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2024 Softball Roster

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8 Zaylie Calderon

  • Position PITCHER/UTILITY
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • High School Mountain View HS
  • B/T L/R

Biography

Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient (2024)

2024 | GRADUATE STUDENT
  • Closing pitcher for the Miners, made 28 circle appearances with 5 starts
  • Led the pitching staff in ERA (3.04), saves (7), and opponent batting average (.243)
  • Recorded 37 strikeouts in 48.1 innings pitched
  • Her career-high and program record of 7 saves in a single season led CUSA and finished 8th in the nation
  • Season-high 5 strikeouts versus LA Tech (4/19)
  • Complete her career at UTEP as the program leader in career save (11), ranked 3rd in career appearances (115), and finished 5th in career strikeouts (220)
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient 
2023 | SENIOR
  • Had 29 appearances in the circle with 17 pitching starts and a record of 4-10
  • Posted a 4.38 ERA with 84 strikeouts in 116.2 innings
  • Led the Pitching Staff in ERA (4.38), Innings pitched (116.2), and Strikeouts (84)
  • Boasts of a six-strikeout game against Power 5 opponent Texas Tech
  • Set a career-high by throwing 11 innings – the second-most in school history -- during the Miners' 2-1 victory over New Mexico. 
  • BATTING: Batted a .286, recorded 1 run, 2 hits on 7 at bats
  • FIELDING: Had a 1.000 fielding percentage with 8 putouts and 19 assists
2022 | JUNIOR
  • Made 25 appearances with five starts and a 2-4 record
  • Posted an 8.32 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 49.2 innings
  • BATTING: recorded two runs, one RBI with 44 at bats, posted six hits, earned three walks, went 1-1 in stolen bases 
  • FIELDING: had a 1.000 fielding percentage with nine assists on 10 catches and one putout
2021 | SOPHOMORE
  • Started and played in all 37 games
  • Turned into the Miners' go-to option out of the bullpen down the stretch of the season with a team-high 23 relief appearances
  • Produced a 2-7 record with a 3.95 ERA over 67.1 innings pitched
  • Was the first Miner to turn in a sub-4.00 ERA season performance since Danielle Pearson in 2013
  • Led the Miners in ERA, strikeouts (46), saves (4) and opponent batting average (.281)
  • Ranked eighth in C-USA in conference play strikeouts with 30
  • Recorded a 1.47 ERA with 20 SO over 28.2 IP from April 10 to April 26 (three series versus UAB, North Texas and LA Tech)
  • Sent down five batters versus North Texas for the highest K total in her career (4/18)
  • BATTING: Slashed .257/.304/.276 in her 105 plate appearances
*2020 | FRESHMAN
  • Started in all 22 games
  • Made five starts in the circle with two relief appearances
  • Posted a 2-4 record with a 6.16 ERA in 30.2 innings pitched
  • Struck out 11 batters
  • Threw one complete game
  • BATTING: led all freshmen on the squad with a .273 avg. and 11 runs, notched 19 total bases and two RBIs in 66 at-bats
  • FIELDING: registered a .905 fielding percentage with 16 putouts
    *2020 season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic

MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
  • Named to the 2018 All-Southern Arizona Softball All-Star first team
  • Was an AZPreps 365 5A Southern All-Region second team selection (2017) as a pitcher
  • Selected to the AZPreps 365 5A Southern All-Region first team
  • Posted a career .434 batting average
  • During junior season, reached base safely in 29 of the 31 games
  • Threw 196 innings in career at Mountain View, registering 203 strikeouts with an average of 1.04 Ks per inning
  • During junior campaign, she recorded a career-high .962 fielding percentage

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2020Freshman

    Utility
    8
  • 8

    2021Sophomore

    Utility
    8
  • 8

    2022Junior

    PITCHER/UTILITY
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    PITCHER/UTILITY
    8
  • 8

    2024Graduate Student

    PITCHER/UTILITY
    5'6"
    8