AS A SENIOR (2015): Appeared in 49 games and made 48 starts in second year with Pioneers...Split time defensively between second base (31 starts) and shortstop (17) positions...Primarily batted second in East Bay lineup...Finished with a .240 batting average, two home runs, and 13 RBI...Collected season-high two hits in seven different games...Drove in season-high two runs three times...12-of-29 hits went for extra bases...Tied for third on squad drawing 17 walks...Played in 98 career games and made 94 starts in two years with club.
AS A JUNIOR (2014): Appeared in 49 games and made 46 starts in first year with Pioneers primarily at second base...Hit .228 with two home runs and 17 RBI...Had two multi-hit games...Went 3-for-3 with two RBI versus Chico State (April 25)...Season-high three RBI came against Cal State Dominguez Hills (March 29)...Collected multiple RBI in five games...Posted a season-best 5-game hit streak...Led the team with a streak of 14 straight games in which she reached base safely...Team went 24-19 when she started at second base...Team went 10-1 when she batted sixth in the starting lineup...Went 2-for-2 as a pinch hitter...Tied for team-high with three walks in a single game at Humboldt State (March 15).
AT CHANDLER-GILBERT COLLEGE: Led the Coyotes with a .415 batting average, 40 runs scored, 39 RBI, and .598 slugging percentage...Connected for 68 hits, including 18 for extra bases...Batting average (.415), hits (68), doubles (18), RBI (39), runs (40) all rank fifth best in program history...Posted 40 RBI in freshman season ranking fourth best in CGC history...Nine homers as a freshman are second best in program history...Earned Academic All-American status as a sophomore.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Graduated from Gilbert HS in 2011...Member of varsity softball, badminton, and golf teams...Hit .339 as a senior with 17 RBI...Hit .317 as a junior with 12 RBI...Hit. 290 with 10 RBI as a sophomore (MaxPreps).
PERSONAL: Alex Vela (pronounced "vel-luh")...Majoring in kinesiology...Lists dogs, hiking, and sports as her interests...Favorite athletes include Buster Posey and Hunter Pence of the MLB's San Francisco Giants, Anquan Boldin and Patrick Willis of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, and Markieff Morris of the NBA's Phoenix Suns...Lists favorite movie as "Remember the Titans"...Enjoys listening to One Direction...Born in August 1993...Is one of Alberto and Tammie Vela's five children...Has a twin sister Cassie who also plays on the East Bay softball team...Has two older brothers Raymond (25) and Richard (22)...Has a younger brother Luis (19).
2015 MEDIA2014 MEDIASound Byte:
April 11, 2014 - Solo HR, started two double plays vs. Cal St. San BernardinoCSUEB CAREER STATS| Year | BA | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | FLD% |
| 2014 | .228 | 49-46 | 123 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .325 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .321 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | .927 |
| 2015 | .240 | 49-48 | 121 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .372 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .336 | 1 | 12 | 2-2 | .956 |
| TOTAL | .234 | 98-94 | 244 | 37 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 30 | .348 | 31 | 4 | 30 | 1 | .329 | 1 | 16 | 2-2 | .942 |
