BACKGROUND: A two-time third-team all-conference selection… Also earned first-team all-division and second-team all-county as a junior, when she led the Lions with a .522 average… Hit the game-winning home run in a 1-0 win to advance to the New Jersey state semifinals in 2010… An honor roll student… Chose UMBC over America East rivals Stony Brook and Hartford… Daughter of Michael and Maureen Paone… Has an older brother, Bryan, and an older sister, Shawn… Born June 2, 1993… Major is undecided but hopes to become a chef.