Mariah Lopez joined the Arkansas Razorbacks as a graduate assistant in August 2024, following a standout collegiate playing career.
Lopez earned NFCA All-America and All-PAC 12 honors while pitching at Utah (2021-24), helping lead the Utes to a College World Series appearance in 2023.
During her four years in Salt Lake City, Lopez collected a list of accolades too numerous to mention, including putting together a 2023 campaign in which she finished in the top three in the Pac-12 with 23 wins and 206 strikeouts, was named first-team all-conference and all-region, won the Pac-12 Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award and earned a spot on the NFCA All-American Third-Team.
Lopez followed up her spectacular 2023 season with a senior year worthy of First-Team All-Pac-12 and First-Team All-Pacific Region honors. Her 22 victories tied for the league lead, her 203 strikeouts placed her second in the conference, and she racked up more innings pitched and complete games than anybody in the Pac-12. The Arizona native became the first Ute to win 20 games in back-to-back seasons in over a decade and finished third in school history in career strikeouts with 582.
She recently wrapped up her first professional season with the New York Rise of the Association of Fastpitch Professionals.
A native of Tucson, Ariz., Lopez earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Utah in the spring of 2024.
