Dana Pellegrino-Farinella finished her Fairfield University basketball career as one of the top scorers in program history. A Kodak Academic All-District student-athlete, she scored 1,530 points in her four-year career which placed third in school history at the time of her graduation and currently ranks her ninth on the school’s scoring list.  A prolific scorer, Pellegrino scored a career-high 30 points against New Hampshire during the 1985-86 season, becoming only the second Stag at that time to score 30 points in a game. She was a member of the program’s first NCAA tournament team, an honor which came after the Stags won the 1988 MAAC Championship. She was named the MAAC tournament most valuable player for her efforts. Pellegrino led the team in scoring in the MAAC title game with 18 points, and followed up with a team-high 21 points against St. John’s in the NCAA tournament game. She led all scorers in 1987-88 with a 15.8 scoring average. Pellegrino earned a spot on the All-MAAC first team, her second straight appearance on the conference’s top team. The guard began her career as the MAAC Rookie of the Year after averaging 9.4 points per game. She followed up with an All-MAAC second team appearance as a sophomore, posting 14.6 points per contest. Pellegrino was a MAAC All-Academic selection as a junior and as a senior. Off the basketball court, Pellegrino also excelled on the softball diamond, finishing sixth in the nation with a .440 batting average as a junior. She earned All-MAAC honors on the diamond. Pellegrino capped her career at Fairfield by being recognized as the University’s female athlete of the year in her sophomore, junior, and senior years.