#4 Lexi Orozco Softball Roster
Infield
Awards at Notre Dame
- 2023 Second Team All-ACC
- 2023 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Third Team
As a Graduate (2023):
- Finished second on the team with a .370 (51-for-138) batting average, starting all 50 games
- Played shortstop and designated player throughout the season
- Recorded 45 RBI, good for second on the team
- Scored 34 runs
- Drew 31 walks, tying for ninth-most in a single season in program history
- Hit 14 home runs, earning the 10th best performance in a season in school history
- Tallied 13 multi-hit games
- Led the team with 13 multiple RBI games
- Earned a season-long six-game hitting streak twice during the year (Feb. 12-Feb.24 & March 10-March 16)
- Added a season-long 18-game reached base streak (March 28 – April 29)
- Season-best five RBI against Elon (March 14)
- Hit two grand slams (at Elon March 14 and at Boston College April 22)
- Recorded a season-high four three-hit games
- Went 5-for-7 in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, going 3-for-3 against #19 Oregon and adding two hits against #13 Arkansas
PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME
At Utah State
RECORDS: Holds the program record in career RBIs (138) and slugging percentage (.631)… Tied for first in career home runs with 39… Ranks in the top-10 on several USU career record lists, including walks (81, 3rd), total bases (303, 4th), runs scored (95, 6th) and doubles (33, t-6th)… Holds three spots on the single-season home run record list as she ranks second with 13 in 2019, tied for third with 12 in 2022 and tied for ninth with 10 in 2021… Tied for third in single-season slugging percentage after recording .687 in both 2022 and 2019…Ranks third and is tied for fourth in single-season RBIs with 46 in 2022 and 44 in 2019, respectively… Tied for second in single-season walks with 46 in 2022… Ranked single-season total bases with 101 in 2022.
HONORS: NFCA Division I Third Team All-Region (2022); First-Team All-Mountain West (2019); Academic All-Mountain West (2021, 2022); NFCA/Easton Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022); Mountain West Player of the Week (3/8/22).
2022 (SR): Named NFCA Division I third team all-region… Mountain West Player of the week (March 8)… Played in 55 games, making 54 starts… Batted a team-best .354 on the year, recording 52 hits in 147 at-bats… Recorded a .687 slugging percentage, which ties for third on the USU single-season record list… Second on the team with 46 RBIs, which ranks third on the single-season record list… Hit 13 doubles, including two against Boston University (March 5)… Hit 12 home runs, which is tied for third on the USU single-season record list… Had multiple hits in 12 games, including three in four contests…Was walked a team-high-tying 36 times, which ties for second on the USU single-season record list… Had 101 putouts and a team-best 111 assists with a .934 fielding percentage… Fielded 18 double plays… Was named an NFCA/Easton Scholar-Athlete… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
2021 (JR): Played in and started all 44 games at shortstop… Batted .261 on the year, recording 35 hits in 134 at-bats… Hit six doubles, including two at UC San Diego (March 6)… Hit a team-high 10 home runs, which ties for 10th on the USU single-season home run record list… Hit multiple home runs in two games… Hit the third grand slam of her career at Utah Valley (April 21)… Had multiple hits in 12 games, including three at Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 13)… Was walked a team-high 17 times… Had 71 putouts and a team-best 95 assists with a .943 fielding percentage… Was named an NFCA/Easton Scholar-Athlete… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
2020 (SO): Played in and started all 24 games at shortstop… Hit .323 on the season, tallying 21 hits in 65 at-bats… Had multiple hits in four games, including a season-best three against Hawai’i (Feb. 14)… Had a four-game hitting streak from Feb. 9-15… Hit six doubles, including two against Hawai’i… Hit a team-high four home runs… Scored 15 runs on the year… Had a team-best 21 RBIs, including a season-high three in two games… Was walked 14 times and hit by a pitch twice… Had two sacrifice hits… Tallied 35 putouts and 42 assists with an .837 fielding percentage… Was a part of USU’s triple play in the third inning against UC Riverside (Feb. 9)… Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 (FR): Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors… Played in and started 46 games at shortstop… Led the team, hitting .336 on the year… Had a team-high 45 hits in 134 at-bats… Had multiple hits in 10 games, including a season-high three against Illinois State (Feb. 16)… Had a team-best nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 15-23… Set the single-season home run record, hitting 13… Hit two home runs against Fresno State (April 20)… Also hit eight doubles… Had a .687 slugging percentage, which ranks third on the single-season record list… Scored 29 runs, with a season-high three at Boise State (April 14)… Tallied 44 RBIs, which ties for second on the single-season record list… Had a season-high five RBIs against Illinois State… Was walked 14 times… Recorded 44 putouts and 97 assists with a .910 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at San Marcos (California) High School… Posted a .378 batting average in her high school career… Tallied 129 RBIs while scoring 99 runs… Earned second-team all-league honors in 2016 and was named to the first team as a junior and senior… Was a first-team all-California Interscholastic Federation honoree her senior year… Helped San Marcos HS to the 2018 California state title… Played club softball with Athletics Mercado, along with USU teammate Emily Tidd.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Kareem Williams and Angela Perez…