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Lewis & Clark College

2025 Softball Roster

Seth Orensky
Seth Orensky
Ella Ruark
Ella Ruark
Ella Ruark
Ella Ruark
Seth Orensky
Steve Gibbons
Colin Blume

20 Mari Alvarez

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Fremont, Calif.
  • High School Newark Memorial
  • Position C/INF
  • Major Higher Education Student Affairs

Biography

2024 AWARDS

Northwest Conference All Conference: Second Team  

2024 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Games Played/Games Started: 44/44
Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .339/.435/.696
Hits: 42 (3 at Whitworth April 6 GM2)         
Runs: 21 (2 four times) 
Runs Batted In: 34 (4 at Whitworth April 6 GM2)       
Total Bases: 63 (6 two times)

NOTABLES

  • Split time between first base and catcher in her fourth season as a Pioneer 
  • Joined Connie Kling (‘1982), Alicia Provost (‘1982) as the only players in program history to be named to the All-Conference Team in four-straight seasons 
  • Led the team with eight hit by pitches and five sacrifice flies 
  • Ranked amongst the team leaders in batting average (t-2nd), on-base percentage (second), RBI (third), walks (14 - third) slugging percentage (fourth) and hits (fourth),  
  • Posted six doubles and five home runs 
  • Registered a .995 fielding percentage with a team-high 210 putouts and just one error in 221 chances 
  • Ranks among the program’s all-time leaders for a single-season in: RBI (sixth), at-bats (11th) and hits (t-12th)
  • Finished the year 20th in NCAA DIII in sacrifice flies and 55th in hit by pitches 
  • Hit safely in 30 games and posted multiple hits 11 times 
  • Went 3-4 with a run scored, four RBI and a homer on April 6 in a win over Whitworth 
  • Chipped in two hits, two runs, three RBI, a double and a homer on April 14 in a win over Pacific Lutheran 
  • Ended the regular-season on an eight-game hitting streak from April 27 to May 7 
  • Went 2-3 with two RBI to help Lewis & Clark defeat #3 Pacific Lutheran in the Northwest Conference Semifinals and earn a spot in the NWC Championship Series for the first time in program history 
  • Enters her fifth season ranked among the program leaders in career:  on-base percentage (2nd - .442), doubles (28 – 3rd), hits (4th – 138), RBI (4th – 86), runs scored (75 – 6th), home runs (7th – 16), batting average (.352 – 7th), games played (7th – 147), slugging percentage (9th – .544) and games started (140 – 9th)

2023 AWARDS

Northwest Conference All Conference: First Team   

2023 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Games Played/Games Started: 37/37
Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .370/.481/.657
Hits: 40 (3 Pacific Lutheran March 27 GM2)     
Runs: 23 (2 five times) 
Runs Batted In: 21 (4 Warner Pacific March 29 GM2)    
Stolen Bases: 1-2 (1 Bushnell February 11 GM2)  
Total Bases: 71 (7 Pacific Lutheran March 27 GM2)     

NOTABLES

  • Put together the best season of her career by serving as the team’s designated player while also earning starts at catcher and second base 
  • Earned All-Conference honors for the third-straight season and was named to the NWC First Team for the first time in her career 
  • Recorded new career-highs in nearly every offensive category including hits, runs, doubles and home runs 
  • Tied the single-season program record with 11 hit by pitches and finished fourth in doubles, tied for seventh in total bases, ninth in slugging percentage and tied for 12th in home runs 
  • Posted 11 multiple-hit games, five multi-run games and four multi-RBI games 
  • Registered 11 doubles (first on the team) one triple and six home runs (second on the team)
  • Recorded two hit streaks of six-games or more including seven in a row from March 27-31
  • Went 3-5 with two runs scored, two RBI, a double and a home run on March 27 in a game two win over Pacific Lutheran University
  • Finished 2-3 with two runs scored, four RBI and a homer in game two against Warner Pacific on March 29 
  • Closed out the season by going 3-5 with three runs scored, three RBI, two walks and a hit by pitch in a doubleheader against Willamette on April 16 

2022 Awards

All Conference: NWC Second Team 

SEASON HIGHS

Games Played/Games Started: 38/37

Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .342/.403/.486 

Hits: 38 (3 two times)  

Runs: 15 (2 two times)   

Runs Batted In: 23 (3 three times) 

Stolen Bases 2 (1 two times)  

Total Bases: 54 (6 two times) 

NOTABLES

  • Named to the Northwest Conference Honorable Mention Team for the second-straight season
  • Appeared in all 38 games and made 37 starts  
  • Finished tied for second on the team in hits (38), second in RBI (23) and first with five hit by pitches 
  • Racked up four doubles and four home runs
  • Hit safely in 25 games and posted multiple hits 10 times 
  • Posted a seven-game hitting streak from March 25-April 2 
  • Opened the season by going 3-3 with two runs, three RBI, a stolen base and the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning against Warner Pacific in the team’s opener on February 12
  • Finished 3-4 with a run scored, an RBI and a home run against nationally-ranked Linfield on March 29
  • Recorded the game-winning three-run double against Willamette on April 15 in a 7-5 victory

As a Freshman (2020-21): Named to All-Northwest Conference Honorable Mention after leading the team in batting average (.362) including a stretch where she had a hit in 10 of the final 12 games in which she competed in … Finished 8th in the Northwest Conference in on base percentage … Played in 28 games … Ended the season with a batting average of .471 and a slugging percentage of .522 … Recorded a homerun, 12 RBIs, and 25 hits in 69 at-bats … Made first career appearance on Feb. 20 at Corban … Had five RBIs and three hits on May 1 against Pacific.

At Lewis & Clark: Graduated with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Health Studies ... Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee .. Serves as an intern for Assistant AD/Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Angela Dendas-Pleasant ... Works with Speciality Athletic training. 

Prior to the Pios: All-League First Team.

Why Lewis & Clark?: I felt so at home when I toured Lewis & Clark. I felt like I can pursue my dreams at L&C.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2021First Year

    UTL
    5'5"
    20
  • 20

    2022Sophomore

    UTIL
    5'4"
    20
  • 20

    2023Junior

    C/MI
    5'5"
    20
  • 20

    2024Senior

    C/MI
    5'6"
    20
  • 20

    2025Graduate Student

    C/INF
    5'5"
    20