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As a Senior (2017): 
Started 50 games in 53 appearances rotating between catcher and designated player… Led the team with three home runs, two coming in back-to-back contests against Stanford (3/26 and 3/27)… Connected for 32 hits on 147 at-bats to record 24 RBIs and six doubles… Tabbed 11 runs and finished with a .215 batting average.

As a Junior (2016):

Transferred to Cal in the summer of 2015 from Tennessee and appeared in 54 games (52 starts) in her first year as a Golden Bear...Came on strong late in the season to finish the year with a .265 average and team-high seven home runs...Ranked second on the team in walks with 28...Had nine multi-hit games in 2016 with a season-high three against LIU-Brooklyn on Feb. 27...Contributed to Cal's sweep of rival Stanford, going 4 for 9 with six RBI in three games against the Cardinal...Named to the All-Tournament team at the Outrigger Spring Fling in Hawai'i after going 4 for 9 with a home run against Hawai'i, Baylor and North Dakota State...Played a big part in Cal's win over No. 3 Oregon, going 2 for 3 with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI...Was one of the Pac-12's top defensive catchers, compiling a .994 fielding percentage...Off the field, helped initiate, organize and execute Cal's season-long effort to help local domestic violence shelters with her involvement in the Bears' Dress for Success donation drive.

As a Sophomore at Tennessee (2015):

NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team member…Earned a spot on the All-SEC Second Team… …58 starts in 59 games…Made 51 starts at catcher and 7 starts at DP…Totaled 10 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games…Drew a team-high 33 walks…Ranked second on her Vol squad with 15 HRs and .615 slugging percentage… Maintained an nine-game hit streak (3/14-3/29), one game shy of her career long…Went 2-for-4 vs. Auburn in WCWS action…3-for-5 with one run scored against Auburn in the SEC Tournament championship game…Solo homered and tallied two RBIs in 4-1 win over Kentucky, becoming the first Tennessee player with two 15-HR seasons…Hit a two-run walk-off HR vs. Kentucky…Blasted a pair of homers--a two-run bomb and a solo--in a 2-for-3 game vs. ETSU…Notched a three-run homer and two-out RBI single vs. No. 18 Missouri…Logged two solo home runs and scored three runs in a 2-for-3 game vs. Illinois State…Went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly and a walk vs. No. 8 Florida State...Posted two RBI-singles and drew a bases-loaded walk to record three RBIs and one run scored in a 2-for-3 game at Kennesaw State…Solo homered for her first long ball of the season in a 2-for-3 game vs. Dayton…Named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List…A Preseason All-SEC selection

As a Freshman at Tennessee (2014):

Co-Winner of the inaugural NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year trophy…NFCA Second Team All-American and All-Southeast First Team selection...All-SEC First Team and Freshman All-SEC member…Voted the SEC Freshman of the Week three times, on March 17, 31 and May 4…Appeared in 58 games with 55 starts, including 32 starts at catcher and 23 as the DP…Led Tennessee in home runs (19), RBIs (65) and extra-base hits (35) as a rookie…Batted .361 with 60 hits, 14 doubles, an .813 slugging percentage and .470 on-base percentage…Totaled 16 multi-hit games (t-2nd on team) and 16 multi-RBI games…Played in every game of the NCAA Softball Norman Super Regional against Oklahoma…Notched one RBI and one walk in Game 2 win at Oklahoma…Knocked a double and scored a run vs. Oklahoma in Game 1 of the Norman Super Regional…Hit her 18th and 19th home runs of the season and drove in three runs to match Tennessee teammate Lauren Gibson's UT single-season HR record vs. Virgina Tech in NCAA Regional action…Hit a three-run homer in the first inning and matched career-best six RBIs vs. Charleston Southern at the NCAA Regional…Clubbed a three-run homer in the first inning and finished with four RBIs in win over Ole Miss…Hit two homers and tallied three RBIs in a win over Ole Miss…Turned in a two-homer game and drove in three in win at No. 9 Kentucky…Helped the Vols with a walk-off, three-RBI double and scored one run in a 3-for-3 game vs. Tennessee…Had a career-best 10-game hit streak from March 9-28…Blasted two three-run homers and had a career-high six RBIs in a 3-for-4 game vs. No. 4 Florida…Recorded a career-high five RBIs, four of which came from a grand slam, in a 2-for-3 game vs. Western Carolina…Recorded the first triple of her college career vs. Wright State…Hit an RBI single and a double in a 2-for-3 game vs. Oregon State…Went 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and one run scored vs. Wright State…Had her first collegiate home run, a 2-RBI single and a double in a 3-for-3 game vs. Illinois…Recorded the first RBI of her career on a two-run double and scored one run vs. Binghamton…First collegiate hit came vs. Pittsburgh on Feb. 14…Collegiate debut came against Northern Colorado as a designated player on Feb. 7…Invited to 2014 USA Softball Women's National Team Selection Camp

High School:

A four-year softball letter-winner and four-year team captain for Santa Catalina High School… Mission Trail Athletic League MVP and The Herald's all-county MVP for softball as a senior in 2013…Took Santa Catalina to the state semifinals in 2013…Santa Catalina won its league in 2011 and 2012 and won Central Coast Section Division III in 2012…Set county record with 32 career home runs at Santa Catalina, breaking the record in the first game of her junior year…Was a MaxPreps Small School All-American and Cal-Hi Sports Small School All-State selection as a junior, and also picked up all-league and all-county honors…All-state as a sophomore…Also a four-year letterman in volleyaball (two-year captain), three-year letterman for basketball (two-year captain) and two-year letterman for track and field… Won basketball league titles as a freshman and a junior and a volleyball league championship as a senior… Won P.E.: Outstanding Participant award in high school

Club Ball:

Played club softball for the Sorcerers, San Jose Sting and Batbusters…Took third place at Premier Nationals with her Sting squad

Personal:

Enjoys working out, singing, dancing and hanging out with friends…Also played basketball…Parents are Richard and Tisha and has one sibling, Carter…Father Richard Aldrete was a letterwinner on Bob Milano's baseball squad at Cal and played minor league baseball in the Milwaukee Brewers' system…Mother Tisha played tennis and softball, becoming a two-time All-Conference shortstop at Monterey Peninsula Junior College…Tisha led hear team to the state playoffs and was inducted to the Monterey Peninsula College Athletic Hall of Fame…Uncle Mike Aldrete is the bench coach for the Oakland A's... Cousin Michael Aldrete is in the MLB minor leagues and cousin Blake Aldrete is a baseball player at Sonoma State...Brother Carter Aldrete was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 37th round of the 2016 MLB Draft.

Major:

American Studies