2023 Softball Roster

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5 Alexia Torculas

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Notre Dame HS
  • Hometown Salinas, CA
  • Major Psychology

Biography

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022)
  • Named to the All-WCC Honorable Mention team
  • Started in all 54 games in centerfield.
  • Led the Toreros in 11 different categories offensively.
    • Games Played (54), Average (.297), At Bats (175), Runs (32), Hits (52), Triples (3), Home Runs (5), Total Bases (77), OBP (.364), Stolen Bases (8).
  • Hit a Home Run in back to back at bats against LMU (May 1) (Solo, 3rd and Solo, 5th).
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021)
  • Played 28 games for the Toreros, making 23 starts primarily in the outfield
  • Hit .226 on the year with 11 runs, one triple and four RBIs
  • Led the team in walks with eight
  • Ranked as one of the top base runners in the WCC with 12 stolen bases on the year
  • Recorded a .976 fielding percentage, committing only one error
PRIOR TO USD
  • Played softball at Monterey Peninsula College for the 2019 and 2020 seasons
  • Team placed second in the state in 2020 and was first in the Coast South Conference before the season ended due to COVID-19
  • Named the 2019 Co-Player of the Year
  • Earned All-Conference nods (2019)
  • Named an All-Northern California selection (2019)
 
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL
  • Prepped at Notre Dame High, was a multi-sport athlete in soccer, water polo and softball
  • Named the 2017 Goalie of the Year and MVP
  • Earned All-league nods in 2018 for soccer
  • Softball team won the 2015 and 2017 CCS Softball Championship
  • Named an All-league honorable mention selection (2015) and second team honoree (2017, 2018)
  • Led the team in homeruns during the 2017 season
  • Played club softball with Salinas Storm and the California Suncats
  • Won PGF Nationals Platinum with Salinas Storm in 2018
  • Was ranked in the top 3 hitters for batting average at the 2013 PGF Nationals
  • Ranked in the top 150 hitters during the 2018 PGF Nationals for batting average
 
PERSONAL
  • Daughter of Mike and MaryAnn Torculas, has three siblings, Ashley, Alyssa and Jared
  • Four-year honors student, earning Academic Honors in multiple subjects including Biology, Computer Science, English, Dance, Statistics and more
  • Was a member of the Senior Retreat Team, Action and Awareness Team and a Student Ambassador
  • Served her community as a volunteer with the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, the Madonna Manor Nursing Home, St. Anthony’s Foundation and Feed My Starving Children
  • Also active in her community by participating in beach cleanups for over four years
  • Hobbies include hiking, swimming, running and dancing
  • Chose USD because, “USD was always a dream school. I love the faith-based community, gorgeous campus, high academia, and especially the competitive athletics. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to be raised in private Catholic school environments from an early age – USD gave me a sense of home, encompassing everything I had grown up with.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'6"
    12
  • 12

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Outfield
    5'6"
    12
  • 5

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Outfield
    5'6"
    5