University of Arizona Athletics

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2021 (53 GP/53 GS, .306 AVG/.413 OBP/.563 SLG/.976 OPS, 9 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 35 RBI, 1-1 SB, .980 fld%)

• Named second-team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All-Defensive, and first-team NFCA All-West Region
• Earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors twice (2/15-21 & 3/22-28) after putting up a .765 on-base percentage and hitting .667 at the Hillenbrand Invitational (2/19-21) and hitting .727 with five extra-base hits and a grand slam at Oregon State (3/26-28)
• Her .717 career slugging percentage ranks ninth in Arizona history
• Is eighth in UA history with 69 home runs
• Hit a walk off grand slam vs. Oregon State (3/27)
• Had 53 doubles in her career, tied for fourth in Arizona history
• Hit nine doubles, tied for most on the team
• Led the team with two triples
• Scored 41 runs, fourth most on the team and 12th in the Pac-12
• Had 11 multiple RBI games, fourth on the team
• Was on the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (50 players)
• Was named a D1 Softball Preseason All-American (2nd Team) and a Softball America Preseason Top 100 Player (#13)

• Named a Softball America Shortened Season first-team All-American
• Finished the season ranked #7 in the Softball America Postseason Top 100 Players
• Reached base in 24 of Arizona’s 25 games, including each of the last 13 games of the season, the longest active reached-base streak on the team
• Finished second on the team with a .373 average in 75 at-bats
• Led the Pac-12 with 20 walks, helping her to a team-best .490 on-base percentage
• Led the team with 26 runs scored, seventh most in the Pac-12
• Hit seven home runs, second most on the team, fourth most in the Pac-12 and 46th most in the NCAA
• Tied for the team lead with seven doubles, seventh most in the league
• Finished second on the team with 26 RBI, eighth most in the Pac-12
• Started all 25 games – 21 in center field, three at first base and one at designated player
• Was Arizona’s primary leadoff hitter (17 games), but also batted cleanup five times and third thrice
• Tied for the team lead with five game-winning RBI, including a tie-breaking RBI single in the top of the seventh inning to defeat No. 8 Alabama (2/28)
• Hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the seventh vs. Boise State (3/7)
• Her seven homers in 2020 give her 61 for her career, tied for eighth most in Arizona history, 14th most in Pac-12 history and nine shy of becoming the 29th player in NCAA history to hit 70 career home runs; they are third most among all active players in the NCAA
• Her seven doubles give her 44 for her career, four shy of joining the Arizona career top 10
• Her 26 RBI give her 189 for her career, 11 shy of joining the 200 RBI club and 41 shy of the UA career top 10
• Had multiple hits in seven games, fourth most on the team, including a career-high-tying three hits vs. UNI (2/14)
• Drove in multiple runs in six games, including four three-hit games
• Preseason she was named the No. 6 player nationally by Softball America and No. 16 in the ESPN Preseason 25
• Was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (no finalists named or award given due to the shortened season)
• Named a unanimous preseason All-American

• Named a first-team NFCA All-American for the second straight season, UA’s first player to earn All-America in back-to-back seasons since Brittany Lastrapes (2010-11)
• A first-team all-region and all-conference performer as well as the Pac-12 all-defensive team after not committing an error in 71 defensive chances, including four outfield assists
• Started all 62 games in center field
• Was Arizona’s leadoff hitter in 61 games and its No. 2 hitter once
• In 197 at-bats, hit .386, second highest average on the team and eighth highest in the Pac-12
• Tied her career high with 19 home runs, third most on the team, 4th most in the conference and 18th most in the NCAA
• Became the sixth Wildcat and first since 2003 to have 19-or-more homers (19) while hitting .385 or better (.386)
• Reached base in 56 of Arizona’s 62 games
• Had 39 extra-base-hits (18 doubles, 2 triples, 19 home runs), tied for most in the Pac-12 with teammate Jessie Harper
• Finished second in the Pac-12 with her 18 doubles, tied for seventh most in a season in UA history, giving her 37 for her career, 11 shy of cracking UA’s career top-10 list
• Finished top-10 in nearly every offensive category in the Pac-12: batting average (8th - .386), slugging percentage (3rd - .787), on-base percentage (3rd - .477), runs scored (5th - 60), hits (5th - 76), RBI (3rd - 67), doubles (2nd - 18), home runs (4th - 19), total bases (2nd - 155) and walks (4th - 33)
• Was named the week 14 Pac-12 Player of the Week in Arizona’s series-win at eventual national champion UCLA after her seventh-inning heroics (a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the inning and a diving catch on the warning track in the bottom half) helped Arizona win game 1 and then win the series; she hit .375 against the nation's second-best pitching staff
• Had the game-winning RBI in eight games this season, third most on the team. Six of her game-winning hits were home runs, none bigger than her seventh-inning go-ahead homer at UCLA (5/9)
• Before the season, was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, was the No. 19 player in the ESPNW Preseason Top 25 Players, was No. 43 in the Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players and a JWOS first-team Preseason All-American
• Her career-most 155 total bases ranked second in the Pac-12 and seventh nationally
• Set career highs in nearly every offensive category: batting average (.386), runs scored (60), doubles (18), home runs (19 – tie), RBI (67), total bases (155), slugging percentage (.787), walks (33) and on-base percentage (.477)Tied for the team lead with 27 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games
• Led the team with 20 multi-RBI games, including a season-high sixth vs. New Mexico State (3/5)
• Had an 11-game hitting streak from March 2 to March 22, the second longest hitting streak of the season for any Wildcat
• Homered twice in Arizona’s Women’s College World Series matchup with UCLA (5/31), one of her two multi-homer games of the season

