2018 SOFTBALL media guide 2018 San Jacinto College Softball Roster No. Name Pos. B/T ht. Yr. Hometown / High School (Previous College) 2 Dominique Garcia P R/R 5-3 RS Fresh. Pasadena / Pasadena Memorial HS 3 Taylor McHenry OF L/R 5-9 Soph. Deer Park / Deer Park HS 4 Mackenzie Kotrla UT R/R 5-1 Soph. Angleton / Angleton HS 5 Madison Neal OF L/L 5-8 Soph. Orange / West Orange Stark HS 6 Riley Bullen OF R/R 5-9 Soph. League City / Clear Creek HS 7 Katlyn Rivera P/IF R/R 5-3 Soph. League City / Clear Creek HS 9 Gigi Hernandez OF R/R 5-6 Fresh. Corpus Christi / Carroll HS 10 Allison Bravo C R/R 5-0 Fresh. Houston / J. Frank Dobie HS 13 Natalie Hoyt P/UT R/R 5-5 Soph. Katy / Morton Ranch HS 16 Ashley Tran IF R/R 5-3 Fresh. Spring / Klein Oak HS 17 Samantha Martinez IF R/R 5-3 Fresh. Texas City / Texas City HS 19 Madelyn Daniel C R/R 5-2 Fresh. Nederland / Nederland HS 20 Michelle Kristoff P R/R 5-10 Fresh. Houston / J. Frank Dobie HS 22 Macey Brown IF R/R 5-3 Soph. Houston / Clear Springs HS (Univ. of Texas – El Paso) 24 Baylee Malone IF R/R 5-3 Soph. Pearland / Dawson HS 26 Denisse Gracia P R/R 5-2 Fresh. Baytown / Goose Creek Memorial HS 27 Lacey Gabaldon UT R/R 5-3 Fresh. Cypress / Cypress Ranch HS 29 Tori Stoddard P R/R 5-10 Soph. Pearland / Pearland HS 1 San Jacinto College Softball 2018 Player Bios 2 3 dominique Taylor garcia McHenry P | R/R | 5-3 | Red Shirt Fresh. OF | L/R | 5-9 | Soph. Pasadena / Pasadena Memorial HS Deer Park / Deer Park HS As a freshman: Redshirt. As a freshman: First-team all-Region XIV and first-team all-South Prior to San Jac: Team MVP as a sophomore and junior... Second Region XIV… Hit .399 on the year in 188 at-bats… Knocked in 37 runs team all-district as a freshman… All-district honorable mention behind a team-high 75 hits, including 56 singles, 12 doubles, a team- as a senior. best four triples and three home runs… Led the team in stolen bases with 20 (seventh best in school history). Prior to San Jac: Helped Deer Park High School go undefeated to win the state championship in 2014… Second team all-district, academic all-state, and all-state selection. 4 5 Mackenzie Madison Kotrla NEal UT | R/R | 5-1 | Soph. OF | L/L | 5-8 | Soph. Angleton / Angleton HS Orange / West Orange Stark HS As a freshman: Second-team all-South Region XIV selection… Hit As a freshman: Made 21 plate appearances for a .143 average… .365 in 159 at-bats… Posted 22 RBI behind 58 total hits, including 43 Scored seven runs. singles, 13 doubles and two homeruns… Stole seven bases… Defen- Prior to San Jac: West Orange Stark High School Softball Senior sively, posted a .796 fielding percentage. Honorable Mention selection… First team All-KOGT Team. Prior to San Jac: Helped Angleton High School win four consecutive district championships… Senior MVP and District Defensive Player of the year… Junior Defensive Player of the Year… Sophomore first team all-district… Freshman Honorable Mention. 6 7 Riley Katlyn Bullen Rivera OF | R/R | 5-9 | Soph. P/IF | R/R | 5-3 | Soph. League City / Clear Creek HS League City / Clear Creek HS As a freshman: Second-team all-Region XIV South selection… Hit As a freshman: Pitched in 62.67 innings facing 318 batters… Owned .346 in 182 at-bats… Knocked in 37 RBI behind 63 hits… Posted 42 a 4.47 ERA with a 6-6 record… Had 21 strikeouts. singles, 15 doubles, one triple and five home-runs… Defensively, Prior to San Jac: Lettered as a freshman… Two-time second team all- posted a .933 fielding percentage. district… all-county honorable mention… Team MVP… Earned the Prior to San Jac: Second team all-county and second team all- Golden Glove Award as a junior. Ddistrict as a senior…Two-time first team all-district selection. For more information about the softball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 2 Player Bios 9 10 Gigi Allison Hernandez Bravo OF | R/R | 5-6 | Fresh. C | R/R | 5-0 | Fresh. Corpus Christi / Carroll HS Houston / J. Frank Dobie HS Prior to San Jac: Four-year varsity starter… Second-team all-district Prior to San Jac: Second-team all-district catcher as a senior… as a senior… First-team all-district and all-South Texas as a junior… Academic all-district as a sophomore and senior… First-team Named the “Corpus Christi Caller Times” player to watch as a junior… all-district outfielder as a sophomore… Second-team all-district Helped the Tigers to two district championships four area, bi-district outfielder as a freshman and junior. and regional championships; and two regional quarterfinalists… Also played volleyball as a three-year varsity starter. 