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2022 Softball Roster

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  • INF
    Position
  • Sophomore
    Class
  • Chula Vista, California
    Hometown
  • 5'2
    Height
  • Mater Dei Catholic HS
    High School
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Zaia Castruita
#34
Zaia Castruita
INF
Position
Sophomore
Class
Chula Vista, California
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS: First-Team All-Mountain West (2021); Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022); Academic All-Mountain West (2021, 2022)

2022 (SO): Played in 53 games, making 51 starts… Batted .263 with 44 hits in 167 at-bats… Had multiple hits eight times, including a career-high-tying three hits twice… Hit nine doubles and six home runs… Scored 22 runs and had 31 RBIs… Was walked eight times and hit by a pitch three times… Had 102 putouts and 100 assists with a .922 fielding percentage… Had a career-high six putouts at New Mexico (March 26)… Fielded 10 double plays… Was named an NFCA/Easton Scholar-Athlete... Earned academic all-MW honors and was named a MW Scholar-Athlete... Was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
 
2021 (FR): Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors... Played in and started all 44 games… Batted a team-high .315 with 41 hits in 130 at-bats… Had multiple hits in 12 games... Finished the year with five doubles, a team-best two triples and two home runs... Hit a grand slam against San Diego State (April 25), recording five RBIs in the game… Scored 15 runs and batted in 17... Led the team with a .357 on-base percentage... Was walked eight times and hit by a pitch twice… Hit three sac flies and had one stolen base... Record 61 putouts and 86 assists with a .980 fielding percentage... Was named an NFCA/Easton Scholar-Athlete... Earned academic all-MW honors and was named a MW Scholar-Athlete... Was also a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwiner at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California... Hit .219 (16-of-73) on her career and was walked 14 times... Played in six games as a senior before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic... Helped her team to the 2019 California Interscholastic Federation Open Division championship... Played club softball with the EC Bullets.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Abel and Perla Castruita... Has three younger brothers and one younger sister... Majoring in nursing.
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