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2021 Softball Roster

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42 Mariah Lopez

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Saugus H.S.
  • Hometown Saugus, Calif.

Biography

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Career (116 APP/81 GS, 71-7, 1.78 ERA, 519 Ks, 441.1 IP, .196 b/AVG)
  • Has a career winning percentage of .910 (71-7)
  • Transferred to Arizona after a dominant three years at Oklahoma, where she holds the all-time record in winning percentage
  • Earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week following a three-hit shoutout vs. then-ranked No. 15 Florida State (3/12)
  • Led the Wildcats in wins (11), ERA (1.38) and strikeouts (93) in her first season in Tucson (2020)

 
2021 (18 APP/12 GS, 9-3, 2.79 ERA, 71 Ks, 75.1 IP, .231 b/AVG)
  • Was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week following a three-hit shoutout vs. then-ranked No. 15 Florida State (3/12)
  • Struck out a season-high 11 batters vs. New Mexico (2/19), the most strikeouts by an Arizona pitcher this season
  • Earned back-to-back-to-back victories in her first three appearances of the season
  • Named to the Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#76)

2020 (15 APP/10 GS, 11-2, 1.38 ERA, 93 Ks, 71.0 IP, .177 b/AVG)
  • Led the Wildcats in wins (11), ERA (1.38) and strikeouts (93) in her first season in Tucson
  • Finished the season ranked #77 nationally in the Softball America Postseason Top 100 Players
  • Named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week in week 4 when she defeated eighth-ranked Alabama twice in consecutive days
  • Named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (no finalists named or award given due to shortened season)
  • Her 11 wins were the second most in the Pac-12 and sixth most in the country
  • Finished fifth in the Pac-12 and 43rd nationally with a 1.38 ERA
  • Allowed just 4.44 hits per seven innings (.177 opponent average), sixth best in the Pac-12 and 48th nationally
  • Ranked fifth in the conference and 33rd in the NCAA with 93 strikeouts
  • Struck out a career-high-tying 13 batters in a three-hitter vs. Bryant (2/15), one of her two double-digit strikeout outings
  • Earned back-to-back victories at No. 8 Alabama, including a 7.0, 1 R, 7 H, 9 K, 1 BB masterpiece (2/28)
  • Pitched seven complete games and allowed on or fewer run in every one of them, including two shutouts
  • Was the winning pitcher for three of Arizona’s four wins vs. ranked opponents, including a three-hit shutout vs. No. 18 Missouri with eight strikeouts (2/20)
 
Prior to Arizona
  • Transferred to Arizona after a very successful three seasons at Oklahoma
  • Went 51-2 at Oklahoma, good for a .962 career winning percentage, best in Sooner history
  • Had a 1.61 career ERA over 295.0 innings at Oklahoma with 355 strikeouts compared to just 55 walks in her career
  • In 2019, was named first-team NFCA All-Central Region after going 19-1 with a 1.25 ERA, holding opponents to a .159 batting average with 159 strikeouts in 117.2 innings; she ranked sixth nationally in hits allowed per seven innings (3.87), 11th in ERA (1.25) and 11th in strikeouts per seven innings (9.5) as a junior
  • Pitched in a pair of Women's College World Series, including in 2017, when she was the winning pitcher in Oklahoma's national-title-clinching-win over Florida
  • In 2017, was a finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year and a Big 12 all-freshman honoree
  • Prepped at Saugus high school, where she owns the school's all-time strikeout record
  • Played for the OC Batbusters in travel ball, who she helped lead to back-to-back-to-back Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
 
Personal
  • Daughter of Gama and Valerie Lopez
  • Has two sisters, Makayla and Alexis and one brother, Gavin
  • Uncle, Roland De la Maza, played baseball at Sacramento State, saw time in the Cleveland Indians organization and appeared in a major league game for the Kansas City Royals
  • Cousin, Andru Cardenas, play baseball at Chico State
  • Cousin, Ruben Cardenas, plays baseball at Cal State Fullerton.
 
Career Honors:
2021 (Arizona)
Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (3/8-14)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#76)
2020 (Arizona)
Softball America Postseason Top 100 Players (#77)
Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (2/24-3/1)
USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (50 Players)
2019 (Oklahoma)
NFCA All-Central Region (First Team)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2/5-11)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2/12-18)
2017 (Oklahoma)
NFCA DI Freshman of the Year Finalist (25 Players)
Big 12 All-Freshman
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (3/15-21)

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2020Senior

    Pitcher
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  • 42

    2021Redshirt Senior

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    5'8"
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