Lelani Bernardino Class: Sophomore Hometown: Valencia, Calif. High School: Valencia HS Height: 5-8 Position: OF Experience: 1L B/T: L/R

Awards

---

• 2009 All-Conference USA Freshman Team

Career Highlights

Tied for third all-time in Memphis history with two career triples...Twelve sacrifice hits in 2009 ranks as the third highest season total in program history...Six at bats against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2009 tied the single game school record.

2009 (Freshman)

Named to the 2009 Conference USA All-Freshman Team, becoming the sixth Tiger to earn the selection...One of only two players to start all 52 games...Started 37 games in right field and 15 in left...Had seven assists from the outfield...Batted more than half the games in the leadoff spot...Finished fifth in the conference in sac bunts...Led the team in at bats (159), total plate appearances (189) and sac hits (12)...Second on team in runs scored (28) and hits (42)...Third on the team in walks (13), RBI (17) and total bases (52)...Second on the team in multiple hit games with 13 and had two multiple RBI games...Tied for the team's longest hitting streak of the season at nine games...Made her college debut in a start in right field in the season opener against Jacksonville State...Recorded her first hit against No. 2/3 Alabama...Went 2-for-4 with an RBI double against South Alabama...Scored the winning run against the Jags...Started both games in a doubleheader with Alcorn State and had one hit and a run scored...Went 4-for-7 with five runs scored and an RBI in a doubleheader with Middle Tennessee...Hit two doubles in game two...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and the game-winning RBI against Kennesaw State...Threw out a runner attempting to score from right field...Went 2-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI in game one of a doubleheader against Arkansas-Pine Bluff...Had her third outfield assist of the season against UMKC on a play at the plate...Batted 1-for-3 with a run and a RBI in the game...Knocked in the game-winning run with a RBI double in the fifth inning of game one against Central Arkansas...Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in game two...Hit a walk-off two-run single in the fifth inning for an eight-run victory against the Bears...Had three hits and four runs scored in a three-game series with UTEP...Went 1-for-1 with a run and a triple in game two of a doubleheader with UTEP...Scored the game-winning run in the seventh inning of the final game against UTEP...Went 2-for-3 against No. 9/11 Cal...Tripled in a run against Utah and scored...Doubled against St. John's and scored a run...Scored a run against Hawai'i...Went 2-for-3 in game two of a doubleheader with Southern Miss...Threw out a runner from right field at home in the game and had three putouts...Went 4-for-7 in a doubleheader against UT Martin...Had a pair of hits in each game along with a run...Hit a RBI single in the ninth inning of game two to tie the game in an eventual Memphis victory...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in game one of a doubleheader against Marshall...Had two outfield assists in a three-game series with Marshall, including an assist on a putout at first base from right field...Went 1-for-2 in game one against Houston with a run scored...Hit a walk-off RBI single in the fifth inning of game two to run rule the Cougars...Scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning of game three...Knocked in the winning run with a two-run double in a 2-1 victory over Samford...Went 2-for-3 in the game with a walk...Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in game two against East Carolina...Scored the game-winning run in the first inning of a 2-0 shutout against UCF...Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two sacrifice hits against UAB in the C-USA tournament.

Prep

Four-year letterwinner in the outfield at Valencia High School in Valencia, Calif....Coached by Donna Lee...Led Valencia High to a Division 1 CIF national championship as a junior and a senior...Valencia High ranked No. 1 in the country in 2007 and No. 9 nationally in 2008...The team ranked second in the state in 2008...As a senior, hit .427 with 18 RBI, 36 runs, 10 stolen bases and a .493 on base percentage, while helping her team to a 29-5-1 record...Earned second team All-CIF, second team Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-West Region, first team all-area, first team all-valley and first team all-league as a senior...A honorable mention all-area, second team all-valley and second team all-league in 2007...Hit .384 with a .423 on base percentage, 15 runs and eight RBI as a junior, leading Valencia to a 32-1 record...Helped Valencia win the Foothill League Championship four times and helped the team finish as a CIF Division 1 finalist as a freshman...Also lettered one year in basketball as a forward.

Club

Played travel ball with the So Cal Choppers Gold team in 2006-07 coached by Dean and Gary Faucet...Faucet also coached Memphis head coach Windy Thees' 12-year-old summer team in California...So Cal Choppers finished third at the ASA 18U Gold Nationals after placing first in the ASA Champions Cup and fifth at the Indy Tournament...Has 13 years of softball experience after competing in summer softball beginning in 1995...William S. Hart 10U Gold Tournament Team was the ASA "B" national finalist in 2000, and her So Cal Kaos 12U team placed fifth at the Triple Crown Nationals in 2002.

Personal

Full name is Lelani Hannah Bernardino...Daughter of Danny and Polly Bernardino...Born on January 3, 1990 in Glendale, Calif....Nickname is Lani or Lotty Dotty...Besides softball and basketball, has also played soccer for seven years, competed on swim teams, taken private skiing lessons beginning at the age of three and taken hula dancing lessons.