Completed Event: Softball versus No. 7 Seed UCF on May 7, 2025 , Loss , 5, to, 7
Final Score
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7
2019 Softball Roster
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Barrera, Alyssa
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Jersey Number 16
Alyssa Barrera
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Bishop Amat HS
- Hometown:
- Chino Hills, Calif.
Bio
Two-time team captain who started all 230 games she played in her stellar five-year career ... finished career ranked sixth in Utah history in hits (243) and games played.Â
2021: Started all 55 games in center field, the only Ute to start every game at the same position... named to Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll for fourth year in a row... led the team with 7 doubles among her 47 hits, which ranked second on the team ... batted .272, third-best on the team, and 36 RBI ranked second on the team... career-high 5 home runs raised career total to 15... logged 13 multi-hit games and 9 multi-RBI games, both second-most on the team... .913 fielding percentage and 61 putouts.
2020: Named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District 8 team, selected by CoSIDA, and a Pac-12 All-Academic selection for third year in a row ... started all 18 games in center field… led the team with a .421 batting average, with 57 at bats, team-high 24 hits, 16 runs, and 4 home runs… .649 slugging percentage and .492 on-base percentage… one of only two players in the Pac-12 to be ranked in the top 20 in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and runs scored ... .367 career batting average ranks fourth all-time at Utah… split time between the 3rd and 4th spot in the batting order… had six multi-hit games… delivered Utah’s first walk-off home run in three years when she won the game vs. Mercer (3/6) with a two-run shot… .957 fielding percentage and 22 putouts.
2019: NFCA All-Region honoree ... All-Pac-12 selection ... Pac-12 All-Academic selection ... started all 54 games in the outfield ... paced Utah with a .376 batting average (13th in the Pac-12), 59 hits, 37 RBI and a .432 on-base percentage ... finished second on the team with 30 runs scored, nine doubles and a .599 slugging percentage (15th – P12) ... her seven triples topped the conference and ranked fifth nationally while also matching the school record ... in conference play, she hit .429 (5th – P12) and led the Utes in runs scored, hits (8th – P12), RBI, total bases, slugging and OBP (8th – P12) ... she also registered four outfield assists, most in the Pac-12 ... scored three runs against Oregon and Arizona State ... also scored multiple runs against Hofstra, Niagara and BYU ... had multiple hits in 17 games, including three knocks against Utah Valley and SIUE ... drove in five runs against St. Bonaventure and Northern Colorado ... had multiple RBI in seven other contests, including four knocked in vs. Washington ... had two walks in a win over Niagara
2018: USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List selection ... Pac-12 All-Academic selection ... finished second on the team in hits ... had the longest hit streak and on-base streak (12) ... third on the team with 10 multi-hit games ... had three hits and scored three runs in a win over Fordham ... had three hits, scored twice, drove in a run and doubled vs. Cal Poly ... had a pair of hits, including a double, and scored twice vs. No. 11 Tennessee ... had a pair of hits, scored twice, drove in a run and doubled in games vs. UC Santa Barbara and Louisiana Tech ... had a pair of hits and scored twice in contests against No. 9 Arizona and Stanford ... had a pair of runs driven in against No. 3 UCLA and Syracuse ... had two multi-hit games vs. Oregon State, as well as games against Saint Mary's and Grand Canyon ... scored a pair of runs in the opener vs. New Mexico
2017: NFCA Second Team All-Region … Second Team All Pac-12 … Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … Member of the Mexican National Team … NFCA Freshman of the Year finalist … Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week following her performance at the Mary Nutter Classic, where she led the team with four runs scored, a .438 batting average and also slugged .563 … Started all 53 games during her debut season … had a career high four hits, three hits, including a double, and drove in a pair during a win over Houston … had a pair of hits and scored three times in the NCAA Regional Final vs. No. 21 BYU … had a pair of hits and drove in three runs during the NCAA Regional victory over Fordham … collected six hits in the NCAA Super Regional at No. 6 Washington … had two runs and drove in a pair during a win over San Jose State … hit her first home run, collected two hits and scored twice in a win over Toledo … had a pair of hits and runs scored along with a stolen base in a win over CSU Bakersfield … had a pair of hits and runs scored in victories over No. 10 UCLA and Loyola Marymount … lashed three hits in a pair of Pac-12 contests vs. Stanford and No. 23 Arizona State … had a double and a single in contests with BYU in the NCAA Regional, No. 3 Oregon and Hawaii .. smacked a pair of hits vs. No. 1 Arizona, No. 8 Washington and BYU … had a double and two runs driven in during a game with No. 8 Washington … homered and scored a pair of runs in a win over No. 21 Cal … scored a pair of runs and notched a stolen bases vs. Charleston Southern … scored a pair of runs in wins over Texas-Arlington and Stanford
Prior to Utah: Barrera was a four-year varsity letterwinner at Bishop Amat High School with a career .447 average,- 152 hits, 100 runs, 35 doubles, 14 triples, and nine home runs. She was named First Team Premier Girls Fastpitch and a MaxPreps All-American as well as a First Team Cal Hi Sports All-State, All-Area and All-League selection. Barrera, the Del Rey League Most Outstanding Player batted .474 on the strength of 15 doubles, five triples and three home runs. She led the team to their second straight CIF-Southern Section semifinals appearance.
The previous year, she batted .458 and was also named All-State, All-Area and All-League. In total, she won three national championships with her club teams including the 2016 18U Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championship with Firecrackers-Rico. A 2016 PGF High School All-American, Barrera was listed as the No. 10 recruit in the country by FloSoftball.com.
Personal: Alyssa is the daughter of Ed and Lisa Barrera. She earned her bachelor's degree from Utah in the spring of 2020 in Communications, with a minor in Business, and completed her master of science in Information Systems in the summer of 2021. Her father played high school football with Utah's Director of Football Operations Jeff Rudy. Her father went on to play at Chaffey College while her uncle played college baseball at Cal Poly Pomona and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1991. She has two siblings, Diego, who plays baseball at Loyola Marymount (previously at the University of Washington and Mt. San Antonio College), and Daniel, who was a commit to the University of the Pacific.
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