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
2018 Softball Roster
Roster
Palacios, Alyssa
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Jersey Number 42
Alyssa Palacios
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- La Habra HS
- Hometown:
- La Habra, Calif.
Bio
Played in 153 career games and made 120 starts, collecting 42 hits, including seven home runs, and scored 28 runs... career .983 field percentage.
2021: Captain played in 45 games and started 37 in her senior season, including 35 at first base and two as the DH... hit career-high three home runs, drove in 9 runs and scored 12 times... batted .150 (12-80) and logged .992 fielding percentage with team-high 239 putouts... season-high two hits vs. Stanford (3/27).
2020: Played in 16 games and started 10 at first base… batted. 176 with 17 at bats, 1 home run, and 1 run… slugging percentage of .353… fielding percentage of .990 with 94 putouts and 3 assists.
2019: Pac-12 All-Academic selection ... played 52 games, starting 38, primarily at first base … drove in a pair of runs, collected two hits, homered and drove in a career-high three runs during the win over Hofstra … smacked another homer against St. Bonaventure … picked up a pair of walks in the contest with Oklahoma … stole four bases, one each in games vs. BYU, Niagara, California and Arizona State.
2018: Played 40 games, starting 35 ... finished second on the team with nine doubles in Pac-12 play ... had her first multi-hit game and two RBI in a win over Grand Canyon ... smacked a pair of doubles in a win over Stanford, scoring a run and driving in one ... had two hits, two runs scored and drove in one during a win over Weber State ... hit her first collegiate homer, scoring twice and driving in two vs. Southern Utah ... had her first multi-RBI game thanks to a double in a win at Maryland ... drove in two and scored a run vs. Yale ... had a pair of hits, including a double, scored and drove in a run against No. 3 UCLA ... collected her first collegiate hit vs. Cal Poly ... drove in her first collegiate run in a win at No. 6 Texas A&M ... scored her first run in another win at Maryland.
Prior to Utah: The Freeway League MVP, Palacios was also named All-CIF and named to the MaxPreps All-State First Team. Palacios was an All-League selection under head coach Steve Harrington at La Habra (Calif.) HS while also earning Scholar Athlete status, the Coaches Award, Whittier Daily News Player of the Year and a spot on the Michelle Carew Classic All-Tournament Team. She batted . 393 as the Highlanders won their third-straight Freeway League championship.
An accomplished travel ball player, she helped USA Athletics capture the Schutt Cup championship as well as a Triple Crown Gold national championship. Palacios' squad was also the 2016 Premier Girls Fastpitch runners-up after capturing the Arizona qualifier championship.
Personal: Alyssa is the daughter of Rene and Janelle Palacios and has a twin, Rene. Earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in May 2021. Was a member of the Forensic Police Fire Academy in high school. She also played tennis and was a member of the Homecoming Court.
2021: Captain played in 45 games and started 37 in her senior season, including 35 at first base and two as the DH... hit career-high three home runs, drove in 9 runs and scored 12 times... batted .150 (12-80) and logged .992 fielding percentage with team-high 239 putouts... season-high two hits vs. Stanford (3/27).
2020: Played in 16 games and started 10 at first base… batted. 176 with 17 at bats, 1 home run, and 1 run… slugging percentage of .353… fielding percentage of .990 with 94 putouts and 3 assists.
2019: Pac-12 All-Academic selection ... played 52 games, starting 38, primarily at first base … drove in a pair of runs, collected two hits, homered and drove in a career-high three runs during the win over Hofstra … smacked another homer against St. Bonaventure … picked up a pair of walks in the contest with Oklahoma … stole four bases, one each in games vs. BYU, Niagara, California and Arizona State.
2018: Played 40 games, starting 35 ... finished second on the team with nine doubles in Pac-12 play ... had her first multi-hit game and two RBI in a win over Grand Canyon ... smacked a pair of doubles in a win over Stanford, scoring a run and driving in one ... had two hits, two runs scored and drove in one during a win over Weber State ... hit her first collegiate homer, scoring twice and driving in two vs. Southern Utah ... had her first multi-RBI game thanks to a double in a win at Maryland ... drove in two and scored a run vs. Yale ... had a pair of hits, including a double, scored and drove in a run against No. 3 UCLA ... collected her first collegiate hit vs. Cal Poly ... drove in her first collegiate run in a win at No. 6 Texas A&M ... scored her first run in another win at Maryland.
Prior to Utah: The Freeway League MVP, Palacios was also named All-CIF and named to the MaxPreps All-State First Team. Palacios was an All-League selection under head coach Steve Harrington at La Habra (Calif.) HS while also earning Scholar Athlete status, the Coaches Award, Whittier Daily News Player of the Year and a spot on the Michelle Carew Classic All-Tournament Team. She batted . 393 as the Highlanders won their third-straight Freeway League championship.
An accomplished travel ball player, she helped USA Athletics capture the Schutt Cup championship as well as a Triple Crown Gold national championship. Palacios' squad was also the 2016 Premier Girls Fastpitch runners-up after capturing the Arizona qualifier championship.
Personal: Alyssa is the daughter of Rene and Janelle Palacios and has a twin, Rene. Earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in May 2021. Was a member of the Forensic Police Fire Academy in high school. She also played tennis and was a member of the Homecoming Court.
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