Alexis Walkden

Mo Sobel

Pitcher

/ Softball

TAMU-CC Islanders versus Seton Hall Pirates Softball

Photo by: Jeff Huehn

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Cibolo, Texas
High School:
Byran P. Steele

**2017 BIG EAST Player of the Year**
**2017 First Team All-BIG EAST**
**2017 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-Region**
**2017 All-ECAC First Team**
**2016 Second Team All-BIG EAST**
**2015 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year**
**2015 First-Team Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star**
**2015 National Fastpich Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Mideast Second Team**
**2015 First Team All-BIG EAST**

2017: Started in all 48 games of her junior season…Led the BIG EAST in slugging percentage (.746)…Ranked ninth in batting average (.352)…Ranked second in on-base percentage (.497) and home runs (13)…Ranked fifth in runs scored (41) and RBI (39)…Defensively, she finished with a .949 fielding percentage and finished third in the conference in assists (113)… Went 1-for-2 with three RBI in 13-4 victory over Holy Cross (2/19)…Earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (2/27)…Went 4-for-5 with two RBI and four runs scored in 15-14 setback against East Carolina (3/5)… Went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in an 8-7 setback against Villanova (3/26)…Went 2-for-4 with three RBI, including the go-ahead run in a 7-6 victory at DePaul (4/2)…Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (4/3)… Nationally, her on-base percentage ranked her 47th and her slugging percentage was ranked 35th overall in the country.

2016: Made starts in all 54 games of her sophomore season…finished the year with a slash line of .372/.495/.615…recorded eight home runs, 38 RBIs, 10 doubles, and two triples…notched a home run against Grambling State… (2/12)…recorded a double vs. Eastern Michigan (Feb. 26) drove in three runs at Georgetown (4/17). Selected to the All-BIG EAST Second team.

2015: First Pirate to be named BIG EAST Rookie of the Year...Led BIG EAST in home runs (20), RBI (51), runs scored (40) and total bases (128)...Ranked third in the conference in slugging (.837)...Ranked fifth in hits (57) and sixth in batting average (.373) in the BIG EAST...Her home runs and RBI both broke the school's single-season records...Nationally, her batting average ranked 23rd and her home run total was ranked 19th overall in the country…Season high RBI (six) performance in a win over Quinnipiac (3/13).

High School/Personal: Played softball and volleyball at Byron P. Steele High School... Graduated as the Byron P. Steele all-time leader in every offensive softball category... Never finished a prep season with a batting average lower than .494, peaking as a senior when she hit .553 with 42 RBIs, 44 runs scored and 12 home runs... Named First-Team All-State by the coaches and members of the media in 2014, also garnering First-Team All-District and All-Area Super Team honors... Was an honorable mention All-State selection in 2012 and 2013... Played three years of club ball with the Texas Bombers and joined Impact Gold in 2014, finishing third at the Colorado Fireworks Super 64 and fifth at the Triple Crown Nationals... Uncle, Mike Walkden, was selected in the 4th Round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the L.A. Dodgers in 1991... National Honor Society... Majoring in engineering... Born May 20, 1996.