• Named a first-team NFCA All-American, earning the 100th ever All-America honor in Arizona history
• Led the Pac-12 in home runs, marking the fifth straight season that a Wildcat has led the league (or tied for the lead) in home runs
• Led the Pac-12 in slugging percentage (.750)
• A first-team all-conference and all-region selection after being named second-team and first-team last year, respectively, Named Arizona Athletics Sophomore Female Athlete of the Year
• Was the only player in the Pac-12 to hit .360 or better with more than 12 home runs
• Finished top-11 in the Pac-12 in home runs (1st – 19), slugging percentage (1st - .750), total bases (3rd – 126), batting average (11th - .363) and on-base percentage (6th - .446)
• Led the team in batting average (.363), slugging percentage (.750), on-base percentage ( .446), home runs (19), hit-by pitch (5) and finished second in hits (61), RBI (42) and total bases (126)
• Made the switch from center field to first base after suffering ACL tears in each of her knees during her first two seasons at Arizona and posted a .987 fielding percentage in 315 defensive chances
• Scored 32 runs, fourth most on the team
• Knocked eight doubles, third most on the team
• Drew 21 walks, third most on the team
• Had a career-long 13-game hitting streak from 3/4-3/24, the longest hitting streak by any Wildcat this season
• Had 17 multi-hit games, third most on the team, and a team-best five three-hit games
• Second on the team with 14 games with multiple RBI
• Reached base in 45 of 56 games this season
• After her sophomore season, owns a .731 career slugging percentage, which would sit eighth in school history
• Her 19 home runs were 11th in the NCAA and tied for 24th in a season in Arizona history
• The 19 homers gave her 35 for her career, eighth most in UA history for homers in a player’s first two seasons and currently sits 23rd in Arizona history for career homers
• Appeared in 57 games, including 56 starts at first base, missing just a pair of games due to injury/illness
• Split time in each of the top-six spots in the batting order: 1st – 14 games, 2nd – 2 games, 3rd – 21 games, 4th – 3 games, 5th – 11 games, 6th – 4 games
• Was a preseason College Sports Madness All-American (fourth-team)

• A first-team all-region and second-team all-Pac-12 performer as well as a member of the Pac-12 all-freshman team
• Was one of 25 finalists for NFCA/Schutt Sports DI Freshman of the Year
• Third in the Pac-12 in home runs (16) and fifth in RBI (54)
• Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in week 8 when she knocked four extra-base hits in five games, helping Arizona sweep Grand Canyon and Cal; her two homers, double and triple helped her slug 1.000
• Her 16 home runs were eighth most by a freshman in Arizona history
• Also ranks in UA freshman top-10 in RBI (54 - 9th) and slugging percentage (.711 - 5th)
• Her 54 RBI ranked fourth among all freshman in the NCAA
• Went 2-for-2 with seven RBI vs. Stanford (4/7), the most RBI in a single game among anyone in the Pac-12 this season
• Had 13 multi-hit outings, including two 3-for-3 outings (2/17 vs. Ball State; 3/25 vs. Washington)
• Drove in multiple runs in 14 games, including two games with five-or-more RBI
• Had two multi-homer games (2/17 vs. Ball State; 3/10 at Cal State Northridge)
• Started every game of the regular season (55 games) prior to tearing her left ACL two days before the NCAA Tournament
• Hit .302 with 16 homers, 11 doubles and a team-high-tying three triples
• Finished tied for third in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the NCAA with her 16 home runs
• Her .711 slugging percentage was sixth best in the Pac-12 and 52nd in the NCAA
• Drove in 0.98 runs per game, fourth in the Pac-12 and 36th in the nation
• Scored 0.89 runs per game, sixth in the league and 55th in the country
• Her three triples ranked third in the Pac-12
• Third on the team in both runs scored (49) and runs batted in (54) as well as walks drawn (27)
• Her 11 doubles were fourth most on the team
• Spent the first 43 games of the season in the three hole in the UA lineup before hitting sixth eight times and fifth four times
• Her final 54 starts of the season came in center field after starting the season as UA’s opening-day starter in right

