Sofia Venegas

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
La Mirada, Calif.
High School:
Bishop Amat Memorial

2019: Played in 38 games with 35 starts, primarily in the outfield … Ranked third on the team in doubles (five) and second on the team in Ivy games in batting average (.297) … Posted a .256 batting average and .333 on-base percentage with 20 hits, nine runs, six RBIs, five doubles, and eight walks on the year … Hit .297 in Ivy play with 11 hits, two runs, and two doubles … Went 3-for-4 with an RBI in game one at Cornell (Mar. 24) … Finished 2-for-3 with a run in game two at Columbia (May 4) … Posted a 2-for-3 effort with a run vs. LIU Brooklyn (Mar. 17) … Worked two walks apiece against Colgate (Mar. 15) and Monmouth (Mar. 16) … Tallied two RBIs at Georgetown (Mar. 3) … Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.

2018: Played in 27 games … Made 21 starts, all in the outfield … Posted a .311 batting average, .333 on-base percentage, and .344 slugging percentage … Tallied 19 hits, six runs, three RBIs, and a triple … Registered six multi-hit games … Went 2-for-3 with two runs in game two at Hartford (Mar. 27); concluding the doubleheader 4-for-6 with three runs … Finished 2-for-3 in back-to-back games vs. Cornell (Apr. 8) and Rhode Island (Apr. 11).

2017: Appeared in 41 games with 37 starts, primarily in the outfield … Tallied a .231 batting average with 13 runs, 27 hits, three doubles, a triple, and five RBIs on the year … Notched a .280 on-base percentage and .274 slugging percentage … Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs vs. Saint Peter’s (Mar. 19) … Finished 2-for-3 vs. Rutgers (Mar. 12) … Notched a 2-for-3 effort vs. Holy Cross (Apr. 13) … Logged a 2-for-4 performance with a double in game two at Dartmouth (Apr. 15).

2016: Played in 39 games with 38 starts, primarily at second base … Recorded a .269 batting average, .325 on-base percentage, 28 hits, 12 runs, six RBIs, and one double … Posted five multi-hit games … Went 2-for-3 in game two at Yale (Apr. 30) and in game one vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 17) … Finished 2-for-4 in game one at Harvard (Apr. 23) … Drove in two runs vs. Rider (Feb. 28).

Before Brown: Helped Firecrackers Blanco take first at the Colorado Fireworks and third at PGF Premier in 2013 … Placed third with Firecrackers Blanco at the Colorado Sparkler in 2014 … Played for head coach Kristen Dedmon … Competed on the club level for Firecrackers and Orange County Batbusters … Also won varsity letters in tennis and track & field … Earned Scholar-Athlete honors … Gained Distinguished Scholar and First Honors accolades … Garnered the National Honor Society Award.

Personal: Sofia is the daughter of Precious and Hector Venegas … Has one younger sister, Catalina … Born on July 5, 1997 … Health and Human Biology concentrator.