Dynamic Dynamo: Panepinto was a 3-sport star at Belle Vernon
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Brooke Panepinto during her playing days at Belle Vernon.
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Brooke Panepinto continued her career at Robert Morris University.
Dynamite sometimes comes in small package, case in point former Belle Vernon standout Brooke Panepinto.
She started her road in athletics at a young age.
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A 5-foot-1 inch dynamo, Panepinto was a four-year letter winner at Belle Vernon in soccer, basketball and softball.
无毛视频淚 didn无毛视频檛 start playing soccer until high school,无毛视频� said Panepinto. 无毛视频淢y friends said you are fast, come play soccer with us and I did.
无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 know if I had played soccer the same time I started playing softball, that would have been a tossup because I really liked soccer, but I knew when I was younger that I wanted to play Division I softball. That无毛视频檚 kind of what my goal was.无毛视频�
Panepinto excelled in soccer, scoring 34 career goals for the Lady Leopards, mostly .500 clubs. She earned all-section honors in soccer in her senior season.
无毛视频淲e were decent in soccer,无毛视频� Panepinto said. 无毛视频淏ut, I don无毛视频檛 remember if we won our section or if we made the playoffs, but when I was like a senior we had girls coming in that had actually played travel soccer and they started to get better and better.无毛视频�
Panepinto was a defensive spark plug on competitive Belle Vernon basketball teams. She earned the 2003 Gatorade Will to Win Award in basketball.
无毛视频淲e all played together since middle school and were very good friends,无毛视频� Panepinto stated. 无毛视频淚 played basketball for fun.无毛视频�
The Belle Vernon softball was a .500 club or a little above .500 during Panepinto无毛视频檚 time for the Lady Leps.
无毛视频淚 was the only girl on our softball team who went on to play in college,无毛视频� said Panepinto. 无毛视频淲e won our section, but didn无毛视频檛 even come close to going to the WPIAL finals. We never went past the first round of the playoffs, when we got that far.
无毛视频淪oftball really blew up in our area and it无毛视频檚 nice to see because I give lessons to a lot of the girls. It无毛视频檚 nice because I get to pass on my knowledge of the sport.无毛视频�
Panepinto said she benefited from solid coaching.
无毛视频淎ll my coaches, they were all good guys,无毛视频� said Panepinto. 无毛视频淚 always had male coaches, sometimes the assistants would be female. Heather Ferrari Milkent, who went to Belle Vernon and played Division I softball, was who I looked up to when I was younger. She actually lives down the road from where I live today.
无毛视频淪he was actually one of the assistant coaches for coach Tom Rodriquez for, I think, it was just one season, but I was so excited to have her. Someone you can actually look up to that played the sport.
无毛视频淭he people who made huge impacts on me were my travel ball coaches like Harry Rutherford. Then, I went to a lot of camps and Cal U coach Rick Bertagnolli at his camp, I learned a lot from him. I tried to pick up knowledge from everybody.无毛视频�
The softball numbers for Panepinto at Belle Vernon were impressive. She earned all-section honors in softball in all four years at Belle Vernon and was 2004 Valley Independent Player of the Year, batting .522 with 18 RBI and committing only three errors in 85 chances. Panepinto earned Pittsburgh Post-Gazette All-Star recognition in all four seasons.
无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 proud because I worked so hard to get to where I was,无毛视频� Panepinto offered. 无毛视频淪oftball gave me so much on and off the field. Now, I无毛视频檓 able to give back the knowledge to the girls I coach. I coach two rec teams and I coach a travel ball team.无毛视频�
Panepinto didn无毛视频檛 want to go to college too far from home after graduating from Belle Vernon.
无毛视频淚 really liked Robert Morris coach Craig Coleman. I took three recruiting visits, 无毛视频� said Panepinto. 无毛视频淚 decided to go to Robert Morris.无毛视频�
Panepinto had a great career at RMU with career numbers: .345 batting average, 85 RBI, 21 home runs, and 32 stolen bases. She played in the outfield and was a First-Team All-NEC selection for the Colonials.
Panepinto graduated magna cum laude with a degree in marketing in 2009. She earned her MBA at Robert Morris.
无毛视频淚t was a great decision to go to Robert Morris,无毛视频� said Panepinto. 无毛视频淔amily is really important and I didn无毛视频檛 want to go too far away. 无毛视频�
Panepinto played four seasons of professional softball in Italy from 2009-12.
无毛视频淭hese people found me and reached out to my coach because my last name is Panepinto,无毛视频� explained Panepinto. 无毛视频淭hey asked me if I wanted to come play pro over here? When I studied abroad, I went and checked it out. They were nice to me and (told me) we无毛视频檙e going to help you get your Italian citizenship, so I have that.
无毛视频淚 went over after I graduated from college and there were more fans in Italy than at my college games. We had the European Cup my first year there and that was huge. It was the greatest experience ever.无毛视频�
Panepinto has worked at AT&T 无毛视频net for nine years as Traffic Coordinator.
Still residing in Belle Vernon, Panepinto and her husband Nakoma have been married since 2018. They have two children, a son Nicolo and a daughter Ilaria.
Panepinto is pleased with what she has accomplished as she looked back on her career.
无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 have any regrets about softball,无毛视频� said Panepinto. 无毛视频淚 got to play Division I softball and I got to play in Italy, so I don无毛视频檛 have any regrets.无毛视频