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Marissa Guimbarda - Softball - Clemson University Athletics

#25  Marissa Guimbarda

Position:
OF/UTL
Height:
5-6
Class:
*Gr.
Hometown:
Suwanee, Ga.
High School:
Lambert HS
B/T:
R-R

Career Stats  |  2022 Stats2021 Stats  |  2020 Stats

2022

  • ACC All-Academic
  • Tallied 45 hits for a .274 average with nine doubles and 11 home runs
  • Third on the team with 39 RBIs
  • Finished her career with 59 home runs to rank seventh among active players in the NCAA and be tied for 84th all-time in the NCAA
  • Became the 196th NCAA Division I athlete to hit 50 home runs
  • Finished with 11 RBIs, five runs and seven hits, including five home runs in North Carolina series (April 1-3)
  • Hit two home runs in back-to-back games at UNC
  • Named ACC Player of the Week after South Carolina and UNC weekend and recognized as NFCA top performers of the week
  • Tallied a hit that helped spark Clemson’s upset victory over Washington (March 20)
  • Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored at Charlotte (Feb. 23)
  • No. 91 on Extra Innings Softball’s Extra Elite 100 list
  • No. 82 on Softball America’s 2022 Preseason College Top 100 list

2021

  • First Team All-ACC Selection
  • All-ACC Academic Selection
  • Started 48 games, including 35 games in right field and 13 games as the designated player
  • Hit .309 with 21 runs, 10 doubles, 13 homers, 42 RBIs, a .669 slugging percentage and a .411 on-base percentage
  • Second on the team in homers (13), doubles (10) and slugging percentage (.669)
  • Tied for fourth in the ACC in RBIs (42) and home runs (13)
  • Hit a home run at the NCAA Regional against Troy (May 21) at the Tuscaloosa Regional
  • Hit a walk-off RBI-double off of the right-center field fence in the Tigers’ 4-3 win over NC State (April 23)
  • Drew an RBI-walk with the bases loaded to tie the game at 3-3 in Clemson’s first 4-3 win of the day over NC State on April 25
  • Roped a two-RBI double to give the Tigers’ the lead against then-No. 11 Duke (March 28)
  • Hit a two-RBI home run in the top of the 11th at Louisville (March 19)
  • Hit a run rule walk-off homer against Furman (March 12), her former team
  • Hit a run rule walk-off three-run homer against Elon (Feb. 27)
  • Hit a two-run homer to give the Tigers its then-highest ranked win in program history over then-No. 14 Virginia Tech
  • Weaver-James-Corrigan postgraduate scholarship award recipient, presented by the ACC
  • All-ACC Academic Selection
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll recipient
  • Preseason All-ACC selection
  • Ranked the No. 11 junior in the country entering the season, according to Softball America

2020

  • Started in all 27 games
  • Hit .355, which was good for third on the team, in 76 at bats
  • Tied for fourth in the nation with an ACC-leading 11 home runs, which was on pace for 22 before the season was cut short
  • Led the ACC with a .868 slugging percentage, which was also good for 22nd in the nation
  • 12th in the nation and second in the ACC with 31 RBIs
  • Second on the team in walks with nine
  • Named ACC Player of the Week (March 10)
  • Recorded her third career multi-home run effort with a pair of homers against Troy (Feb 21)
  • Tallied a single-game career-high five RBIs in the Tigers’ second game against Charlotte (March 4)
  • Registered the game-winning hit against Michigan State (Feb. 15) on a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll recipient

Note: Due to COVID-19, the Clemson Softball inaugural season was cut short (27 games played)

Before Clemson

  • Transferred from Furman University

2019

  • Became the sixth Paladin in program history to earn SoCon Player of the Year honors
  • Hit .348 and slugged a league-best .754
  • Started all 49 games for the Paladins and amassed a conference-best 104 bases
  • Led the SoCon with 16 home runs on the season
  • Tabbed the SoCon Player of the Week on March 4 after batting .522 (12-for-23) with six home runs and 12 RBIs over seven games

2018

  • Made 28 starts and appeared in 33 games as a freshman
  • Batted .216 with three doubles, seven homers and 21 RBI in 88 at bats
  • Belted her first career homer and drove in two runs in an 8-7 win over Wichita State
  • Went 2-for-3 with a pair of homers and career-best five RBI in a 12-0 shutout of Samford
  • Also pitched 15.2 innings and made two starts in three appearances in the circle

High School

  • Was a standout pitcher, first baseman and designated player at Lambert High School for head coach Brooks Youngblood
  • Led the Longhorns to 25-5 overall record, 15-0 mark, Region 7AAAAAAA title and a trip to the GHSA Playoffs Elite 8 as a senior
  • A three-time GHSA All-State choice
  • Belted a state record 18 home runs as a senior in 2016 and finished her high school career with a school record 29 homers
  • Named to the GADC Senior All-Star Team and garnered All-Region 7AAAAAAA and All-Forsyth County honors four straight years
  • Played travel ball for her father, Carlos Guimbarda, and Team Georgia
  • Hit .418 with 11 homers and 49 RBI in 56 games and fanned 82 batters in the circle

Personal

  • Born on Marissa Ann Guimbarda on April 27, 1999
  • Daughter of Carlos Guimbarda and Julie Guimbarda
  • Majoring in Health Science