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5 Reyna Carranco

  • Position Second Base
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Oxnard H.S.
  • Hometown Oxnard, Calif.

Biography

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Career (227 GP/225 GS, .353 AVG/.418 OBP/.456 SLG/.874 OPS, 34 2B, 3 3B, 10 HR, 108 RBI, 6-7 SB, .963 fld%)
  • 2019 second-team NFCA All-American
  • 2019 Pac-12 Batting Champion (.433 regular season average), UA’s first ever recipient of the award
  • Four-time All-Pac-12 second baseman
  • Has started 225 games as second base in her 5-year career
  • Has hit .353 in her career
  • In Pac-12 play, has hit .355, including a league-leading .419 as a freshman (2017) and .448 as a junior (2019), second highest average in the league


2021 (34 GP/33 GS, .277 AVG/.361 OBP/.351 SLG/.712 OPS, 4 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 2-2 SB, .968 fld%)
  • Named third-team All-Pac-12
  • Started 33 games at second base, batting second
  • Finished third on the team in stolen bases (2-2)
  • Was fourth on the team with 14 multi-hit games
  • Has a five-game hitting streak and eleven-game reach base streak during the season
  • Missed 22 games with a broken bone in her right hand, but returned in April at second base to finish the season
  • Received a second-team preseason All-America selection from D1 Softball and was a Softball America Preseason Top 100 Player (#73)
 
2020 (25 GP/25 GS, .360 AVG/.415 OBP/.430 SLG/.845 OPS, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 1-1 SB, .984 fld%)
  • Started all 25 games at second base, batting second
  • Finished the season ranked #72 in Softball America’s Top 100 Players
  • Led the team with 31 hits, 10th most in the Pac-12 and 71st nationally
  • Finished third on the team with a .360 average
  • Scored 23 runs, third on the team
  • Received first-team preseason All-America honors from D1 Softball and Softball America and was a preseason top-25 player by both ESPN (#23) and Softball America (#24)
  • Was the only Wildcat to record four hits in a game in 2020 when she went 4-for-4 with a home run vs. Western Michigan (2/8/20)
  • Committed just one error in 62 defensive chances (.984), the best fielding percentage in the UA infield
  • Led the team with nine multi-hit games
  • Was one of the toughest players to strike out in the country, striking out just three times in 86 at-bats, third lowest K/AB ratio in the Pac-12 and 37th in the NCAA
  • Will carry a four-game hitting streak and seven-game reached base streak into 2021
  • Had a hit in 20 of UA’s 25 games and reached base in 22 of them
 
2019 (57 GP/57 GS, .416 AVG/.457 OBP/.584 SLG/1.041 OPS, 13 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 0-0 SB, .962 fld%)
  • Named a second-team NFCA All-American, her first career All-America honor
  • Hit .433 in the regular season to become UA’s first Pac-12 Batting Champion
  • Ended the season with a team-best .416 average, becoming the first Wildcat to hit over .400 since 2014; her .416 average ranked second in the Pac-12 and 29th in the NCAA
  • Had 74 hits, ranking sixth in the league and 32nd in the NCAA
  • Named first-team all-Pac-12 and all-NFCA West Region for the first time in her career
  • A member of the Pac-12 all-defensive team with a .962 fielding percentage at second base
  • Recorded multiple hits in nearly half of her appearances (27 of 57), including a team-most five three-hit games. Her 27 multi-hit games were the most by a Wildcats since 2010
  • Finished fifth on the team with a .584 slugging percentage, up over 140 points from her previous career high
  • Got on-base at a career-best .457 clip, third highest on the team
  • Scored a career-most 51 runs, third most on the team
  • Finished fifth on the team with 40 RBI, a new career high
  • Collected 13 doubles, second most on the team, equaling her 2018 total to match her career high
  • Hit a career-best five home runs, including two grand slams
  • Collected a career-most 104 total bases, fifth most on the team
  • Finished second on the team with a career-most six sacrifice bunts
  • Missed five games after suffering a broken left hand and right thumb vs. Washington (5/4), but returned after two weeks to start the final eight postseason games as UA’s designated player
  • Reached base in 47 of the 57 games she appeared in and had a hit in 42 of them
  • Had the team’s longest hitting streak (15 games from March 2 to March 30) and reached-base streak (27 games from February 28 to April 6) this season
  • Finished second in the Pac-12 with a .448 average during conference play
  • Homered and drove in a career-high six vs. New Mexico (2/16)
  • Had the game-winning hit in the top of the eighth vs. Grand Canyon (4/12), one of her four game-winning RBI on the season
  • Also received All-America honors from Softball America (second team)
  • Named Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention for the second straight season
 