13 16 Natalie Ashley Hoyt Tran P/UT | R/R | 5-5 | Soph. IF | R/R | 5-3 | Fresh. Katy / Morton Ranch HS Spring / Klein Oak HS As a freshman: Pitched in 42.33 innings in 20 games posting a 4.63 Prior to San Jac: First-team all-district utility player as a junior… Two- ERA… Went 1-4 on the season with one save… Allowed 62 hits. time all-academic as a junior and senior… Helped the Panthers go Prior to San Jac: All-district honorable mention and second-team undefeated and win the district championship in 2016… Member of selection the National Honor Society. 17 19 Samantha Madelyn Martinez Daniel IF | R/R | 5-3 | Fresh. C | R/R | 5-2 | Fresh. Texas City / Texas City HS Nederland / Nederland HS Prior to San Jac: Two-time first-team all-district selection… All- Prior to San Jac: First-team all-district catcher as a senior and county as a senior… All-district academic team as a senior… TCHS sophomore… Second-team all-district catcher as a junior… 2017 girls softball most valuable player award… Four-year starter Named to the all-tournament team at the Southeast Texas Coaches and letterman… Led the Stingarees to the second round of the Association All-State Classic… Led the Bulldogs to the district playoffs in 2017. championship as a junior and senior, and to the playoffs all four years… Member of the National Honor Society… All-district academic all four years… All-State academic team as a senior. 3 San Jacinto College Softball 2018 Player Bios 20 22 Michelle Macey Kristoff Brown P | R/R | 5-10 | Fresh. IF | R/R | 5-3 | Soph. Houston / J. Frank Dobie HS Houston / Clear Springs HS (University of Texas – El Paso) Prior to San Jac: Three-time first-team all-district… Named the team’s most improved player as a sophomore… Three-time team MVP… Prior to San Jac: Honorable mentions as a shortstop… Owns a helped the Longhorns to the playoffs as a sophomore, junior and senior. career 49 RBIs, 57 runs and 16 doubles… Hit .425 as a senior… Led the Chargers to the district championships in 2015. 24 26 Baylee Denisse Malone Gracia IF | R/R | 5-3 | Soph. P | R/R | 5-2 | Fresh. Pearland / Dawson HS Baytown / Goose Creek Memorial HS As a freshman: Had two at-bats with one hit, a single. Prior to San Jac: Led the Patriots to the playoffs in 2016 and 2017. Prior to San Jac: Played in 17 games, starting in five, for the University of Texas-El Paso… Hit .227 in 22 at bats… In high school, was a three-time second team all-district selection… Sophomore Offensive MVP… Freshman Discus District Champion. 19 27 29 Madelyn Lacey Tori Daniel Gabaldon Stoddard C | R/R | 5-2 | Fresh. UT | R/R | 5-3 | Fresh. P | R/R | 5-10 | Soph. Nederland / Nederland HS Cypress / Cypress Ranch HS Pearland / Pearland HS Prior to San Jac: Also participated in bowling. As a freshman: Pitched in 36.67 innings with a 3.44 ERA… Faced 138 batters, allowing 53 hits. Prior to San Jac: Four-year player at Pearland High School…Named MVP freshman year…Two years on varsity and finished second at state in 2016. For more information about the softball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 4 Coaching staff Bios Kelly Saenz Head Coach Eastern Kentucky University (1998) Overall Record: 527-329 (14 seasons) San Jacinto College Record: 524-309 Entering her 15th season at the helm of the San Jacinto College softball were named to the Region XIV all-conference first team, and two team, Hall of Fame Head Coach Kelly Saenz has built and maintained earned all-Region XIV first team honors. For their efforts, Saenz and her a respected softball program that has taken the College to new levels staff were named the NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year. and put the institution on the national radar. Since her arrival at the South Campus, Saenz’s teams have won 63 percent of their games, and In 2016 the San Jac softball team claimed the NJCAA Region XIV did what many thought they couldn’t do in 2008 – earn the College’s championship title and advanced to the national tournament for a first-ever berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association third time, finishing seventh in the nation. With an overall record of (NJCAA) national tournament. 38-25, seven players earned NJCAA and NFCA honors, with two of them being the sister pitching-catching force Niki and Gabby Gonzalez.