Arcadia University Athletic Hall of Fame
A four-year member of the Arcadia softball program, Jackie Bilotti helped re-write the record books from her first season in Glenside en route to being one of the most decorated players in any sport at Arcadia. In 2016, Bilotti was named Third Team All-Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth (MAC Commonwealth) Rookie of the Year and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III South Rookie of the Year, in addition to being named Arcadia's Female Rookie Athlete of the Year. Bilotti cemented her place among the all-time best in Arcadia history after earning three-straight MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year awards in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Bilotti continued to earn regional and national recognition as well, earning NFCA Second Team All-Region and First Team All-ECAC in 2017 and NFCA First Team All-Region honors in 2018 and 2019. Bilotti's career culminated her senior season, when she was named a Second-Team All-American by the NFCA, a CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-American, the MAC Softball Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and helped lead the program to its first-ever MAC Commonwealth Championship with a 1-0 win over Widener in which Bilotti put the ball in play that brought home the winning run. The season, and Bilotti's storied career, came to a close with a Second Place finish at the Ewing NCAA Division III Regional hosted by The College of New Jersey, still tied for the highest finish in program history.
Bilotti found success off the field as well, being named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-MAC all four years. Bilotti was named to the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area team in 2017, 2018, and 2019, in addition to being named the Performer of the Year in both 2018 and 2019. In addition to being named a CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-American, Bilotti was named First Team CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District in 2018.
For career records, Bilotti is first in hits (235) and stolen bases (78), second in triples (19) and games played 164, third in runs (141), doubles (44), and on-base percentage (.470), fifth in batting average (.427), and sixth in RBI's (110) and seventh in slugging percentage (.598).
Bilotti holds multiple season records as well. She is first (68, 2017) and third (64, 2015) in hits, tied for fourth in doubles (16, 2016), tied for fifth twice in triples (6, 2017 and 2019), third (21, 2017), fourth (20, 2019), and fifth (19, 2018) in stolen bases, and tied for fifth (41, 2018) and ninth (40, 2017) in runs scored.
Bilotti graduated in 2019 with a degree in Early and Special Education, and earned a Master's of Education in Literacy Studies in 2020. Bilotti served as an assistant coach after graduation from 2020-22, and is currently a Special Education Teacher in the Pennridge School District.