- "I made VWC my No. 1 choice because it felt like it was the right fit as soon as I stepped on campus. Softball was just a bonus"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Christopher Newport University and Bloomsburg University
Career Highs
Hits: 2 – (4x, most recent, at Eastern Mennonite – 3/18/15 – G1)
Doubles: 2 – (vs. Old Westbury – 3/14/15)
Triples: NA
Home Runs: 1 – (vs. Rutgers-Newark – 3/15/15)
Runs: 2 – (4x, most recent, Randolph – 3/28/15 – G2)
RBI: 3 - (vs. Rutgers-Newark – 3/15/15)
Stolen Bases: 1 – (2x, most recent, vs. Rutgers-Newark – 3/16/15)
Hitting Streak: 4 – (3/14/15 – 3/16/15)
First-Year (2015): Appeared in 27 games as a first-year… Impressive rookie for the Marlins, batting .340 in extended action… Consistently put the ball in play… Slugged .447 with a pair of doubles and a home run… Homer came as part of a 2-for-3 day in a win over Rutgers-Newark where she scored two runs and drove in three.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: All-Virginia honorable mention honoree as a senior… First team All-Concorde District and first team All-Northern Region honoree as a senior… Led Chantilly with a .562 batting average and a .578 on base percentage; led the team in hits and RBI… Team captain… Also competed for the Vienna Stars 18U team… National Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Linda and Raphael Cardamone… Dad attended the University of Maryland, mom attended LaSalle College… Teresa is one-third of a set of triples that includes sisters, Christina, a student at the University of Iowa, and Sara, a student at the University of Pittsburgh.
Get to Know Teresa
- Enjoys all types of music, pasta, and spending vacation time in New York City
- Favorites include the book "Catching Fire," the movie "Ironman 3," and the TV series "Castle"
- A fan of baseball's Ryan Zimmerman and the Washington Nationals, and celebrity Beyonce
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "identical, fraternal, competitive, selfless, shy"
- My career goal after graduation from VWC is: "to become an accountant or a coach"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "the mental side of the game"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "quality at bats"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to earn a spot in the starting line-up and help my team win any way I can"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "my grandpa. I would want to hear his stories about my mom when she was younger"
- People might be surprised to know: "I can be loud when I want to be"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I'm happily married with two kids, and I have a steady job"
- The most important advice I've received is: "play like your pants are on fire" -- Coach Roger Nelson
