As a Sophomore:Â Started all 17 games for the Friars... Finished third on the team in points (12) on five goals and two assists... Her five goals and 12 points marked career highs... Tallied a season-high four points vs. Holy Cross on two goals (Sept. 22), marking the first multi-goal game of her career... Attempted 26 shots and put 18 on target... Claimed BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 24... Featured on the NFHCA Division I Watch List... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad and BIG EAST All-Academic Team selection.
As a Freshman:Â Played all18 games and appeared in the starting line-up 15 times... Registered seven points on two goals and three assists... Tallied her first collegiate goal against New Hampshire (Sept. 8)... Scored a season-high three points against Merrimack (Sept. 24) with one goal and one assist... Recorded her first multi-assist game against Queens, with two (Oct. 8)... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad selection... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
Before Providence: Attended Cardinal Gibbons High School, where she served as team captain for two seasons (2021-22)… Recorded 88 points in 20 games during her senior season (2022) on 36 goals and 16 assists… Finished 11th in the nation in scoring among high school players overall and seventh among the class of 2023… Led the State of North Carolina in scoring… Three-time All-Conference selection (2020, 2021, 2022)… All-State First Team selection (2021)… Tabbed Player of the Year in her conference (2022)… Recognized as a NFHCA All-South Region selection and Mid-Atlantic Region Second-Team pick (2022)… Helped guide her team to an Eastern Regional title (2020) and a trip to the State Championship Semifinals in 2021… Guided her team to a State Championship runner-up finish in 2022… Played club for Carolina All-Stars.
 Personal: Daughter of Chris and Nori Pennisi… Mother, Nori, played tennis at UNC… Has two sisters, Molly and Maddie… Sister, Molly, competes on the swim team at Washington and Lee University… Health sciences major.
PENNISI'S CAREER HONORS
NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad • 2023, 2024
BIG EAST All-Academic Team • 2023-24, 2024-25
NFHCA Division I Watch List • 2024, 2025