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2009 Team Defensive Player Award
2008 Team Rookie of the Year Award
2010
Started in 43 games for San Diego in 2010 batting .289 on the season with 33 hits. Scored 21 runs and tallied a team high 11 doubles for USD, two homeruns, and 15 RBI. Held a season .439 slugging percentage and a .414 on-base percentage for the Toreros.
2009
Started all 54 games she appeared in almost solely at third base... Had a career best game against LMU on April 19th where she was 3-for-5 with 5 RBI and a home run... Her other best offensive game of the year statistically was March 19th against North Dakota. She was a perfect 3-for-3 with a hit by pitch and 2 RBI
2008
Appeared in 55 games where she started them all primarily at second base... Had a season high 3 hits against UC Riverside on February 17th... On Feb 16th against UC Riverside she went 2-for-2 with a double, home run, 2 RBI, a run scored and a walk... Finished the season with a .265 batting average and 25 RBI in 151 at bats as well as a .397OBP and .444 slugging percentage
High School
Played for the Buchanan High School in the Tri-River Athletic Conference. Earned all-league, all-state, and rookie of the year awards as an underclassman ... Was named all-league and all-valley as a junior leading her team to the valley championship earning runner-up ... Earned all-league and all-valley again as a senior including the Bear Award ... Played for the Runnin[apos] Rebels Gold club team ... Named a captain and led the team to the AFA National Championship.
Personal
Born March 7, 1989 in Bakersfield, California ... Chose USD for the academic reputation ... undeclared major ... was also recruited by North Carolina State, University of the Pacific, and Fresno State ... Daughter of Jess and Linda Soto of Clovis, California.
Getting to know Celeste...
- Favorite place to eat at USD: Student Life Pavilion (SLP) for dinner
- After my USD career, I[apos]d like to be remembered as: A great leader
- Since coming to USD, I have learned: to multi-task
- Favorite Movie: Cinderella
- Favorite Midnight Snack: cookies and milk
- Hero Growing Up: my mom
- What people don[apos]t know about me: I[apos]m afraid of the dark
- Pre-game Ritual: doing eye-black and jump with Kristen Gensler
- Most Embarrassing Moment: falling on the way to class
- Favorite Quote: 'We must be the change we wish to see.' - Ghandi
