Amanda Gianelloni, San Francisco Firebells
Amanda Gianelloni is a San Francisco Firebells infielder (IF, #5) for the 2026 WPBL season — Round 1, Pick 8; New Orleans, Louisiana; first woman to sign with the WPBL. We only write what official pages already say. Live numbers: official links below. More names: players · Firebells roster: San Francisco Firebells · full slate: schedule. Same style of page for San Francisco’s No. 1 pick: Kelsie Whitmore.
San Francisco Firebells, 2026
- Team: San Francisco Firebells
- Position / number: IF, #5 — official SF roster (IF), official SF featured card (#5 · IF), and official player page (IF, #5), checked Oct. 1, 2026
- Status: Signed · Round 1, Pick 8
- Hometown on the roster: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Bats / throws: R / R (official roster and player page)
The official player page bio: first woman to sign with the WPBL and the only woman drafted from Louisiana; Nicholls State University Hall of Famer who holds school records for RBIs, doubles, and walks; three-time Women’s Baseball World Cup competitor and 2024 silver medalist with Team USA. The official Round One draft recap called her “the league’s first-ever signed player” and listed pick 8 as Amanda Gianelloni, 2B, New Orleans, Louisiana. Wikipedia’s player article says she officially signed on November 21, 2025, and that she was raised in Napoleonville, Louisiana (the official roster hometown is New Orleans). WDSU (April 8, 2026) reported the eighth-overall pick, that she was the only player from Louisiana in the draft, and the Nicholls Hall of Fame note.
Season complete. San Francisco finished the regular season 10–5 (No. 1 seed) and reached the championship as runners-up — series LA wins 3–2 after the Game 5 FINAL (LA 2, SF 0) — same figures as the San Francisco Firebells team page. Series notes: Firebells vs Queens. League table: WPBL standings.
Notable 2026 mentions
The official Opening Weekend Game 2 preview billed her as a “veteran at second” and repeated the first-to-sign and Nicholls records notes. The official Aug. 2 recap of San Francisco’s 11–3 win over Boston said Denver Bryant’s throw “rob[bed] Amanda Gianelloni of her fourth hit of the night.”
The official Aug. 7 recap (posted Aug. 8) of Los Angeles’s 12–3 win said “Amanda Gianelloni getting San Francisco’s first home run of the season,” which let the Firebells “test out their home run celebration bells.” That is the official wording; we’re not adding a separate “franchise first” label. The official Aug. 12 recap of San Francisco’s 8–2 win said Jill Albayati’s grounder scored Gianelloni, “who reached on an error.” The official player-page game log is posted on her league page; we’re not reprinting a box-score line.
We’re not making up a batting line. For current stats use the official player page or stats.womensprobaseballleague.com.
Other Firebells pages: Kelsie Whitmore, Joely Leguizamon, Alexia Jorge, Jill Albayati. Firebells notes and roster: San Francisco Firebells. Related play: Denver Bryant (Boston). Watch: how to watch.