- Second-team NFCA All-American in 2017
- Started all 243 games in her Wildcat career
- Four-time NFCA all-region performer
- Named first-team all-Pac-12 and all-defense as a junior and a senior
- Drafted No. 9 overall in the 2017 NPF Draft (USSSA Pride)
- Ranks seventh in UA history with 427 career assists
2017: Named second-team NFCA All-American … Led the team with a .396 average in 182 at-bats … First-team all-Pac-12 and all-region performer as well as a member of the Pac-12 All-Defensive team … Started all 61 games at shortstop in 2017 and all 243 games in her career ... Was one of 34 finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year prior to the cut to 10 finalists … Was named national and Pac-12 Player of the Week in week 3 when she went 11-for-13 (.846) with three doubles, a home run, 11 RBI and scored six runs at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic … Finished fifth in the Pac-12 and 73rd in the NCAA in batting average (.396) … Led the team with 16 doubles, fourth most in the Pac-12 … Her 72 hits ranked second on the team, fifth in the Pac-12 and 54th in the NCAA … Totaled 119 assists defensively, eight most in the Pac-12 … Had multiple hits in 23 of Arizona's 61 games, including a pair of three-hit outings (2/25 vs. LIU Brooklyn; 4/9 vs. Stanford) … Tied for the team lead with 17 multi-RBI games, including a pair of four-RBI games (2/12 vs. Tulsa; 2/24 vs. Purdue) … Named CoSIDA Academic All-District and Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Started 43 games as Arizona’s No. 5 hitter, nine games as Arizona’s cleanup hitter, eight in the three-hole and one game as UA’s No. 2 hitter … Ranked third on the team with 118 total bases and fourth with a .648 slugging percentage … Scored 40 runs, fifth most on the team … Batted in 53 runs, tying a career high, fourth most on the team and sixth most on the team … Hit 10 of Arizona’s NCAA-leading 94 team homers, the fifth most on the team.
2016: Started all 61 games at shortstop after playing all 121 career games at second base entering the year … Finished second on the team with a .378 batting average, setting a new career-best by nearly 40 points … Also enjoyed career-highs in hits (73), doubles (12), slugging percentage (.575) and on-base percentage (.415) to go along with a career-low in strikeouts (5) … Named second-team all-Pac-12 and all-region … Has been selected to NFCA all-west region all three seasons at Arizona … Also a member of the Pac-12 all-defensive team and honorable mention Pac-12 all-academic … Led the team in multi-hit games (21), including a four-hit affair vs. UT Arlington (3/12) … Finished third in the Pac-12 in hits (73) … Led the team with 12 doubles and was third with eight home runs, helping her to a career-high .575 slugging percentage … Struck out just five times in 193 at-bats … Pac-12 Player of the Week in week 1 after hitting four home runs and driving in 11 runs to go along with a .632 average and 1.421 slugging percentage at the Hillenbrand Invitational … Ended the season on a career-long 11-game hitting streak in which she hit .417 with two doubles, a home run and seven RBI … Finished second on the team with 13 multi-RBI games … Enters her senior season as Arizona’s active leader in career hits (195) … Led the team with four sac flies, tied for fourth in the Pac-12 … Led the team and finished fourth in the Pac-12 with 118 assists … Her career-high .575 slugging percentage and .415 on-base percentage ranked third and fourth on the team, respectively … Scored 40 runs, third most on the team … Drove in 45 runs, second most on the team … Led the team with 12 doubles … Third on the team with eight homers … Hit two home runs vs. UC Santa Barbara (2/14), her second multi-homer game of her career … Set a career-high with nine total bases vs. UT Arlington (3/12), a game in which she had four hits, including a home run and two doubles … A two-time College Sports Madness Pac-12 Player of the Week … Knoxville Regional: Third on the team with a .375 average … Went 3-for-8 with two RBI and two runs scored … Auburn Super Regional: Had three hits in 12 at-bats (.250) and led the team with three RBI … Had a hit in each game to extend her career-long hitting streak to 11 games.