2018 (54 GP/54 GS, .335 AVG/.384 OBP/.443 SLG/.827 OPS, 13 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 28 RBI, 3-3 SB, .967 fld%)
  • Named second-team all-NFCA west region, her first career all-region honor
  • Honored as an all-Pac-12 third-team selection for the second straight season
  • Started 54 games at second base
  • Hit .335 in 2018, third best average on the team
  • Hit 13 doubles, second most on the team
  • Her 13 doubles were part of her 15 extra-base hits in 54 games this season; she had five extra-base hits in 57 games as a freshman in 2017
  • Missed five games in late March after being hit in the face by a 70-mph pitch from Washington's Taran Alvelo (3/23) that fractured her nose and gave her a concussion
  • Second on the team with 19 multi-hit games, including three, three-hit games
  • Had nine games with multiple RBI, including a career-high-tying three RBI vs. UC Davis (2/10)
  • Had an 11-game hitting streak from 2/10-23 and a 10-game hitting streak from 3/8-18, making her the only player on the team with two separate hitting streaks of 10-or-more
  • Reached base in 42 of 54 games she played in this season
  • Led the team with 40 runs scored
  • Her .387 on-base percentage ranked third on the team
  • Posted a career-high .443 slugging percentage on the season, fifth highest on the team
  • Her career-most 59 hits were third most on the team
  • Set a new career high with 28 RBI, fifth most on the team
  • Collected 78 total bases, fourth most on the team
  • Had two sacrifice flies, one off the team lead
  • Was 3-for-3 stealing bases
  • Was Arizona No. 2 hitter for the majority of the season (52 games), but also had two starts atop the UA lineup
  • Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
 
2017 (57 GP/56 GS, .350 AVG/.447 OBP/.397 SLG/.844 OPS, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 0-1 SB, .952 fld%)
  • Named third-team all-Pac-12 and a member of the Pac-12 all-freshman team
  • Started 56 games at second base
  • Hit .340 in 141 at-bats
  • Tied for third on the team with 27 walks, helping her to a .447 on-base percentage, fifth highest on the team
  • Led the Pac-12 with a .419 average in league play
  • Hit .471 over Arizona’s final 33 games of the season
  • Hit three doubles, a triple and a home run on the season
  • Drove in 17 runs and scored 35
  • Her .340 average topped all freshmen on the team and ranked fifth overall
  • Ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak (13-for-24: .542), her longest of the season
  • Collected 10 multi-hit games including three-hit efforts vs. Oregon (4/22) and South Carolina (5/21)
  • Hit her first career homer and drove in a career-high three runs vs. New Mexico State (4/18)
  • Spent most of the season as UA’s No. 8 batter (49 games) but batted seventh six times and ninth once
  • Drew four walks, tied for the most of any Wildcat in 2017, and scored a season-high three runs vs. Drake (2/16)
 
High School (Oxnard High School)
  • A four-year letterwinner at Oxnard High School under head coach Paul Tinoco
  • A 2016 MaxPreps first-team All-American
  • 2016 USA Today Preseason All-American and a member of the PGF High School American Team.
  • Led team to four straight Pacific League titles and was named the league’s Player of the Year as a junior and a senior
  • Earned national and California Player of the Week honors
  • Three-time first-team all-district performer
  • Hit .628 with nine home runs as a senior while slugging 1.162
  • Won the 2016 national title at USA Elite Select with Club team OC Batbusters
  • Received the principle’s award and was named to the honor roll three years
 
Personal
  • Born Reyna Rene Carranco in Ventura, Calif. in June of 1998 to Rene and Heather Carranco
  • Has one brother (Rene) and one sister (Kristin)
  • Started playing softball at age five
  • Is undecided in her field of study at Arizona
  • Likes to take naps and read in her free time
  • Loves dogs; has five of them
  • Chose Arizona over ASU, Oklahoma, Florida State, Long Beach, Stanford, Cal Poly and UCSB because of “Coach Candrea and the tradition I am going to be able to be a part of.”
 
Career Honors
2021
All-Pac-12 (3rd Team)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#73)
D1 Softball Preseason All-America (2nd Team)
2020
Softball America Postseason Top 100 Players (#72)
ESPN Preseason Top 25 Players (#23)
Softball America Preseason All-America (1st Team)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players (#24)
D1 Softball Preseason All-America (1st Team)
2019
NFCA All-America (Second Team)
Softball All-America (Second Team)
Pac-12 Batting Champion (.433)
All Pac-12 (First Team)
NFCA All-West Region (First Team)
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
2018
All-Pac-12 (Third Team)
NFCA All-West Region (Second Team)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
2017
All-Pac-12 (Third Team)
Pac-12 All-Freshman

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    Utility
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    Infield
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2019Junior

    Infield
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2020Senior

    Second Base
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Second Base
    5'6"
    5
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