HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2025 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Two-time CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
- Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2025 SEASON
- Started in 11 of 26 appearances
- Hit .208/.367/.417 with three doubles, one triple, four RBIs, and four runs scored
- Had five hits, one walk, and was hit by a pitch five timesÂ
- Went 2-for-2 with an RBI double in Delaware debut on Feb. 7 against Georgia Southern
- Had an RBI double and scored two runs on Feb. 22 against Penn
- Came off the bench and had a two-run double against Drexel on March 8
- Had an RBI triple and scored a run on April 12 against North Carolina A&T
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2024 CAA Fall and 2025 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2024 SEASON AT SOUTH ALABAMA
- Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List selection
- Appeared in 15 games and scored seven runs
2023 SEASON AT SOUTH ALABAMA
- Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List selection
- Appeared in two games as a pinch runner
- Scored a run versus Iona (3/11)
- Also pinch ran versus Princeton (3/12)
Bio: Full name is Marlayna Renee Capaldi... Born in Wilmington, Delaware... Daughter of Scott and Irina Capaldi... Second of two children in her family... Has an older sister, Samantha - also attends University of Delaware... Cousin, aunt, and uncle all graduated from Unviersity of Delaware... Plays softball right-handed, but does everything else with her left... Majoring in pre-business... Attended Charter School of Wilmington in Wilmington, Del., which is a very academically competitive... high school and ranked No. 1 in Delaware, No. 76 nationally and No. 16 for Charter High Schools in the US News & World Report... Graduated with a 3.955 grade-point average, second honors taking college preparatory classes... Lettered and started at both third and shortstop for five seasons in softball, while also lettering her eighth- and ninth-grade seasons in track... Was team captain her final two prep seasons and led The Force to a pair of conference championships and a pair of state tournament appearances in 2018 and 2019... Was a 2022 Gold Glove recipient in the Blue/Gold Game... Ranked in Extra Innings Softball for the class of 2022... Finished her senior season with a .382 batting average and a 1.064 OPS... Of her 21 hits, 10 were doubles, while she also scored 23 runs, drove in 14, walked 11 times and stole nine bases... As a junior, batted .313 and had a .485 on-base percentage, while also posting a .983 fielding percentage in the middle of the infield... Earned honorable mention all-conference honors... In a shortened 2020 season, she had 10 singles, three doubles, two triples and a home run, while driving in nine runners... Helped team to conference titles in 2021 and 2018... Played eight years of travel ball for four clubs – Orange Crush, Angels Fastpitch, Delaware Cobras and New Jersey Intensity... Final two travel seasons were with NJ Intensity where she saw time at both middle infield positions... Played against top level competition and in some of the nation’s best tournaments at the Arizona... Bombers Exposure College Station, Top Club National Oklahoma City, IDT Boulder, Easton Invitational Chicago, and PGF National Huntington Beach... Against some of the best competition at the Cali PGF, she recorded six singles, three doubles and three RBI... Posted a .429 average and a .984 fielding percentage during her fall club season and a .319 average during the spring
