2012 (Junior): Moved across the diamond to man first base for ULM after playing shortstop her first two seasons ... Earned Second Team All-Louisiana Honors ... Named to Sun Belt All-Tournament Team and named All-Sun Belt Second Team by College Sports Madness ... Led the team with a .994 fielding percentage and finished sixth in the conference in total putouts ... Continued to be a menace in the middle of the order for the Warhawks, making the majority of her at-bats in the third spot or cleanup hole ... Led the team with 44 hits, 67 total bases and 26 RBI ... Second on the team with .308 batting average, .469 slugging percentage, five home runs, and 16 stolen bases ... Led the team with a sterling .329 average with runners on base and a .327 average with runners in scoring position ... Posted a team high nine game hitting streak during the season ... Hit two home runs to go with three RBI to lead ULM over Troy, 10-4, in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
2011 (Sophomore): Continued to be a key player for the Warhawks in her second season ... Earned an All-Louisiana honorable mention nod as a shortstop ... Played in all but one of the 55 games on the season and started 53 of those ... Had the highest returning batting average and ranked third overall in 2011 with .321 ... Struck out just five times the entire season and ranked eighth in the NCAA as toughest to strikeout ... Had four sacrifice flies to rank 18th in the NCAA ... Ranked in the top-three in every single offensive category ... Sat third in runs with 33 ... Also third in hits (54), RBIs (38) and at-bats (168) ... Had 19 extra-base hits ... Ranked second in doubles (11), triples (1) and home runs (7) ... Also had 88 total bases, good for second ... Had a .524 slugging percentage ... Walked 14 times ... Second in assists with 106 ... Stole nine bases on 12 attempts ... Went 3-for-3 against Stephen F. Austin ... Had three hits twice against Stephen F. Austin and Florida Atlantic ... Had a career-high-tying four RBI in the season-opener against Southeast Missouri State ... Received her first career intentional walk against Western Kentucky at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... Tallied 12 multi-hit games.
2010 (Freshman): Had an impressive first season of collegiate career ... Started all 50 games of the season as shortstop ... Finished second on the team in runs scored with 29 ... Had a .286 batting average to rank fourth on the team ... Tallied 10 extra base hits with 42 total hits on the season ... Finished second on the team with 28 RBI ... 7-for-11 on stolen bases/attempts ... Recorded 19 hits in conference play with 10 RBI ... Nine multi-hit games with three 3-hit performances.
Prep: A letterwinner in basketball and softball at Evergreen Valley HS ... Earned first team all-conference at the shortstop position ... Was her team’s offensive Player of the Year four times ... Member of the 2009 Amateur Softball Association of America Gold National Softball Tournament, a prominent national tournament for players age 18 years and younger.
Personal: The daughter of Tailo and Sylvia Salanoa ... Born May 21, 1991 ... Hometown is San Jose, Calif. ... Has two brothers, Justin and Jerome ... Recruited by St. John’s and Hawai’i ... Uncle is Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu ... Major is kinesiology.
