Basso comes to FGCU from FSW, where she was a First Team All-Citrus Conference and Second Team All-FCSAA pick in 2026. The catcher hit .391 with a team high 13 home runs and 59 RBIs on the year. She had a few red hot stretches, the first when she clubbed five home runs in seven games to close out the month of February. 

She later notched her first career mulit-homer game in an FCSAA Tournament game win over Seminole State. The Coral Springs, Florida, native also came up clutch for FSW at the NJCAA World Series. She recorded a pair of three RBI games, finishing the tournament with seven RBIs in FSW’s five game run to a third place finish in Oxford.

Basso spent her freshman season at Coastal Carolina. She played in 11 games with the Chanticleers, recording her first Division I hit and RBI in her collegiate debut against North Carolina.

The daughter of Michelle and Chris Basso, Stephanie has one sister, Sam, and one brother, Nick