Jenna Gaudioso started her softball career right behind home plate as a catcher while playing for a travel team and in middle school. However, when she arrived in high school, Jenna was forced to make a position change if she wanted playing time as the Yellowjackets had a starting catcher. There's no doubt Jenna has made that transition seamlessly.

"I saw her arm and we figured, hey, let's get Jenna's arm in the outfield. What better spot than center field because I needed one," says Head Coach Ed Crisafi. "My previous center field graduated so we moved her to the outfield."

It's not often you see a player move from behind home plate to the furthest distance on the field from the dish, but Jenna is now patrolling outfield and loves it.

"I've been hooked," says Jenna. "It was an easy transfer. I just needed to learn how to track balls. It just came naturally."

The junior has started for three years in center and turned herself into a sure-handed outfielder ever since making the shift. Any errors are few and far between and, even when she made her first of the season against North Branford last month, Jenna shook it off with no trouble.

"The ball went over my head. I was running back and it hit my glove," says Jenna. "I had two options: I could either be upset all game and do awful or just shake it off. No one scored and we ended up winning so it didn't ruin the whole game."

Aside from her glove, Jenna has one of the strongest throwing arms from the outfield.

"She gets good jumps on balls and, with her arm, people don't even think about taking the extra base on her," says Crisafi.

At the plate, Jenna is one of the more dominant hitters in the Oronoque Division. She's currently batting greater than .400 this season for the Yellowjackets and is second on the team in runs scored. She's very aggressive at the plate and gets on base more often than not. The on-field aggression doesn't stop there as Jenna is always a threat to steal when on the base paths. This combination is the reason she finds ways home throughout innings.

Aside from softball, Jenna is also a member of the girls' basketball team and will be one of the Yellowjackets' captains next season. She feels good that she'll be looked up to by the younger players, but says she's better at softball, hands down.

"When I got older, it became more obvious what I was better in without having to try as hard," says Jenna. "I'm not really a scorer in the basketball aspect, but in softball, I'm the complete package."

Jenna's success has already led to college interest as Crisafi says coaches have contacted him about her. Jenna is excited about her potential opportunity to continue playing the game she's played since she was four.

"It's very exciting, but at the same time, the whole experience is very crazy and it's come very quick," says Jenna, who thanks her parents, brother, and grandparents. "Thinking that I only have a year-and-a-half of high school softball left is weird."