#4 Addison Amaral 2023-24 Softball Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2024
  • Second Team All-ACC
  • 2024 Freshman All-ACC
  • 2024 Second Team NFCA All-Region

AS A FRESHMAN (2024)

• Named second team All-ACC for her efforts in her rookie season
• Freshman All-ACC honoree
• One of six players to start all 50 games during the season, 49 at second base and one at shortstop
• Finished second on the team with a .340 batting average, leading the team in doubles, home runs, RBI and slugging percentage
• Finished a home run short and two RBI short of the program’s record by a freshman
• First freshman to lead the team in home runs since 2021
• First freshman to lead the team in RBI since 2007
• Finished with 16 multi-hit games
• Drove in multiple runs in 14 games, leading the team
• Earned an eight-game hit streak during the season
• Added an 11-game reached base streak
• Hit in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth spots in the order during the year, primarily in 3rd or 4th
• Recorded her first collegiate hit in a 2-for-2 effort against Utah on the first NCAA live softball game broadcasted on MLB Network (Feb. 10)
• Hit her first collegiate home run in a 2-for-4 effort with three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Samford (Feb. 16)
• Season-best five RBI in a 2-for-3 effort with two doubles in a win over Ball State (March 10)
• Season-best three hit efforts twice, including in the ACC Tournament win over North Carolina
• Hit two home runs in a 2-for-4 effort with three RBI and three runs scored against Boston College (April 27)

Prep and Personal

• Competed at Notre Dame High School Salinas under head coach Tom Cardinale
• Earned four varsity letters in softball and volleyball
• Was named a team captain as a senior
• Two-time first team All-Pacific Coast Athletic League/Gabilan as a junior and senior
• Second team All-PCAL/Gabilan as a sophomore
• In her senior season, was named County Player of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year
• Two-time All-County selection
• Two-time Northern California Team honoree
• Named first team All-State as a senior
• Second team All-State in her junior campaign
• Career stats: 99 career hits, 23 home runs, 10 doubles, 74 runs scored, 73 RBI
• Senior year, led the team to a 22-8 overall record, connecting on 48 hits, five doubles, four triples, 12 home runs, scored 34 runs, drove in 32 and swiped six bases
• Also competed in volleyball where she was her a three-time All-League honoree, including the League’s Most Valuable Player in her junior season and was a first team All-League selection as a senior
• Competed for the Suncats club team under head coach James Jimenez, as well as Warrior Academy under coach Jimenez and Ray McDonald
• Graduated as her class’s Salutorian
• National Honor Society Lifetime Member
• California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Member
• Daughter of Kiana and Chad Amaral
• Her father played college football at Santa Clara
• Has two siblings, Colton and Reese