Valerie Ventura - Softball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#2 Valerie Ventura

INF | R-Jr. | 5-6 | R/R | Oxnard, Calif. | Rio Mesa HS

Career Highlights
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)

2022 | Redshirt Junior
Appeared in 21 games with 14 starts at shortstop … Logged a .182 batting average (6-for-33) and tallied an on base percentage of .229 and slugging percentage of .273 … registered first career home run against Lehigh on March 11 … started 11 consecutive games at short from March 21-April 10 … notched first hit of the year against Missouri State on March 5 … made first start of the year at short against Kennesaw State on March 5 … filed back-to-back games with a base hit against Ole Miss (April 2-3) … recorded a season-high two runs scored against LSU on March 26 … Achieved a new career-high in RBIs with four against Lehigh (March 11).

2021 | Redshirt Sophomore
Saw action in 16 games, making eight starts at third base … Hit .150 (3-for-20), posting an on base and slugging percentage of .150 … Totaled three hits, two RBIs and one run scored … Made first start of the year in the season opener against Oklahoma State, going 1-for-3 with a run scored and RBI, plating a run with a fifth inning infield single … Collected second hit of the year, singling in the ninth inning after entering the game at third as a defensive replacement the prior frame against Liberty (March 16) … Earned her first start since the season opener against Ole Miss (March 19), going 1-for-3, plating the game’s first run on an infield single in the second inning of a 5-1 win … Started seven consecutive games at third from March 19-27 before missing the remainder of the year with a hand injury.

2020 | Redshirt Freshman
Appeared in 24 games and made 18 starts at third base… Hit .263 with one double, six RBIs and two walks… Made first collegiate appearance as a pinch runner and scored a run against UTEP (Feb. 7)… Collected first collegiate hit in first start at FGCU (Feb. 16)… Registered first two hit game against Villanova (Feb. 28)… Hit first double against Villanova (Feb. 29)… Notched first RBI against South Dakota State (Feb. 21).

2019 | Freshman
Was granted a medical redshirt for her first season at Arkansas.

Prior to Arkansas
Held a career batting average of .468 for Rio Mesa High school… Recorded 102 hits, 72 RBIs, 103 runs, 17 homers while slugging .839… Batted .494 during her senior year of high school with 38 hits on 34 runs with 9 homers while slugging 1.012… Led the team to a 23-0-1 record before suffering an injury during her final season at Rio Mesa… Was named to the 2015 and 2017 First Team All-Ventura County and the First team Pacific View League… 2017 All-Tournament Team for the TNT National Tournament …Hit a three-run walk-off home run in the championship game against the Cal A’s Quales for her club team… Also lettered four years for the Rio Mesa High School girls basketball team.

Personal
Daughter of Andy and Nancy Ventura… Has two siblings, Andrew and Krystin.