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At Charlotte: 2008 - Saw action in 65 games with 63 starts...Compiled a .237 average off 40 hits in 169 at-bats...Tallied 17 RBI and 27 runs...Anchored the team with a .391 slugging percentage and 209 putouts...Hit .291 in Atlantic 10 action, the second-best on the team...Went two-for-four in the game two of the season-opening doubleheader at Presbyterian, driving in four runs off two hits...Went one-for-two and picked up two RBI off a double in the Green & White Classic shutout win over Colgate...Drove in three runs at George Washington, going two-for-four with one run from a bomb down the left-field line to anchor a seven-run sixth inning...Hit her first career triple against Miami (Ohio) during the 49er Invitational...Collected her first career home run at Furman with a game-tying shot to left field in the seventh inning...Had a double and an RBI against both Providence in the Winthrop/adidas Classic.
2007 - Appeared in 34 games as a freshman...Hit .270 with five RBI and eight runs scored...Had five doubles and a .324 on base percentage...Hit .375 in A-10 play...Was 2-for-3 with three runs against Eastern Kentucky...Had a double and two RBI against NC A&T...Had two doubles and a run in the second NC A&T game...Also had a pair of hits against Charleston Southern...Had the lone RBI in Charlotte's win over nationally ranked South Carolina...Was 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and run scored at Dayton.
Prep: A four time all-conference performer for South View High School, also a three-time all-region performer...Led her team to three conference championships and an Eastern Regional Championship in 2005.
Personal: Daughter of Roger and Becky Palma...Majoring in Civil Engineering...Born January 10, 1988.