2016 Softball Roster
Roster
April Utecht
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Richland HS
- Hometown:
- Richland, Wash.
AS A SENIOR | 2019
Led the Ducks with 10 home runs while batting .265 with 29 RBIs and a .508 slugging percentage ... Drew a team-high 36 walks, seventh-most in UO single-season history and No. 2 in the Pac-12 during the regular season, to post an impressive .421 on-base percentage ... Led the team with 10 multi-RBI games, including one four-RBI performance, while notching eight multi-hit games ... One of four Ducks to start all 52 games, making 27 starts at first base, 15 at catcher and 10 as the designated player ... Showed a knack for coming up big in the clutch, blasting go-ahead home runs against (in order) No. 8 LSU (Feb. 15), No. 3 Florida (Feb. 28), No. 7 Washington (March 23) and No. 1 UCLA (April 12) ... Powered Oregon to a huge win over No. 8 LSU with four RBIs in the final two innings, including a clutch three-run homer in the seventh ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, double, three RBIs and two runs scored on Feb. 24 vs. UCSB ... Went deep off of all-American Kelly Barnhill and No. 3 Florida on Feb. 28 to give Oregon a lead in the fifth inning ... Gave UO the lead in the series opener against No. 7 Washington with a two-run homer ... Homered and drove in two on March 27 at Pacific ... Blasted an opposite field home run while going 2-for-3 with two RBIs on April 6 vs. Pittsburgh, and homered again the next day against the Panthers ... Hit a huge go-ahead two-run homer on April 12 at No. 1 UCLA, giving Oregon a lead it wouldn't relinquish in a 4-3 upset win ... Homered over the scoreboard at Jane Sanders Stadium on April 27 against Oregon State ... Tied the series opener at Utah (May 3) with a two-run homer while finishing 2-for-4.
AS A JUNIOR | 2018
Hit .321 in 28 at-bats as a junior while appearing in 25 games, including one start ... Five of her nine base hits on the season went for extra bases, recording four home runs and a double ... Blasted first homer of the year in a 2-for-2 showing on March 11 against Bryant ... Went yard again two games later (April 3) against Portland State in her lone start of the year, blasting a two-run shot ... Hit a pinch-hit, two-run home run on April 14 to help UO to a win at No. 7 Arizona State ... Hit another pinch-hit homer, this time a three-run shot, in a 13-0 win at No. 24 California on May 10 ... Picked up an RBI against No. 5 Washington in the Women's College World Series on June 1.
AS A SOPHOMORE | 2017
Played in 26 games while making eight starts in her sophomore season...Hit .278 with seven runs, two homers and 11 RBIs...Posted a .426 on-base percentage...Homered in back-to-back games against Hawaii on Feb. 25 and Maryland on March 3...Went 2-for-3 with a season-high three runs and four RBIs against the Terrapins...Drove in two runs on a pinch hit single against Wisconsin in regionals on May 21...Served on the O Heroes Courts for Kids service trip to Nicaragua in the summer of 2017.
AS A FRESHMAN | 2016
Hit .429 over 21 at-bats with the Ducks and appeared in 21 games with one start...Recorded two home runs with 10 RBIs and had an .857 slugging percentage.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 2, 11x, last at Utah (May 3, 2019)
Runs: 3, vs. Maryland (March 3, 2017)
RBIs: 4, 3x, last vs. LSU (Feb. 15, 2019)
Doubles: 1, 4x, last at Arizona (March 27, 2019)
Triples: 1, vs. Boston College (Feb. 14, 2016)
Home Runs: 1, 18x, last at Utah (May 3, 2019)
Stolen Bases: 1, 2x, last vs. California (April 19, 2019)
Walks: 2, 8x, last vs. Oregon State (April 28, 2019)
HIGH SCHOOL
A MaxPreps first team All-American in 2015...Hit a state of Washington record 57 home runs during her four-year high school career...Broke the record with her 51st career home run in the district championship, her first of three bombs in the game...Tallied a ridiculous 235 RBIs in her high school career while striking out just 25 times...Drove in 70 runs as a senior...Named player of the year by the Tri-City Herald as a senior...A first team all-Mid-Columbia Conference selection as a junior…Hit .580 with 16 home runs and 64 RBIs as a sophomore in 2013, earning MCC player of the year honors…Her high school coach made her take batting practice 30 feet behind home plate because she routinely damaged cars with home runs balls when hitting from the batter’s box.
CLUB
Played with the Washington Explosion.
PERSONAL
Father, Tim Utecht, played professional baseball in the Milwaukee Brewers organization for three seasons as a first baseman and third baseman after being a first round pick in the MLB june Draft - Secondary Phase in 1982...Played collegiately at Lower Columbia College.
