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2019 Softball Roster

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3 Victoria Castro

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Albuquerque, N.M.
  • High School Volcano Vista HS
  • Position OF

Biography

2016 All-WAC Second Team
2017 All-WAC Second Team
2017 WAC All-Tournament Team
2018 All-WAC Second Team
2019 All-WAC First Team

2019:
 Started all 55 games in centerfield…. Named to the Preseason All-WAC Team… Received All-WAC First Team distinction… Batted .345 with a .625 slugging percentage with a .421 on-base percentage… Recorded a season-high three hits in five different contests… Tallied four RBI at CSU Bakersfield (5/4)… Posted two doubles against Montana (2/16), Lehigh (3/10) and Seattle U (5/10)… Recorded a triple against ranked Texas Tech (4/30)… Amassed two home runs and recorded nine total bases against Texas State (2/15)… Went 7-for-7 in stolen bases…

2018: Started all 53 games in centerfield… Named to the All-WAC Second Team… Batted .343 with a .396 on base percentage and a .590 slugging percentage… Opened the season with a pair of home runs against Kentucky (2/10)… Tallied a season-best four RBI against the Wildcats (2/10)… Closed out the season with 31 RBI, nine doubles, one triple, and 10 home runs… Named WAC Hitter of the Week once (5/7)…

2017: Played in all 54 games, starting in 53…. Played primarily in center field… Was named to the All WAC Second Team and the WAC All-Tournament Team… Hit nine home runs and eight doubles in 2017… Batted .327 while posting a .551 slugging percentage and a .385 on-base percentage…. Recorded seven stolen bases and 42 RBI in 2017… Posted a season high four hits and seven RBIs against Grand Canyon (4/29)… Batted a .533 in the WAC Tournament... Recorded six runs and eight hits while posting a .800 slugging percentage...
 
2016: 
Played in 49 games and started 47… Primarily a center fielder… Chosen for Second Team All-WAC… Named WAC Hitter of the Week on March 7… Went 43-for-125 for a .344 batting average… Ranked third on the team with 31 runs scored… Amassed two doubles, four triples and five home runs for a .592 slugging percentage… Collected 28 RBIs... Was walked 13 times and had a .392 on-base percentage… Went 7-9 in stolen bases… Had 54 putouts and four assists… Went 15-for-42 for a .357 batting average in conference play… Amassed two doubles, a league-high three triples and one home run for a .619 slugging percentage during conference games… Garnered nine RBIs in WAC play… Had three sacrifice flies and was 2-3 in stolen bases during conference games… Racked up 14 putouts and two assists in league play… Scored a career-high two runs in four different games… Racked up a personal-best three hits in three separate games… Garnered a career-high five RBIs in game two against Mount Saint Mary’s on March 1… Had a career-high five putouts against Missouri on March 20.

High School
Played four years at Volcano Vista HS in Albuquerque, N.M. under Cheral Johnson… Selected as All-District… Helped guide team to be district champions in 2012 and 2015… Team won state championship in 2015… Caught the last out at shortstop in state championship.
 
Personal
Full name is Victoria Simone Castro… Born on Feb. 18, 1997, in Albuquerque, N.M.… Parents are Eric and Shannon Castro… Has one sister… Major is mass communications and journalist. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2016Freshman

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2017Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2018Junior

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2019Senior

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    3