Lilly Vallimont

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Position:
C/UT
Height:
5-6
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Trenton, Mich.
High School:
Trenton

Junior/Sophomore (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started 58 games, including 54 at catcher
• Posted a .253 batting average with 20 runs, 41 hits, 12 for extra bases, and 34 RBI
• Tallied 11 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games
• Posted a first-inning RBI single against #3 Texas in NCAA Regional play (May 17)
• Belted a three-run homer in the third inning in U-M's 4-2 win over host Purdue in Big Ten Tournament semifinals (May 9); also posted two hits and scored a run vs. #4 Oregon in the quarterfinals (May 8)
• Recorded a first-inning grand slam and five RBI at #24 Ohio State (April 20)
• Drove in a sixth-inning run a 3-1 win in the series opener vs. Rutgers (April 12); also knocked out a game-ending three-run homer in the sixth inning of the second series game (April 13)
• Posted RBI hits in the first inning of both games at UNC Greensboro (March 7-8); tallied three hits in the second slate
• Tallied two hits each in consecutive games against Queens and North Carolina State (Feb. 28); drove in Michigan's first two runs in the third and fifth innings in the latter
• Posted two hits and four RBI vs. Longwood (Feb. 14)
• Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored vs. Illinois State (Feb. 8)

Sophomore/Freshman (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started in all 61 games -- 41 at catcher and 20 at first base
• Posted a .224 batting average with 29 runs scored, 14 extra-base hits and 34 RBI
• Tallied a two-run homer in the second inning vs. Kentucky in the NCAA Regional (May 18)
• Registered the game-tying RBI double in the sixth inning vs. Northern Colorado in the NCAA Regional (May 18)
• Used an RBI single to plate the go-ahead run in the ninth inning of the series finale at Penn State (April 28); also posted four RBI, including a three-run homer in the sixth, in the series' second game (April 27)
• Posted two hits and three RBI, including a fifth-inning three-run homer, in the series finale at Indiana (March 31)
• Posted the walk-off RBI single to cap a four-run seventh inning in a 4-3 win vs. South Dakota (March 16)
• Went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBI vs. #13 Florida (March 2)
• Registered three multi-hit games at the UC Santa Barbara Tournament (Feb. 23-25), including two-run homers against Northern Colorado and Sacramento State
• Used a seventh-inning RBI single to plate the walk-off run in the seventh inning vs. Oregon State (Feb. 11)
• Made collegiate debut vs. Illinois State at the USF-Rawlings Invitational (Feb. 9)

Freshman (2023)
• Redshirted season; missed season due to injury

Prep
• Graduated from Trenton High School (2022)
• Named First Team All-State honors as a shortstop (2021) and as a catcher (2019)
• Selected to All-Downriver Dream Team (2021)
• Two-time All-Downriver team honoree (2019, '21); earned All-Catholic League selection (2019)
• Contributed to Trenton's 2021 Downriver League title
• Posted a .563 batting average as a junior (2021) with 14 home runs, 39 hits, 50 RBI and 25 stolen bases; established new Trenton HS season records for home runs and RBI
• Named Trenton's Team Offensive MVP (2021)
• Two-time National Gatorade Player of the Year nominee (2019, '21)
• Played travel ball with the Beverly Bandits and Lady Dukes clubs
• Contributed to team titles at the 2019 PGF 16U Premier National Championship and 2020 USA Softball National Championship; also a runner-up finish at the 2021 PGF 18U Nationals
• Named Offensive MVP at the 2019 Wilson Fastpitch Championship
• Academic Honor Roll
• Rated as the No. 5 prospect and No. 1 catcher by Extra Innings

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in applied exercise science
• Born on September 9, 2004
• Daughter of Michael and Agata Vallimont and Leigh and Damian Frederick
• Sister, Michaleigh, currently plays softball at Central Michigan
• Also has six stepsiblings, Stella, Brooklynn, Marina, Joe, Pina and Luciano