, eight runs scored, four walks and a .954 slugging percentage in six postseason games...led the team in doubles, home runs and slugging.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in both basketball and softball at Wahconah Regional...also lettered three times in soccer...two-year captain in both basketball and softball...three times named All-North and -Berkshire in all three sports...earned award for sportsmanship in basketball and softball...voted the 2012 Berkshire County Female Athlete of the Year...tabbed All-Western Mass. in basketball and softball during her senior year....helped softball squad to two state tournament appearances in 2010-11 held at Worcester State University...four-time Berkshire County Softball All-Star Game selection...played club basketball for Westfield Whips...graduated in 2013.
Personal: Born Gabrielle Elizabeth Lavinio on June 7, 1995, in Pittsfield, Mass....parents are Kathy and Michael...has three siblings: John, Joe and Beth favorites: movie The Dark Knight; actor Will Smith; pro team MLB's St. Louis Cardinals; athlete Yadier Molina; food buffalo chicken; music artist ”Taylor Swift; city Boston plays the guitar...works a summer camp for youth with special needs...a history and education major.
What I Like Best About WNE: "Small classrooms and quality of the athletics program."
