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2025 (Senior)
Appeared in 43 games and earned 39 starts at catcher…Tallied a career-best .313 batting average with 41 hits, including 10 doubles and two home runs…Scored 11 runs and drew seven walks…Recorded 17 RBIs, tying her career-high…Ranked seventh in the MAC and 91
st in the country in toughest to strikeout (18.7), striking out only seven times in 131 at-bats…Went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and a run at Kent State (April 30)…Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run vs. Central Michigan (April 14)…Earned a spot on the Academic All-MAC team.
2024 (Junior)
Appeared in 44 games making 42 starts behind the plate...Connected on a career-high 30 hits, including five doubles and two home runs, drove in 17 RBIs, and had three stolen bases...Forst collegiate theft at the Velvet Milkman Classic in Murray, Ky., vs. Murray State (Feb. 24)...Had one home run at the CSF/ LBSU Tournament in Fullerton, Calif., vs. Yale (March 8) and three RBIs vs. Ohio (April 16)...Started all three games behind the pate and had three hits including one double and four RBIs at the MAC Tournament...Dean's List and Academic All-MAC
2023 (Sophomore)
Made 13 appearances with one start vs. Presbyterian at the Pinnacle Blue Hose Invitational...Hit a .154 including one double and one RBI at Ohio (April 26).
2022 (Freshman)
Made 13 appearances with 10 starts at catcher...Hit a .167...One error in 54 chances (.981)...Hit first collegiate home run and season-high two RBIs vs. Ball State (April 15)... Had a season-high three hits, one double and scored one run in the series vs. NIU (April 29-30).
High School
Four-year varsity letterer in softball and volleyball at Ursuline High School … Played for the Ohio Blast Travel Ball Team … World Series Champions in Pigeon, Tenn. …  Played on the Northeast Ohio District team freshman and sophomore year … Awarded the OHSFSCA All-State Division II Honorable Mention and First Team All-NEO Honorable Mention freshman year … Sophomore year earned the WKBN’s 2019 diamond Kings award and named First Team All-NEO Honorable mention … HS division Champions 2018 and 2019 … Ranked first on team for hits, runs scored, triples, total bases, stolen bases, and batting average … Set single season record for first player at Ursuline to bat .600 and higher and holds the career slugging percentage mark at .961 … Holds the single season triples record with nine, and the career triples record with 17.
Personal
Full name is Maris Louise Barbato … Daughter of Stephanie and Robert Barbato … Has one sister, Liza and two brothers, Austin and Robbie… Volunteered at Zion Lutheran Church food drives … Christmas caroling for resident at local assisted living facilities … Majoring in speech-language pathology.
Why Toledo?
I chose UT because of their very good academic and athletic reputation. I have heard and seen excellent things about the softball program at UT and after meeting Coach Joe Abraham, his assistant coaches, and girls on the team, I was confident it would be a good fit for me. Also, I was able to tour the college campus and facilities and it is exactly what I am looking for.
