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UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners

2021 Softball Roster

Ruben R. Ramirez
Connor Putman
Michael Reese

24 Ariana Valles

  • Position Infield
  • Class Senior
  • Exp. R/R
  • High School Chapin HS
  • Hometown El Paso, Texas

Biography

C-USA All-Freshman Team (2018)

2021 (SENIOR): Made 13 starts and appeared in 26 games ... slashed .217/.302/.239 ... recorded 10 hits including a double, two runs and three RBIs ... singled in her pinch-hit appearance on her senior day versus North Texas (4/18) ... logged two multi-hit games (2-for-4) versus Northern Colorado (2/19) and UTSA (5/8).

*2020 (JUNIOR): Made 21 starts and appeared in 22 games ... batted .263 with a .306 on-base percentage ... drove in 12 RBIs and smacked four doubles and one home run ... registered a 1.000 fielding percentage with 20 putouts and 27 assists.
    *2020 season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019 (SOPHOMORE): Started 49 games and appeared in all 50 in the infield … led the team with 12 doubles and 105 assists … set a career high in assists and it ranks seventh all-time for a single season in UTEP history … posted 37 hits, 25 RBIs and a .327 on-base percentage … had four games with three hits … tied a program record with three doubles in one game versus (UC Riverside) and drove in a career-high five RBIs … hit the first home run of career against Weber State (2/15) … hit a homer in both games of the double header versus NM State … recorded three hits, two doubles and four RBIs on senior day against FIU (5/5)… posted three hits with two RBIs versus Texas Tech (3/5).

2018 (FRESHMAN): Started all 54 games at the shortstop position … named to the 2018 All-Conference USA Freshman team (only seventh Miner ever to be named to freshman team) … led team with 104 assists, while recording 102 putouts … hit .255 (38-149) with 20 runs … ranked tied for second on team in doubles (10) and triples (two) … ranked third on team with 24 RBI … ranked tied for second with six multi-RBI games … registered eight multi-hit games … tallied first collegiate hit and scored first collegiate run during a victory against Saint Mary’s College … recorded two-run triple in fifth that notched 8-0 [5] run-rule win against New Mexico (Feb. 17) … set career high in hits with a 3-for-4 outing, while tallying two RBI and added a career-best six assists during an 8-7 win at UNLV … went 2-for-3 and scored two runs during a come-from-behind win against South Dakota … produced four RBI at the UTEP Tournament … went 2-for-3 at Hawai’i (March 4) … produced 2-for-4 outing with a run, two RBI and double during a 16-13 win against UAB … registered a career-high three RBI on a three-run double in game three at WKU … finished a combined 3-for-6 with four runs and two RBI during a April 14 sweep of North Texas … scored a run and recorded six assists against Ole Miss in game one … tallied a RBI in game two at Middle Tennessee … scored a run in game two against LA Tech … went 1-for-4 with a run and RBI during series finale against LA Tech. 

CHAPIN HIGH SCHOOL: Played all four years on the varsity squad at Chapin High School … named to 2017 El Paso Times All-District 1-5A first team during senior campaign … saw action in 39 contests during senior campaign … added to a potent Chapin offense, hitting .530 (62-117) with 58 RBI, 50 runs, 24 doubles, seven triples and three home runs in 2017 … helped lead Huskies to the 2017 Softball 5A Final Four after posting a 33-7 overall record and a 14-0 mark in district play … amassed a career-high eight RBI on a 4-for-4 (2 2B, 1 3B), four-run performance during a 32-0 win over Irvin (3/21) … registered seven RBI and a trio of doubles on a 3-for-4, three-run outing during a win against Hanks (4/28) … registered six RBI with two doubles on a 3-for-3 effort in a win versus Riverside (2/23) … connected on two home runs on a 4-for-5 outing with three runs and five RBI during a triumph versus Burges (3/10) … in 2016, hit an astronomical .700 (56-80) … posted five games with 5-plus RBI, including a seven-RBI output in a win against Irvin (3/18/16) … overall, hit .518 (218-421) during four-year varsity career, with 17 long balls, 20 triples, 56 doubles, 195 RBI and 170 runs scored ... played short stop and catcher with club softball team ELP Firecrackers coached by Chris Estrada. 

PERSONAL: Full name is Ariana Jisel Valles … daughter of Leticia and Arturo Valles … has one sister, Samantha … born in El Paso, Texas … studies kinesiology … nickname is Ari. 

Statistics

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2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2018Freshman

    Infield
    24
  • 24

    2019Sophomore

    Infield
    24
  • 24

    2020Junior

    Infield
    24
  • 24

    2021Senior

    Infield
    24