Completed Event: Softball versus No. 7 Seed UCF on May 7, 2025 , Loss , 5, to, 7
Final Score
Softball
5
vs No. 7 Seed UCF
7
2023 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 23
Aliya Belarde
- Height:
- 5-6
- Custom1:
- L/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lakewood, Calif.
- High School:
- Los Alamitos HS
Bio
2024: NFCA All-Pacific Region Third-Team...All-Pac-12 Second-Team...Named Pac-12 Player of the Week on April 8...one of only four Utes to be in the starting lineup for all 57 games...scored 49 runs, tied for third-most in the Pac-12...legged out four triples, third-most in the league...her 11 steals and four sacrifice flies put her in the top 10 in the conference...her four homers were the team's second-most, while her 20 walks placed her third on the roster...tied for second on the squad with 21 multi-hit performances...posted a team-high 83 assists...helped the Utes turn 22 of their 28 double plays, second-most in the Pac-12...smacked three hits, including two doubles, drove in a run and scored twice to help the Utes drop Notre Dame on Feb. 10...went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI, three runs scored and a steal in a March 2 win over Wisconsin...collected two more hits, tallied four runs and another stolen base in a rematch with Wisconsin on March 3...put up seven straight multi-hit games from March 30 - April 12...had a 4-for-4 day with a triple, an RBI and two runs on April 1 vs. Utah State...walloped a grand slam at Arizona State on April 12...hit safely twice and scored both of Utah's runs in their Pac-12 Tournament semifinal defeat of No. 8 Stanford.
2023: NFCA All-Pacific Region Second-Team...All-Pac-12 First-Team...tied for the conference lead in hits with 77...also finished in the top five in batting average (.393), runs scored (53) and stolen bases (16)...recorded nine doubles, two triples, three homers and drove in 31 runs...her 17 walks tied for second on the squad...was successful on all 16 steal attempts...hit safely in Utah's first nine games...collected two hits, knocked in three runs and scored twice on 2/10 vs. Northern Colorado...picked up three hits and four RBIs in a 2/26 win over Ohio State...Went 3-for-3 three RBIs on 3/3 vs. Santa Clara...had a 3-for-4 day, knocked in three runs and scored three times while also stealing a base on 3/4 against Pacific...posted a season-high four hits at Arizona on 3/18.
2022: Played in 52 of 54 total games... started 51 games at second base... saw a breakout season at the plate and in the field, batting a career-best .293 with 44 hits, two doubles, scored 34 runs, eight RBI and one home run... hit her first career home run in the leadoff spot at #3 UCLA (5/1)... garnered 11 multi-hit games... saw two seven-game hit streaks, the first taking place during the first seven games of her sophomore campaign... stole eight bases in 12 attempts... turned a team leading 15 double plays (T-5th in Pac-12) and totaled 100 fielding assists with 92 putouts.Â
2021:Â Saw action in 38 games and started 15... making 2 starts at shortstop, two at third base and one at second... had three hits in 24 at-bats (.125) and scored six runs... had 2 RBI and walked twice... first career hit came vs. Stanford (3/26)... first career RBI came on a two-run single at Dixie State (4/6).
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Prior to Utah: Three-year varsity player at Los Alamitos High School, where she earned Female Athlete of the Year for 2020 and was named to the PGF Western Region All-America team… twice named All-CIF Southern Section for Division 1, Cal-Hi All-State Underclass-1st team, as well as all-county and all-league... posted a .427 career batting average with 3 home runs, 10 doubles, 7 triples and 51 runs scored… ranked 31st on Extra Innings Softball Extra Elite list in 2020… MaxPreps Sophomore All-American in 2018… helped club team SoCal Athletics (Richardson) place 3rd in PGF Nationals in 2019 and 7th in 2018.
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Personal: Daughter of Andrea and Jody and has three siblings: James, Ariana and Jacob... Ariana played softball at Menlo college where she was an NAIA All-Region and All-GSAC Conference player... plans on studying Business Marketing... chose Utah because she loved the beautiful campus, connected with the coaches and always dreamed of playing in the Pac-12.
2023: NFCA All-Pacific Region Second-Team...All-Pac-12 First-Team...tied for the conference lead in hits with 77...also finished in the top five in batting average (.393), runs scored (53) and stolen bases (16)...recorded nine doubles, two triples, three homers and drove in 31 runs...her 17 walks tied for second on the squad...was successful on all 16 steal attempts...hit safely in Utah's first nine games...collected two hits, knocked in three runs and scored twice on 2/10 vs. Northern Colorado...picked up three hits and four RBIs in a 2/26 win over Ohio State...Went 3-for-3 three RBIs on 3/3 vs. Santa Clara...had a 3-for-4 day, knocked in three runs and scored three times while also stealing a base on 3/4 against Pacific...posted a season-high four hits at Arizona on 3/18.
2022: Played in 52 of 54 total games... started 51 games at second base... saw a breakout season at the plate and in the field, batting a career-best .293 with 44 hits, two doubles, scored 34 runs, eight RBI and one home run... hit her first career home run in the leadoff spot at #3 UCLA (5/1)... garnered 11 multi-hit games... saw two seven-game hit streaks, the first taking place during the first seven games of her sophomore campaign... stole eight bases in 12 attempts... turned a team leading 15 double plays (T-5th in Pac-12) and totaled 100 fielding assists with 92 putouts.Â
2021:Â Saw action in 38 games and started 15... making 2 starts at shortstop, two at third base and one at second... had three hits in 24 at-bats (.125) and scored six runs... had 2 RBI and walked twice... first career hit came vs. Stanford (3/26)... first career RBI came on a two-run single at Dixie State (4/6).
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Prior to Utah: Three-year varsity player at Los Alamitos High School, where she earned Female Athlete of the Year for 2020 and was named to the PGF Western Region All-America team… twice named All-CIF Southern Section for Division 1, Cal-Hi All-State Underclass-1st team, as well as all-county and all-league... posted a .427 career batting average with 3 home runs, 10 doubles, 7 triples and 51 runs scored… ranked 31st on Extra Innings Softball Extra Elite list in 2020… MaxPreps Sophomore All-American in 2018… helped club team SoCal Athletics (Richardson) place 3rd in PGF Nationals in 2019 and 7th in 2018.
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Personal: Daughter of Andrea and Jody and has three siblings: James, Ariana and Jacob... Ariana played softball at Menlo college where she was an NAIA All-Region and All-GSAC Conference player... plans on studying Business Marketing... chose Utah because she loved the beautiful campus, connected with the coaches and always dreamed of playing in the Pac-12.
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