Ali Aguilar

Alison Paige Aguilar (born August 28, 1995) is an American, former collegiate All-American, left-handed hitting softball player at shortstop originally from Orangevale, California. She completed her college career for the Washington Huskies from 2014-17 where she was named three-time First Team All-Pac-12 and a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second and Third Team All-American in her last two years.[3][4] She was drafted 13th overall in the National Pro Fastpitch and won a Cowles Cup Championship with the Scrap Yard Dawgs in 2017.[5] She also played professionally in Japan before being named to the 2020 Summer Olympics USA Softball Team.[6]

Ali Aguilar
Shortstop
Born: (1995-08-28) August 28, 1995[1]
Roseville, California[2]
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Aguilar was born in Roseville, California[7] to parents Mark and Kristin Aguilar. She graduated from Casa Roble High School in Orangevale, California in 2013 with a 3.8 GPA and with four letters in softball.

Washington Huskies

Aguilar signed to play college softball at the University of Washington. Aguilar came to Washington as a slap hitter, but Husky coach, Heather Tarr, decided that she should swing away. Aguilar made this transition, and became one of the best power hitters in the country, hitting 21 Home Runs in her Junior season (2016).[8]

International career

Aguilar was selected to represent the United States at the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship, where the team won the gold medal.[9] Aguilar hit .273 in the tournament with a Home Run and 5 RBIs.[10]

Statistics

Washington Huskies
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2014 51 153 35 50 .327 38 7 0 8 79 .516% 14 32 5 6
2015 59 190 66 78 .410 58 16 1 23 151 .794% 30 37 7 7
2016 54 170 76 62 .364 70 21 0 15 140 .823% 39 38 1 1
2017 58 176 62 62 .352 42 14 1 11 117 .665% 35 19 4 5
TOTALS 222 689 239 252 .365 208 58 2 57 487 .707% 118 126 17 19

Scrap Yard Dawgs
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2017 12 32 8 8 .250 7 3 0 3 20 .625% 4 12 1

Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 13 38 12 19 .500 19 2 1 3 30 .789% 6 2 0

References
  1. https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/athletes/ali-aguilar
  2. "Ali Aguilar". GoHuskies.com. University of Washington. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. "2016 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  4. "2017 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  5. "2017 Softball Roster Ali Aguilar". Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  6. "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  7. http://www.gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2999
  8. http://stats.ncaa.org/active_career_leaders/view_rankings?id=869480%5B%5D
  9. http://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/athletes/Ali-Aguilar
  10. https://gc.com/t/united-states-57105402b15b080022fbbb9c/p/ali-a-5792482350c500daca00087b
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