Yannixa Acuña Season 2024

––Sister, Sister – Softball Houses Two Pairs of Siblings (Sun Devil Athletics/By Zach Wargo/ Feb.3,2023)
JUNIOR (2025)

• Returned to action for the first time since March 15, 2024, when she entered as a pinch runner against Maryland (Feb. 6).
• Entered as a pinch runner in all four games of the Kajikawa Classic and scored three times.

SOPHOMORE (2024)

• Before suffering a season-ending knee injury, she started in 24 games in the outfield and appeared in 26 games total.
• Batted .382 and was reliable on the base-paths with 29 hits, 21 runs and 11 stolen bases. Had five doubles and a triple.
• Got on base in 20 of the 26 games she appeared in and had a career high six-game hitting streak, going 12-for-24, batting .500 during the span of Feb. 23 – March 1st.
• Hit two doubles in the win against UC San Diego on March 1st, going 3-for-4.
• Hit her first collegiate home run against New Mexico State on Feb. 25th with two RBIs and three hits. 
• Tallied three hits, including a double and triple, and added on a stolen base against St. Thomas (2/9)
• Recorded a hit, walk, and stolen base vs Boise State (2/10)
• Acuna swiped a bag and singled vs Maine (2/10)

FRESHMAN (2023)

• Appeared in 25 games, prominently as a pitch-runner or pitch-hitter and knocked an efficient five hits in nine at-bats.
• She was 3-for-3 as a pinch hitter during the OSU Mizuno Classic … her single against No. 2 Oklahoma State was the team’s first of the day … stole a base and scored as a pinch runner against UCF (3/18)
• Made two appearances in Sun Devil Classic with a hit against Michigan State (3/4) and a scored run against Boise State (3/4)
• Successfully obtained her first career hit and stolen base against Memphis (2/10)

HIGH SCHOOL

• Appeared in 95 games in her high school career at Salpointe Catholic, younger sister of Yannira Acuña. Started in all 34 games her senior year winning a state title in 2022.
• Has a career batting average of .462, with 134 career hits, 53 RBIs, 124 runs and an on base percentage of .518.
• 61 career stolen bases in her four years in Tucson, led the team in 2022 with 34 SBs.
• Three straight years of having a perfect fielding percentage while playing center field for the Lancers.

Career Highs:
At Bats: 1 (4x) vs. Arizona (3/12/23)
Runs: 1 (5x) vs. Boise State (3/5/23)
Hits: 1 (3x) vs. Arizona (3/12/23)
Stolen Bases: 1 (3x) vs. Iowa State (2/25/23)
Hitting Streak: 2 (February 11, 2023 – March 4, 2023)