Junior
(2010): Maroda hit double-digit home runs for the third straight season
as an Aggie with 11 to move into the top five all-time in Aggie history with 33
career home runs. The junior also excelled on defense with a team high 117
assists on defense to rank fourth in the WAC. Maroda set multiple personal
records in 2010 including six at-bats at San Jose State on May 8. She scored
four runs early in the season in a route of UTSA on Feb. 13 and posted four
hits about a month later against Minnesota on March 16. On the season, Maroda
tallied 14 multi-hit games and ranked second on the squad with nine multiple
RBI contests. Maroda also earned Academic All-WAC team honors in 2010. Maroda's
percentages were all career bests at season's end with a .313 batting average,
.544 slugging percentage and .347 on-base percentage.
Sophomore
(2009): Maroda was one of just three Aggies to start and play in all 54
games and was a fundamental force in the Aggies' nationally ranked
offence. Maroda had a .293 batting
average on the year with 49 hits and she had 45 RBIs, which tied her for third
on NM State's single-season RBI list. She finished the year with 10 home runs,
scored 33 runs, had 11 doubles and seven walks. She had 12 multi-hit games, 11
multi-RBI games and a seven-game hitting streak. Maroda was crowned the Hotel
Encanto de Las Cruces Tournament Most Valuable Player and then named the WAC
Hitter of the Week after going 6-for-18 in the box with four home runs,
including a pair of three-run bombs. Maroda tallied 12 RBIs and swiped a base
while only striking out once to lead the Aggies to five wins in the tournament.
She was also responsible for the game-winning RBI double against Ohio State,
Feb. 8. Against San Jose State, Feb. 21, Maroda had a perfect performance in the
box going 3-for-3 with double and a run scored. Then when Maroda faced the
Spartans for the third time of the season, April 11, she went 3-for-4, had four
RBIs with two doubles and scored three runs. At the Arizona State Tournament
against Northern Colorado, Feb. 27, she recorded her second grand slam of her
career.
Freshman
(2008): Maroda had a record setting freshman season for the Aggies. She
was named to the 2008 WAC All-Tournament Team and the WAC Hitter of the Week
for her performance during the week of April 7-13. She was the lone Aggie to
play in every game in 2008 and she started all but one at third base. Maroda
ranked second on the team in hits with 54. She also had 16 multiple-hit games,
tying for second on the team and 15th in the conference. Maroda had a team-high
45 RBIs on the season, which at the time set a new NM State single-season
record. That number was the fifth highest in the conference in 2008 and she
added 35 runs scored, had nine doubles, a triple and a team-high 12 home runs,
which placed her fourth in the WAC and at the time tied her for the second most
by an Aggies in a season. Against Utah State, April 11, Maroda tied two NM
State individual-game records. The first was a two-home run effort, as she hit
a three-run homer and her first career grand slam. Her impressive effort in the
box allowed her to plate seven runners, which tied the Aggie single-game RBI
record and led to her WAC Hitter of the Week accolade. Against I-25 rival New
Mexico, April 8, Maroda went 3-for-3 in the box with a home run and two runs
scored. She also led the team with the most multiple RBI games at 11, which
tied for the fifth most in the league. Maroda .540 slugging percentage in 2008
was the fifth highest on the school's single-season list.
High
School: Maroda was a second team high school All-American (2007
Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Associations), first team
All-California Interscholastic Federation selection in 2005-2007 and was a
National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar Athlete in 2005. She won an ASA
Junior Olympic Gold National Championship with the Orange County Batbusters
Gold organization and competed with the Filly's Gold organization in
California. Maroda's batting average was .389 throughout her senior season and
she set 12 school records, including career marks for home runs (25),
extra-base hits (51) and run batted in (102). Maroda led her high school team
to the CIF Championship in 2006 and holds the single season (seven) and career
home run (12) records at her high school. She was a Cal-Hi Sports All-State
selection in 2005, San Bernardino Sun All-County honoree in 2005 and 2006 and
made the Riverside Press-Enterprise All-County team in 2005 and 2006.
Personal: Maroda is the daughter of John and Maureen Maroda. She
is majoring in criminal justice.
