2025: D1Softball.com Top 15 Two-Way Player…Preseason All-Big West Selection…Big West Player of the Week (Feb. 10)...Recorded 10 home runs, including two against Colorado State (Feb. 8)...Hit a grand slam in the fourth inning against Hawai’i (May 9) in the Big West Championships while also pitching a complete game to send the Gauchos to the Big West Championship Game…Pitched 16 games…Threw a complete-game shutout against UC Riverside (March 8), recording a season-high five strikeouts and only allowing three hits ...Earned a crucial win against Oregon State (Feb. 21).
2024: NFCA Third Team All-Pacific Region…The Big West Co-Freshman Player of the Year…All-Big West Second Team Selection…All-Big West Freshman Team Selection…Four-time Big West Freshman of the Week (Feb. 19, March 18, April 1, April 29)…Made collegiate debut against No. 25 Kentucky (Feb. 9)...Appeared in and started all 48 games for the Gauchos…Made her debut against No.25 Kentucky (Feb 9), where she pitched four innings and recorded her first extra-base hit with a double and an RBI…Recorded an ERA of 4.07 over 87.2 innings pitched, securing five wins in the circle…She notched 57 strikeouts…Hit .342 in 155 at-bats... Secured 53 hits with 35 runs batted in...Led the team in slugging and doubles, boasting a slugging percentage of .523 with 14 doubles.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Sequoia High School...Earned four varsity letters...Hit .470 or better and recorded a 2.70 or lower ERA all four years of competition...In 2021 was named Sequoia High School Co-MVP, First Team All-Metro selection by the San Francisco Chronicle and All-State Underclass Team selection by Cal-Hi Sports...In 2022 was named Sequoia High School MVP, PAL Pitcher of the Year, All-League selection, Team Captain, San Francisco Chronicle First Team All-Metro selection and led the Central Coast Section in strikeouts with 213...In 2023 earned her third Sequoia High School MVP honor and Female Athlete of the Year, PAL Player of the Year, San Mateo Daily Journal Softball Player of the Year, San Jose Mercury News All-Bay Area First Team, SB Live All-State Second Team, PGF All-American Regional Finalist, Central Coast Section strikeout leader and ranked top 10 in the California for strikeouts...Holds the record for career strikeouts and Sequoia High School...National Merit Commended Student and Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jenny Waddell and Darren Waddell...Has two siblings, Paige and Parker...Plans to study physics...Wants to become a product manager in the STEM field...Roots for the San Francisco Giants...Her most memorable sports moment was pitching a nine-inning shutout and hitting three home runs in extra innings to help her team advance in bracket play at the 2023 PGF National Tournament...Her favorite movies are Pitch Perfect and The Waterboy...Her favorite TV shows are The Office, Friends and Modern Family...Her favorite novel is The Hunger Games...Listens to Rihanna, Lauryn Hill and Taylor Swift...Her hobbies include Spending time with friends and family, hiking and going to the beach...Her favorite athlete is Buster Posey.
