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Career (237 GP/237 GS, .3335 AVG/.455 OBP/.716 SLG/1.171 OPS, 33 2B, 6 3B, 68 HR, 203 RBI, 5-8 SB, .997 fld%)
- A three-year starter at catcher, has started 179 of UA’s 182 games at catcher in her career
- Named Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year in 2019 and NFCA Catcher of the Year in 2019 and 2021
- In 2019, became Arizona’s first, first-team NFCA All-American catcher since 1998 (Leah Braatz)
- A member of the U.S. Women’s National Team (2019-current)
- Three-time all-conference and all-region catcher
- Finished her career with 68 career home runs, 9th most in UA history
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2021 (56 GP/56 GS, .385 AVG/.518 OBP/.865 SLG/1.383 OPS, 7 2B, 0 3B, 21 HR, 63 RBI, 0-0 SB, 1.000 fld%)
- Named NFCA Catcher of the Year for the second straight season
- Earned her second consecutive first-team NFCA All-American honor
- Named a first-team All-Pac-12 and NFCA All-West Region catcher
- Named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team for the third consecutive year
- Led the team and the Pac-12 in home runs (21), RBI (63), walks (34), and on-base percentage (.518)
- Finished fourth in the NCAA in RBI and eighth in home runs
- Her slugging percentage of .865 ranked first on the team and second in the Pac-12
- Hit .385 in 148 at-bats, second best on the team and fifth best in the conference
- Tied her career-high six RBI vs. BYU (2/25)
- Scored a team high 53 runs on 57 hits
- Hit eight doubles, fourth most on the team
- Her 21 home runs is tied for 16th in a single season in UA history
- Finished her career ranked fifth in Arizona history with 1,432 putouts
- Her career 68 home runs ranks ninth in Arizona history
- Ranks tenth in the Arizona record book with a .716 slugging percentage
- Became the first Arizona player with a 1.000 fielding percentage on 100 chances since 2001
- Was a USA Softball Player of the Year Finalist (25 players)
- Was named a D1 Softball Preseason All-America (1st Team), Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#11), and was on the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (50 players)
- Will compete with Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021
2020
- Redshirted the season to train for the 2020 Olympics with USA Softball on its Stand Beside Her Tour
2019 (62 GP/G2 GS, .311 AVG/.468 OBP/.766 SLG/1.234 OPS, 7 2B, 0 3B, 23 HR, 55 RBI, 1-2 SB, .998 fld%)
- Named Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year as well as NFCA Catcher of the Year as the nation’s top catcher
- Became UA’s first, first-team NFCA All-American catcher since 1998 (Leah Braatz); also received All-America nods from Softball America (first-team) and Fastpitch News (honorable mention)
- Finished tied for second in the Pac-12 and tied for fourth in the NCAA with a career-most 23 home runs
- Named first-team all-NFCA West Region and first-team all-Pac-12 as well as Pac-12 all-defense
- Saw action in all 62 games, 60 at catcher and two as the designated player
- Was Arizona’s cleanup hitter for 61 games and batted third once
- Hit .311 in 167 at-bats while setting career-bests in both on-base percentage (.468) and slugging percentage (.766)
- Led the Pac-12 with a career-most 43 walks, tied for 12th most in a season in UA history
- Finished fifth in the Pac-12 and 366th nationally with a .766 slugging percentage, helping her to a career .672 mark, just outside the UA top-10 career list
- Threw out 11 of 25 base stealers; UA’s 14 stolen bases allowed were the fewest in a season since 1995 (12)
- Led the team with 10 games with the game-winning RBI, including a two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to beat third-seeded Washington at the Women’s College World Series (5/30)
- Had six multi-homer games this season, most recently vs. Stanford (4/19) when she drove in a season-high-tying five runs
- Finished top-10 in the Pac-12 in home runs (23 – 2nd), on-base percentage (.468 – 4th), slugging percentage (.766 – 6th), RBI (55 – 10th), total bases (128 – 6th) and walks (43 – 1st)
- Her 23 home runs rank tied for 13th in a season in UA history and nearly match her two-year career total entering the season (24)
- One of 26 finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year
- Named Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention for the second straight season
- Prior to the season was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, was No. 31 on the Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players and was a JWOS Preseason first-team All-American
- Will compete for the U.S. Women’s National Team in the summer of 2019 in the team’s training and preparation for the 2020 Olympics
2018 (59 GP/59 GS, .313 AVG/.413 OBP/.602 SLG/1.015 OPS, 6 2B, 3 3B, 12 HR, 36 RBI, 3-4 SB, .995 fld%)
- A second-team all-conference performer and a member of the Pac-12 all-defensive team
- Selected first-team NFCA all-west region
- Started all 59 games at catcher
- Finished third on the team in home runs (12), RBI (36) and runs scored (35)
- Hit .313 in 166 at-bats, fourth highest average on the team
- Her 12 home runs were sixth in the Pac-12, matching her number of long balls from her freshman campaign
- Threw out eight potential base-stealers, fourth most in the Pac-12, helping her land on the Pac-12 all-defensive team for the first time in her career
