University of Arizona Athletics

Prior to Arizona: Spent one year at Paradise Valley Community College under head coach Nick Candrea … Led Arizona Community College Athletic Conference with a .542 batting average and 77 hits … Knocked 10 homers and drove in 44 runs ... Clouted 19 doubles on the year … Helped the team become the first in PVCC history to make the playoffs … Prior to PVCC, earned four letters at Douglas High School in Douglas, Ariz. … Named team MVP and first-team all-conference in 2009 and 2010 … Given the Wendy’s Female Heisman Award in 2010 … A National Army Female Athlete in 2010 … Graduated in the top five percent of her class.

Personal: Born Erika Melliza Tapia in March of 1992 to Max and Lorena Tapia … Has two brothers, Max (23) and Alonzo (14) … Plans to major in biomedical engineering or speech and hearing sciences … Chose to transfer to Arizona because “it has always been a dream of mine to play for Coach Candrea.”