2015: Started all 61 games at second base … A third-team NFCA all-west region selection … Named honorable mention all-Pac-12 … A second team selection to the Pac-12 all-academic team … Had career bests in batting average (.339), hits (63), doubles (9), triples (1), walks (15) and on-base percentage (.394) … Her 63 hits ranked third on the team while her 39 runs scored were fifth … Batted in 31 runs, fifth most on the team … Fourth on the team with nine doubles … Fifth on the team with 92 total bases, helping her to a .495 slugging percentage … Blasted six home runs on the year … Second on the team with 21 multi-hit games, including one of Arizona’s three four-hit outings when she went 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI in Arizona’s 18-10 victory over Washington (4/12) … Had seven multi-RBI games, including a four-RBI affair against Stanford (4/26) … Had two separate season-long hitting streaks of five games, including collecting a base hit in each of Arizona’s first five games of the season … Hit .433 in 104 at-bats at home … Had three games with two doubles (vs. Oklahoma State, 2/6; vs. Colorado State, 2/27; vs. Stanford, 4/25) … Picked up her first career triple vs. Oklahoma State (2/7) … Tucson Regional: Picked up one hit in 12 at-bats … Drove in a run with a groundout vs. Minnesota (5/16) … Baton Rouge Super Regional: Went 0-for-6 at the plate, but was perfect in six defensive opportunities.
2014: A first-team NFCA All-West Region selection … Started all 60 games at second base … Named honorable mention all-conference and Pac-12 all-freshman … Hit .330 with 11 home runs in her rookie campaign … Fourth on the team with 59 hits in 179 at-bats … Had nine hits on the season that either tied the game or gave Arizona the lead … Hit .400 in Pac-12 play to lead Arizona … A very solid defensive second baseman, committed just six errors on the season in 160 chances … Batted in 53 runs, fifth on the team … Her 11 homers ranked fifth on the team … Notched two sac flies, third on the squad … Scored 37 runs on the season … Clouted seven doubles to go along with her 11 home runs, helping her to 99 total bases and a .553 slugging percentage … Got on-base at a .365 clip … Stole two bases in two tries … Had Arizona’s only four-hit game of the season when she went 4-for-4 with four RBI in game two vs. LSU (5/18) … Had six games of three-or-more hits, the second most on the team, part of her 16 multi-hit games … Had 13 multi-RBI games … Hit a go-ahead grand slam and drove in five runs against eventual national runner-up Alabama (2/16) … Drove in five runs in her third ever collegiate game in a 3-for-3, two-double effort vs. Southern Miss (2/9) … Drove in six runs vs. Stanford (4/4) while going 3-for-5 with a homer … Had a season-long hitting streak of six games (2/25-3/4) … Tucson Regional: Went 0-for-her-first-9 in the first three games before going 4-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored in the final game of the regional vs. LSU (5/18) … Lafayette Super Regional: Knocked one base hit in seven at-bats, a seventh-inning single in game one (5/23).
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Great Oak High School under coaches David Mercado and Brian Todd … Tabbed as all-state and all-conference as a senior … In her senior year, awarded team passion award, team MVP award, United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award … All-Inland Softball team 2013 … First-team all CIF South Division 1 as a senior … Batted .500 with a .549 OBP and .721 slugging percentage while driving in 23 runs … Four-year scholar athlete … Led team to its first ever league championship her senior year and to a national ranking of 54th … Led club team So. Cal Athletics to five consecutive national championships … Named all-league all four years, including first-team citations in each of her final three seasons.
Personal: Born Alexis Samantha Mercado in August of 1995 to David and Jill Mercado …. Sister, Danica (19), plays softball at Oregon … Uncle Richard Mercado played baseball at Arizona from 2002-2004 … Is undecided in area of study at Arizona … Chose Arizona over Washington, UCLA, Florida, Oregon, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Cal, Michigan, Nebraska and UCSB because “this has always been my dream school since I was a little girl.”
Career Honors:
2017
NFCA All-American (Second Team)
All-Pac-12 (First Team)
All-NFCA West Region (First Team)
USA Softball Player of the Year Finalist (34 players)
Pac-12 All-Defensive
NPF Draft (Round 2 | #9 | USSSA Pride)
CoSIDA Academic All-District
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
Pac-12 Player of the Week (2/20-26)
NFCA Player of the Week (2/20-26)
USA Softball Player of the Week (2/20-26)
2016
All-Pac-12 (Second Team)
Pac-12 All-Defensive
NFCA All-West Region (Second Team)
Pac-12 Player of the Week (2/8-14)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
College Sports Madness Pac-12 Player of the Week (2/8-14)
College Sports Madness Pac-12 Player of the Week (4/4-10)
2015
All-Pac-12 (Honorable Mention)
NFCA All-West-Region (Third Team)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Second Team)
2014
NFCA All-West Region (First Team)
All-Pac-12 (Honorable Mention)
Pac-12 All-Freshman
