Emily Patricia Carosone is an Italian-American former professional

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player and coach. Carosone later joined the

Italy women's national softball team Italy women's national softball team is one of the top-ranked softball teams in Europe. The Italian team has won the Women's Softball European Championship and record twelve times. Their latest European title came in 202 ...

and competed at the

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Life

She attended Pine Castle Christian High School in Orlando. She later played for and owns the batting crown for the

Auburn Tigers softball The Auburn Tigers softball team is an American softball team, representing the Auburn Tigers from Auburn University. Their first season was 1997. The Auburn Tigers play their home games aJane B. Moore Field History Head coaches Awards and ...

team in the

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. Carosone led the Tigers to two

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appearances and a runner-up finish in

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. She was later drafted #22 overall and went on to play softball with the

Chicago Bandits The Chicago Bandits were a women's professional softball team based in Rosemont, Illinois. Since the 2005 season, they have played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). The Bandits won the 2008 NPF championship, defeating the Washington Gl ...

of the

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and joined the

Cleveland Comets The Cleveland Comets were a women's professional softball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded by General Manager, Stephen Dunn. They moved to Cleveland from Akron, Ohio, in 2018. The Comets played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch Nation ...

of the league in 2019. She currently is an assistant coach for her alma mater.

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1997 births Living people Softball players from Florida Auburn Tigers softball players Chicago Bandits players Cleveland Comets players Sportspeople from Orlando, Florida USSSA Pride players Italian softball players Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic softball players for Italy {{US-softball-bio-stub