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2026 Softball Roster

Profile

  • C/INF
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Orangevale, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 5'6
    Height
  • Vista Del Lago HS
    High School
Grace Matej
#12
Grace Matej
C/INF
Position
Senior
Class
Orangevale, Calif.
Hometown

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Summary

Biography

HONORS
NFCA Pacific Region Second Team (2024)
All-Mountain West First Team (2025)
All-Mountain West Second Team (2024)
CSC Academic All-Region (2024, 2025)
Mountain West Player of the Week (Feb. 10, 2025)
Academic All-Mountain West (2023, 2024, 2025)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)

SEASON RECORDS
Batting Average (.405, 5th - 2024)
Runs (36, t-7th, 2025)
Home Runs (10, t-10th - 2025)

2025 - JUNIOR
Earned All-Mountain West First Team honors... Played in and started 50 of the team's 52 games... Posted a .327 batting average, going 53-for-162 at the plate... Totaled 11 dobules, a triple and 10 home runs... Her 10 home runs ranked second on the team, and are tied for 10th-most in a season in program history... Scored 36 runs, tied for seventh-most in a season in program history... Recorded 96 total bases... Drew 24 walks and was hit by a pitch seven times, while sstriking out 34 times... Posted a .593 slugging percentage and a .433 on-base percentage... Posted a season-best four hits, going 4-for-4 at the plate with a home run and a season-high five RBIs against San Diego (2/22)... Went 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs against Baylor (2/8)... Hit a home run and a double at Colorado State (3/28)... Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 65 putouts, 11 assists and no errors.

2024 - SOPHOMORE
Earned NFCA Pacific Region Second Team honors and was named to the All-Mountain West Second Team... Played in 40 games, making 39 starts... Recorded the fifth-best batting average in program history, going .405 at the plate with 53 hits in 131 at-bats... Ranked second in the Mountain West and 52nd nationally in batting average... Totaled six doubles, a triple and five home runs... Was responsible for 27 runs and 28 RBIs... Posted a team-best .580 slugging percentage, along with a .417 on base percentage... As a catcher, recorded 152 putouts with 21 assists and just two errors for a .989 fielding percentage... Recorded a season-high seven RBIs with a 4-for-5 performance at the plate at UNLV (March 29), including two doubles and a home run... Also had a 4-for-5 showing at Southern Utah (April 10)... Totaled 17 performances with multiple hits... Had a season-high nine putouts against Yale (March 9), and then again against Nevada (April 3)... Was named to the CSC Academic All-District team... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors... Was a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete... Was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2023 - FRESHMAN
Appeared in 35 games, making 27 starts… Batted .323 with 31 hits with 96 at-bats… Had seven doubles and three home runs, logging 12 RBIs… Logged a season-best three hits twice… Drew nine walks and had one sacrifice hit… Recorded nine putouts and two assists with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage… Was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was named a MW Scholar-Athlete. 

HIGH SCHOOL 
Hit .420 with 25 RBIs and a home run as a freshman, .353 with five RBIs as a sophomore and .487 with a whopping 61 RBIs and 14 home runs as a junior at Capital Christian HS... Played club softball for Lady Magic... During the 2021 fall season, she hit .391 with an outstanding .739 slugging percentage, cranking a pair of home runs in the process... Earned the ACED Scholarship and made the Academic Superior Dean’s List as a junior.

PERSONAL 
Daughter of Jeff Matej... Has one brother, Ian... Majoring in international studies.

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