- Led the team with three triples, giving her six for her career, three away from tying for eighth in school history in career triples
- Tied for the team lead and finished fourth in the Pac-12 with 29 walks, helping her to a .413 on-base percentage, second highest on the team
- Finished third on the team with a .602 slugging percentage, 11th best in the conference
- Had 16 multi-hit games, three off the team lead, including a three-hit game vs. Wisconsin (3/10)
- Had 11 games with multiple RBI, fourth most on the team, but her two games of at least four RBI were tied for the lead; she drove in four runs vs. Wisconsin (3/10) and Grand Canyon (5/6)
- Reached base in 46 of the 58 games she appeared in
- Had a career-long nine-game hitting streak from 2/9-2/22, the fourth longest hitting streak on the team in 2018
- Was Arizona’s primary cleanup hitter (27 games), but also saw time in the five-hole (22 games) and six-hole (10 games)
- Prior to the season, was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 "Watch List"
- Will compete for the U.S. Women’s National Team on its Japan All-Star Series in the summer of 2018
- Named a Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention
2017 (60 GP/60 GS, .335 AVG/.422 OBP/.647 SLG/1.069, 12 2B, 3 3B, 12 HR, 49 RBI, 1-2 SB, .995 fld%)
- One of 25 finalists for NFCA DI Freshman of the Year
- Named to the Pac-12 all-freshman team
- Caught 60 of Arizona’s 61 games despite dealing with a variety of injuries
- Hit .335 in 173 at-bats
- Hit 12 doubles and 12 home runs to go along with a team-high-tying three triples
- Slugged .647 and got on-base at a .422 clip
- Finished 2017 eighth in Arizona freshman history in slugging percentage (.647) and just outside the top 10 in average, home runs and RBI
- Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in week 2 after hitting .643 with two doubles, a triple and two homers in Arizona's 6-0 showing at the Wildcat Invitational
- Had 17 multi-hit games, third most on the team, including a 4-for-4 outing at Utah (4/14), one of three four-hit games for a Wildcat this season
- Drove in a career-high six runs vs. Boston College (2/19), one of her 16 multi-RBI games on the year, third most on the team
- Scored 0.90 runs per game, fifth most in the Pac-12 and 48th in the NCAA
- Hit 0.20 home runs per game, 11th most in the Pac-12 and 123rd in the nation
- Drove in 0.82 runs per game, 15th most in the Pac-12 and 133rd in the country
- Ranked 11th in the conference and 97th in the NCAA in slugging percentage (.647)
- Her 112 total bases ranked 12th in the league and 68th in the NCAA
- Was Arizona’s No. 2 hitter in 50 of her starts, but also saw time in the six hole (7 games) and seven hole (3 games)
- Scored a season-high three runs on three occasions
- Homered and tripled vs. Loyola Marymount (3/12) for a career-high seven total bases
High School
- A four-year letterwinner at Pacifica High School under head coach Mark Campbell
- No. 5 recruit in the country (FloSoftball)
- A member of the 2016 PGF All-Star team
- Named Female Athlete of the Year in 2016
- Won the 2014 DI CIF Championship and was a four-time league champion
- Hit .480 as a senior
- Won four national championships with her club team, the OC Batbusters
Personal
- Born Dejah Monique Mulipola in Los Alamitos, California in February of 1998 to Ed Mulipola and Rosalie Leuta
- Has two sisters (Moenai and Lanaia) and two brothers (Andrew and Tupu)
- All the girls in her family play softball
- Is undecided in field of academic study
- Likes to cook, bake, eat and hang out with friends and family in her free time
- Chose Arizona over Florida, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Michigan and UCLA because of “the tradition and greatness of the softball team and school, playing for Coach Candrea and I want to win the World Series.”
Career Honors
2021
NFCA National Catcher of the Year
NFCA All-American (1st Team)
All-Pac-12 (1st Team)
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
NFCA All-West Region (1st Team)
USA Softball Player of the Year Finalist (25 players)
USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (50 players)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#11)
D1 Softball Preseason All-America (1st Team)
U.S. Women’s National Team Member
2020
U.S. Women’s National Team Member
2019
NFCA National Catcher of the Year
Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year
NFCA All-America (First Team)
Softball All-America (First Team)
Fastpitch News All-America (Honorable Mention)
All Pac-12 (First Team)
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
NFCA All-West Region (First Team)
USA Softball Player of the Year Finalist (26 Players)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
U.S. Women's National Team Member
USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#31)
JWOS Preseason All-America (First Team)
2018
All-Pac-12 (Second Team)
NFCA All-West Region (First Team)
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 "Watch List"
USA Softball Japan All-Star Series Roster
2017
Pac-12 All-Freshman
NFCA DI Freshman of the Year Finalist (25 players)
U.S. Junior Women's National Training Team
Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (2/13-19)
Record Books:
Career
Putouts: 1,432 (5th)
Home Runs: 68 (9th)
Slugging %: .716 (10
th)
Season
Fielding %: 1.000 – 2021 (t1st)
Fielding %: .998 – 2019 (4th)
Home Runs: 21 – 2021 (t16th)
Home Runs: 23 – 2019 (t13th)
Freshman
Slugging %: .647 (8th)
Home Runs: 12 (t11th)
