2022 Softball Roster
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Ornelas, Karissa
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Jersey Number 7
Karissa Ornelas
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Vista Murrieta HS
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
Bio
FIFTH YEAR (2023)
Played in 31 games, starting eight ...Hit .263 and drove in 13 runs ... Oregon's top pinch-hittier, going 6-for-21 (.288) with a double, a home run and 9 RBI ... Hit a pinch-hit home run against Montana (Apr. 3) ... Got the start at catcher versus Lindenwood (Apr. 7) and went 2-for-2 with a double, 2 RBI and scored 2 runs ... Pinch-hit double at Arizona (Apr. 23) drove in 3 runs... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
SENIOR (2022)
Saw action in 16 games with four starts ... Had hits against Ole Miss (Feb. 11), UC San Diego and Loyola Marymount (Feb. 12) ... Four walks on the season.
BEFORE OREGON
Played catcher for three seasons at Central Florida ... Owns a career .314 batting average with six homers, 51 RBIs and 14 doubles ... 103 career starts behind the plate in 118 games played with a .387 on-base percentage and 36 walks ... Earned second-team All-American Athletic Conference honors as a junior in 2021 whe she hit .299 and finished with five homers and 20 RBIs while ending the year second in the conference with 10 runners caught stealing ... Saw action in 51 games, starting 49 behind the plate ... Delivered a walk-off homer against No. 5 Florida on March 24, giving the Knights a signature win on the way to making it to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional final ... During the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, was second on the team with a .387 batting average while adding four doubles, a home run and 18 RBIs for a UCF team that finished the year ranked No. 21 in the NFCA Poll after going 21-5-1 ... Saw action in 41 games with 30 starts as a freshman in 2019, hitting .284 with four doubles and 13 RBIs while going error-free in 34 chances defensively.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, 3x, last at North Florida (Mar. 17, 2021)*
Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. Lindenwood (Apr. 7, 2023)
RBIs: 3, 5x, last at Arizona (Apr. 23, 2023)
Doubles: 2, vs. New Mexico (Feb. 20, 2021)*
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 1, 7x, last vs. Montana (Apr. 3, 2023)
Stolen Bases: 1, 4x, last at Tulsa (April 2, 2021)*
Hitting Streak: 5 games, 2x, last Apr. 18-24, 2021*
* while at Central Florida
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner for coach Katie Terreza at Vista Murrieta High School ... Helped the Broncos capture the league title as a junior and paced the team in RBI ... Competed in the summer with Athletics Mercado T/O ... Won the 2012 PGF National Championship and 2012 TCS World Series ... Finished inside the PGF Top 10 four times at nationals from 2013-2017.
Played in 31 games, starting eight ...Hit .263 and drove in 13 runs ... Oregon's top pinch-hittier, going 6-for-21 (.288) with a double, a home run and 9 RBI ... Hit a pinch-hit home run against Montana (Apr. 3) ... Got the start at catcher versus Lindenwood (Apr. 7) and went 2-for-2 with a double, 2 RBI and scored 2 runs ... Pinch-hit double at Arizona (Apr. 23) drove in 3 runs... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
SENIOR (2022)
Saw action in 16 games with four starts ... Had hits against Ole Miss (Feb. 11), UC San Diego and Loyola Marymount (Feb. 12) ... Four walks on the season.
BEFORE OREGON
Played catcher for three seasons at Central Florida ... Owns a career .314 batting average with six homers, 51 RBIs and 14 doubles ... 103 career starts behind the plate in 118 games played with a .387 on-base percentage and 36 walks ... Earned second-team All-American Athletic Conference honors as a junior in 2021 whe she hit .299 and finished with five homers and 20 RBIs while ending the year second in the conference with 10 runners caught stealing ... Saw action in 51 games, starting 49 behind the plate ... Delivered a walk-off homer against No. 5 Florida on March 24, giving the Knights a signature win on the way to making it to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional final ... During the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, was second on the team with a .387 batting average while adding four doubles, a home run and 18 RBIs for a UCF team that finished the year ranked No. 21 in the NFCA Poll after going 21-5-1 ... Saw action in 41 games with 30 starts as a freshman in 2019, hitting .284 with four doubles and 13 RBIs while going error-free in 34 chances defensively.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, 3x, last at North Florida (Mar. 17, 2021)*
Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. Lindenwood (Apr. 7, 2023)
RBIs: 3, 5x, last at Arizona (Apr. 23, 2023)
Doubles: 2, vs. New Mexico (Feb. 20, 2021)*
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 1, 7x, last vs. Montana (Apr. 3, 2023)
Stolen Bases: 1, 4x, last at Tulsa (April 2, 2021)*
Hitting Streak: 5 games, 2x, last Apr. 18-24, 2021*
* while at Central Florida
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner for coach Katie Terreza at Vista Murrieta High School ... Helped the Broncos capture the league title as a junior and paced the team in RBI ... Competed in the summer with Athletics Mercado T/O ... Won the 2012 PGF National Championship and 2012 TCS World Series ... Finished inside the PGF Top 10 four times at nationals from 2013-2017.
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