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Third year in the Wildcats’ program…Started 20 games as a true freshman for the Wildcats in 2020, batting .313 on the year…Tied for third on the team with 15 runs batted in…Led all CCAA hitters with 25 walks and ranked second in the conference in on-base percentage (.541)…Named CCAA Player of the Week February 17–23, 2020…Hit the first two home runs of her Wildcats career to highlight a 3-for-3, five-RBI performance February 21, 2020 vs. Humboldt State…Racked up four multi-RBI games…Two-time CCAA All-Academic selection…Received 2020–21 Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award…Pre-Chico Days: A 2019 graduate of Pacifica High School in Garden Grove…Four-year varsity player…Two-time First Team All-Empire League…Helped lead the Mariners to three EL championships…Named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018…Scholar Athlete award winner…Personal: Born May 15, 2001, in Anaheim…Daughter of Hung and Rebeca…The person she most admires in the sports world is college All-America and Olympic gold medal softball player Lisa Fernandez…Favorite course at Chico State is Human Resource Management, taught by David Agoff…Why she chose to attend Chico State: “The beautiful campus, and I loved the college town feel”…Her greatest sports moment is hitting her first two collegiate homers against Humboldt State (“It is a feeling like no other”)…The most interesting thing she’s ever done is ziplining in Hawaii…The most impressive thing she’s ever accomplished is being a collegiate athlete…Has learned by playing softball that “you need to take risks and fail in order to succeed and learn from your mistakes”…Enjoys reading, exercising, hiking, and spending quality time with family and friends…Says her biggest non-softball talents are wakeboarding and off-road riding…Loves art and painting (“It is really therapeutic and relaxing for me”)…At the top of her bucket list: “Travel the world”…Best advice ever received: “Life is only as good as your mindset”…Majoring in business management…Plans to open her own optometry practice.