• Redshirted the season due to a torn ACL suffered on the first day of fall practice.

• A four-year letterwinner at Mission Viejo High School under Troy Ybarra as well as aunt and former Wildcat Toni Mascarenas along with classmate and fellow Wildcat Taylor McQuillin
• The Orange County home run queen both in a career (58) and in a season (18)
• Competed for the U.S. Junior National Team, helping it to a 10-0 record and gold medal in the Junior World Women’s Championship
• Set the Junior World Women’s Championship record for RBI with 27 in the 10-game tournament, shattering Stacey Nuveman’s 20-year-old record of 18
• Palomino also hit five homers to tie Nuveman’s record
• A first-team high school All-American as a junior and senior
• Helped lead Mission to a national championship in 2014 and state runner-up in 2015
• Won three national titles with her club team, OC Batbusters.

• Born Alyssa Palomino in May of 1997
• Mother Leslie Cardoza is a nurse and father Jesse Cardoza in an engineer
• Has two brothers (Jordan and Carlos) and two sisters (Kayla and Kali)
• Aunt Toni Masceranas played at Arizona from 1998-2001 and is 10th in Arizona history in hits (293) and sixth in RBI (245)
• Plans to major in criminal justice at Arizona to pursue a career as an FBI agent
• Loves to read in her free time
• Chose Arizona over Florida and UCLA because she “fell in love with the campus and loved the coaches.”

 
Career Honors:
2021
All-Pac-12 (2nd Team)
Pac-12 All-Defensive team
NFCA All-West Region (1st Team)
Pac-12 Player of the Week (3/22-28)
Pac-12 Player of the Week (2/15-21)
USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (50 players)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 (#13)
D1 Softball Preseason All-America (2nd Team)
2020
Softball America Shortened Season All-America (1st Team)
Softball America Postseason Top 100 Players (#7)
ESPN Preseason Top 25 Players (#16)
USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (50 Players)
Softball America Preseason All-America (1st Team)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#6)
D1 Softball Preseason All-America (1st Team)
2019
NFCA All-America (First Team)
Softball All-America (First Team)
Fastpitch News All-America (Second Team)
All Pac-12 (First Team)
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
NFCA All-West Region (First Team)
Pac-12 Player of the Week (5/6-12)
USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
ESPNW Preseason Top 25 Players (#19)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#43)
JWOS Preseason All-America (First Team)
2018
NFCA All-American (First Team)
Pac-12 Leader in Home Runs (19)
Pac-12 Leader in Slugging Percentage (.750)
All-Pac-12 (First Team)
NFCA All-West Region (First Team)
Arizona Athletics Sophomore Female Athlete of the Year
College Sports Madness Preseason All-American (Fourth Team)
2017
All-Pac-12 (Second Team)            
Pac-12 All-Freshman     
All-NFCA West Region (First Team)          
NFCA DI Freshman of the Year Finalist (25 players)
Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (3/27-4/2)                             
2016
USA Softball Junior Female Athlete of the Year
 
Record Books:
Career
Slugging %           .717 (9th)
Home Runs         69 (8th)
Doubles:              53 (t4th)
Season
Doubles:              18 – 2019 (t7th)
Home Runs:        19 – 2019 (t26th)
Home Runs:        19 – 2018 (t26th)
Home Runs:        16 – 2017 (t39th)
Freshman
Home Runs:        16 (8th)
Runs Batted In:    54 (9th)
Slugging %:         .711 (5th)