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Petroglyphs Southern Arizona softball stats leaders

By Javier Morales

Posted on April 18, 2022

*Salpointe’s Gianna Mares is among the Southern Arizona leaders in batting and pitching (Javier Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)*

Statistics listed are from MaxPreps, which compiles stats that are provided by coaches and statisticians of high schools:

Southern Arizona Batting Average Leaders

Southern Arizona batting leaders as of April 14. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	Pos	BA	H	2B	3B	HR
Laila Ruiz	Sr.	San Manuel	C/1B	.750	18	9	1	3
Alyssa Aguirre	Sr.	Sabino	INF	.632	24	2	0	0
Maria Lopez	Sr.	Bisbee	3B/1B	.600	36	6	1	6
Angelina Dehler	Sr.	Empire	SS/3B	.596	28	8	1	4
Anesa Castillo	Sr.	Pueblo	UTIL	.595	22	4	2	2
Isabella Pratti	Jr.	Cholla	P/1B	.593	16	5	2	1
Eliana Romero	Jr.	Sahuarita	UTIL	.586	41	6	2	12
Maddie Holzer	Jr.	Walden Grove	P/INF	.581	18	7	1	1
Jacey Mazura	So.	CDO	P/INF	.579	22	1	0	0
Avery Nielson	Sr.	Sabino	P/UTIL	.578	37	9	4	10

Southern Arizona Home Run Leaders

Southern Arizona home run leaders as of April 14. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	Pos	HR
Eliana Romero	Jr.	Sahuarita	UTIL	12
Alexa Yarger	Jr.	Desert Christian	SS/3B	10
Avery Nielson	Sr.	Sabino	P/UTIL	10
Mia Gutierrez	Sr.	Ironwood Ridge	1B/3B	9
Micaela Valenzuela	Jr.	Cienega	1B/3B	8
Brenna Figueroa	Sr.	Sahuarita	UTIL	8
Shaylee Fuell	So.	Mica Mountain	SS	7
Bella Corona	Jr.	Marana	2B/P	7
Jayd Villa	Jr.	Sahuarita	UTIL	7
Claire Achilles	So.	Tanque Verde	UTIL	7

Southern Arizona RBI Leaders

Southern Arizona RBI leaders as of April 14. Stats from MaxPreps.

Player	Yr	School	Pos	RBI
Micaela Valenzuela	Jr.	Cienega	1B/3B	44
Bella Corona	Jr.	Marana	UTIL	43
Avery Nielson	Sr.	Sabino	P/UTIL	40
Lourdes Gamez	Sr.	St. Augustine	SS/C	40
Eliana Romero	Jr.	Sahuarita	UTIL	39
Maria Martinez	So.	St. Augustine	C/SS	35
Tatyana Vega	Sr.	Sunnyside	P/SS	34
Yesenia Solano	Jr.	Flowing Wells	1B/P	33
Layla Donohue	Sr.	Willcox	P/UTIL	33
Alexa Yarger	Jr.	Desert Christian	SS	33

Southern Arizona Pitching Wins Leaders

Southern Arizona softball pitching wins leaders as of April 15. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	W-L
Kendall Freidinger	Sr.	Empire	14-0
Amelia Streuber	Sr.	CDO	13-2
Claire Achilles	So.	Tanque Verde	11-0
Jayd Villa	Jr.	Sahuarita	11-3
Arianna Figueroa	Jr.	Mountain View	10-2
Alyssa Gonzalez	Sr.	Willcox	9-1
Paisley Gooding	Jr.	St. David	9-1
Kylie Bristol	Jr.	Cienega	9-2
Alyssa Torres	Sr.	Tucson	9-4
Acelynn-Rose Heston	Jr.	Mica Mountain	9-5

Southern Arizona Pitching ERA Leaders

Southern Arizona softball pitching ERA leaders as of April 15. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	ERA	IP
Claire Achilles	So.	Tanque Verde	0.70	60.0
Kendall Freidinger	Jr.	Empire	0.83	76.0
Macee Jackson	Jr.	Salpointe	0.95	81.0
Amelia Streuber	Sr.	CDO	1.03	88.0
Alyssa Torres	Sr.	Tucson	1.61	91.1
Tatyana Vega	Sr.	Sunnyside	1.72	69.0
Oliviah Valdez	So.	Walden Grove	1.97	39.0
Paisley Gooding	Jr.	St. David	2.17	58.0
Brenna Figueroa	Jr.	Sahuarita	2.28	30.2
Jayd Villa	Jr.	Sahuarita	2.30	61.0

Southern Arizona Pitching Strikeout Leaders

Southern Arizona softball pitching strikeout leaders as of April 15. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	Ks	IP
Kendall Freidinger	Sr.	Empire	181	76.0
Amelia Streuber	Sr.	CDO	170	88.0
Avery Nielson	Sr.	Sabino	144	74.0
Macee Jackson	Jr.	Salpointe	123	81.0
Claire Achilles	So.	Tanque Verde	121	60.0
Arianna Figueroa	Jr.	Mountain View	121	75.0
Acelynn-Rose Heston	Jr.	Mica Mountain	116	92.1
Paisley Gooding	Jr.	St. David	106	58.0
Tatyana Vega	Sr.	Sunnyside	102	69.0
Alyssa Torres	Sr.	Tucson	97	91.1

The following are rankings released April 16 of each classication in the state pertaining to softball competition. The records listed are from games recognized by the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA). These reflect mostly in-season games and not tournaments that are not sanctioned by the AIA.