2021 Softball Roster

Jersey Number 8
Karina Chavarria
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-6
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- San Bruno, Calif.
- High School:
- Capuchino
2021: Started in center field vs. Johnson & Wales (Apr. 11), earning a walk … Season shortened due to COVID-19.
2020: Started all 10 games … Posted a .241 batting average, .258 on-base percentage, and .310 slugging percentage on the year … Tallied seven hits, four RBIs, four runs, and two doubles on the season … Went 2-for-3 with a double vs. Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 23) … Registered three RBIs and two runs scored vs. UNC Wilmington (Feb. 21) … Season shortened due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
2019: Played in 32 games with 31 starts in the outfield … Ranked third on the team in RBIs (15) … Posted 18 hits, 12 runs, three doubles, a triple, a home run, and nine walks on the year … Tallied a .234 batting average and .326 on-base percentage … Notched a 1.000 fielding percentage on 51 chances … Hit .238 in Ivy play with 10 hits, 10 RBIs, six runs, two doubles, a triple, and a homer … Registered two hits in each of three games … Registered multiple RBIs in each of four games … Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs, and a triple in game one at Cornell (Mar. 24) … Finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, two doubles, and a run in game one vs. Yale (Apr. 13) … Hit first collegiate home run in game two vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 27) … Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.
2018: Played in 14 games with 10 starts … Tallied 11 at bats, one hit, one walk, and two runs on the year … Posted first collegiate hit at Stetson (Feb. 24).
Before Brown: Earned All-League honors as a sophomore, junior, and senior … Led league in stolen bases in 2016 … Gained San Francisco Chronicle Second Team All-Metro accolades in 2016 … Registered a .390 batting average, a .479 on-base percentage, a .985 fielding percentage, and 15 stolen bases as a senior … Played for coaches Tanya Borghello and Todd Grammatico … Competed on the club level for Cal Nuggets … Also competed in cross country, tennis, and soccer … Earned cross country team’s 2013 Rookie of the Year award.
Personal: Karina is the daughter of Kirstie Andino … Has three siblings, Yisela, Dominic, and Liana … Political Science concentrator.
Why Brown? “Brown is the ideal school to both receive an outstanding education and to continue to play the sport that I love at the collegiate level.”
2020: Started all 10 games … Posted a .241 batting average, .258 on-base percentage, and .310 slugging percentage on the year … Tallied seven hits, four RBIs, four runs, and two doubles on the season … Went 2-for-3 with a double vs. Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 23) … Registered three RBIs and two runs scored vs. UNC Wilmington (Feb. 21) … Season shortened due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
2019: Played in 32 games with 31 starts in the outfield … Ranked third on the team in RBIs (15) … Posted 18 hits, 12 runs, three doubles, a triple, a home run, and nine walks on the year … Tallied a .234 batting average and .326 on-base percentage … Notched a 1.000 fielding percentage on 51 chances … Hit .238 in Ivy play with 10 hits, 10 RBIs, six runs, two doubles, a triple, and a homer … Registered two hits in each of three games … Registered multiple RBIs in each of four games … Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs, and a triple in game one at Cornell (Mar. 24) … Finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, two doubles, and a run in game one vs. Yale (Apr. 13) … Hit first collegiate home run in game two vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 27) … Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.
2018: Played in 14 games with 10 starts … Tallied 11 at bats, one hit, one walk, and two runs on the year … Posted first collegiate hit at Stetson (Feb. 24).
Before Brown: Earned All-League honors as a sophomore, junior, and senior … Led league in stolen bases in 2016 … Gained San Francisco Chronicle Second Team All-Metro accolades in 2016 … Registered a .390 batting average, a .479 on-base percentage, a .985 fielding percentage, and 15 stolen bases as a senior … Played for coaches Tanya Borghello and Todd Grammatico … Competed on the club level for Cal Nuggets … Also competed in cross country, tennis, and soccer … Earned cross country team’s 2013 Rookie of the Year award.
Personal: Karina is the daughter of Kirstie Andino … Has three siblings, Yisela, Dominic, and Liana … Political Science concentrator.
Why Brown? “Brown is the ideal school to both receive an outstanding education and to continue to play the sport that I love at the collegiate level.”
Brown Bears Sports Report (4-16-2026)
Thursday, April 16
Penner Field House
Tuesday, January 20
Hittin’ the PEMDAS…IYKYK
Thursday, May 22
Brown postgame press conference vs Texas Tech
Saturday, May 17
























































