Marissa Guimbarda

Classroom

Guimbarda earned her bachelor’s degree in health science last spring. She is now pursuing an MBA while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.

In her two seasons as a Tiger, Guimbarda has been named an ACC Academic Honor Roll member and was also an All-ACC Academic selection last season. She was awarded with the ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship last fall for her success in the classroom.

Character

Guimbarda continues to shine as a student-athlete—always demonstrating leadership and humility in all that she does. She is well respected amongst her teammates, coaches, and support staff.

Guimbarda works extremely hard in everything that she does while striving to help those around her reach their full potential. She provides an example of what every athlete should have when it comes to her attitude, work ethic, and dedication to the program.

Community

Joining Clemson in 2019, Guimbarda immediately immersed herself in the community. She has volunteered with Clemson Downs, Helping Hands, ClemsonLIFE, and more.

Guimbarda was involved in multiple projects while she was a student-athlete at Furman University as well.

Competition

Guimbarda has been a critical part of building the Clemson softball program from the ground up since transferring from Furman in the fall of 2019. She has started in 106 games and was an All-ACC First Team selection in 2021.

Last season, Guimbarda spurred the Tiger offense to life batting .309 with a .669 slugging percentage to help Clemson finish with a 44-8 overall record. She was crucial in helping Clemson softball with its first ACC Regular Season title after going 29-5 in ACC play, and she helped Clemson make its first postseason appearance at the Tuscaloosa Regional in only the programs second year. She finished the season with 42 hits, including 13 home runs and 10 doubles, brought in 42 RBIs and scored 21 runs while maintaining a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

At the midway point of the regular season in 2022, Guimbarda has 25 hits with 21 RBIs and 10 runs scored. On her career in the Orange and Regalia, she has 94 hits, including 21 doubles and 29 home runs, and tallied 94 RBIs with 48 runs scored. Earlier this season, Guimbarda became the 196th Division I softball player to surpass 50 collegiate home runs. She currently sits fifth on the career home run list among active players.