- A career .321 hitter in three seasons at Arizona after transferring from Pima College, where she was an All-American
- Started 79 career games, including all 61 in 2016
2017: Appeared in 27 games, including three starts … Hit .368 in 10 at-bats … Drove in two runs and scored 10 of her own … Went 2-for-2 in her return home (Las Cruces, N.M.) when Arizona played in a doubleheader at New Mexico State (4/18) … Got a hit in four of her final five career at-bats (.800) … Went 1-for-1 with a season-high two runs scored in Arizona’s Tucson-Regional-Championship-clinching victory over South Carolina (5/21) … Started three games in right field …
2016: Started all 61 games, 21 in centerfield and 40 right … Hit .287 with seven doubles, two triples and three home runs … Drove in 23 runs and scored 26 more … Knocked 12 extra-base hits after posting just two in 2015 … Had an eight-game hitting streak from April 4 through April 16, the third longest on the team … Ended the season on a three-game hitting streak after hitting in all three games at the Auburn Super Regional … Notched 13 multi-hit games, fourth most on the team … Tied for the team lead with a pair of triples … Was a perfect 5-for-5 stealing bases, making her a perfect 9-for-9 in steal attempts in her career … Her 178 at-bats ranked ninth in the conference … Went 3-for-3 vs. Purdue (2/13), a season high and tying for a career high with three hits … Knoxville Regional: Started all three games but did not record a hit in six at-bats … Was perfect in three defensive chances … Auburn Super Regional: Had a hit in each game including two in the finale … Second on the team with a .400 average with four hits in 10 at-bats … Doubled in a run in game 1 on Saturday (5/29).
2015: Appeared in 27 games and accumulated a .435 batting average in 46 at-bats … Started 14 games in center field and one in right … Had 20 hits in 46 at-bats in a part-time role … Scored 18 runs on the season … Clouted two extra-base hits on the season, including her first-career home run in a 3-for-4, three-RBI performance against Stanford (4/26) … Picked up six RBI on the season … Stole four bases in four attempts … Walked twice and was hit by two pitches, helping her to a .480 on-base percentage … Had multiple hits in six contests, including two three-hit games, the first of which came in the Las Cruces, N.M., native’s return to her hometown when she went 3-for-4 at New Mexico State (3/21) … Collected two multi-RBI games … Stole two bases on a pair of occasions (vs. Loyola Chicago, 2/14; at New Mexico State, 3/21) … Had a hit in four consecutive games (2/27-3/4) … Tucson Regional: Appeared in three games, two as a pinch runner, and scored one run … Started vs. Minnesota (5/16) and went 0-for-1 … Baton Rouge Super Regional: Pinch ran in game two.
Prior to Arizona: A first-team NJCAA All-American in one season with Pima College … Hit .516 with 12 triples, 38 RBI, and 36 stolen bases … A two-time NJCAA Player of the Week at Pima … Named first-team NFCA All-America as well as first-team Marucci Elite Hitters … Helped lead team to regional runner-up … Attended Las Cruces High School where she earned four letters for head coach Will Garcia … Went 30-1 her senior season, including state title … Also played three years of volleyball in high school.
Personal: Born Alexis Cristina Dotson in May of 1995 to Donald Dotson and Angelina Holguin-Dotson in Las Cruces, N.M. … Father Donald played basketball at New Mexico State … Plans to major in physiology and hopes to go into nursing … In her free time, enjoys spending time with family and friends … Chose Arizona because of the “amazing coaching staff, tradition, education and being able to play elite DI softball not too far from home.”
Career Honors:
2016
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)