2022 Softball Roster

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David Bernal

15 Sophia Bjerk

  • Position Third base
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • High School Puyallup HS
  • Hometown Puyallup, WA
  • Major Liberal Studies

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Preseason All-WCC selection (2020, 2021)
  • All-WCC second team (2019, 2021)
  • WCC All-Academic honorable mention (2021)
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022)
  • Saw action in 14 games, including eight starts.
  • Tied a career high with four at bats at UC Riverside (Mar. 9).
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021)
  • Named an All-WCC preseason selection
  • Named an All-WCC second team selection
  • WCC All-Academic honorable mention
  • Played in 30 games, earning 27 starts
  • Recorded 20 hits in 73 at bats with a team-leading six doubles on the year and 9 RBI
  • Slugged a team-high .356 on the year
  • Registered a .981 fielding percentage on the year, committing only three errors on the year
SOPHOMORE (2020)
  • Appeared in 22 games, making 20 starts
  • Batted a new career-best .310 on the year
  • Led the team in home runs (2), slugging percentage (.603) and triples (3)
  • Put together a five-game hitting streak and five multi-RBI games to lead the team
  • Ranked second on the team in RBIs with 12 on the year
  • Hit the walk-off single against CSUN (3/8)
FRESHMAN (2019)
  • Appeared in 46 games, earning 42 starts
  • Batted .306 on the season
  • Slugged 20 RBIs and 6 doubles on the season
  • Recorded a .514 slugging percentage in conference play
  • Recorded a season-best in hits (3) against CSUB (3/16/19)
  • Recorded a season-best in RBI (3) versus Houston (3/9/16)
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
  • Team captain for softball (2017-18)
  • Helped her team reach seventh at state (2018), fifth at state (2017), and second at state (2016)
  • Named first team all-league and all-area (2016-18), league MVP (2018), and second team all-league (2015)
  • Broke eleven hitting records in all Puyallup High School softball as well as two career records 
  • Played for the Washington Ladyhawks club team (2012-18)
  • Named team captain for club team in 2017-18 and was thirteenth at PGF Nationals in 2016
  • Has played volleyball, soccer, basketball, and track
PERSONAL
  • Parents are father, Steve Bjerk, and mother, Kelli Wildhaber
  • Has one older brother 
  • Mother, Kelli, played basketball at the University of Washington and her brother played baseball for Pierce Community College 
  • Has been playing softball since she was four years old
  • Interested in a career of Physical Therapy
  • Finished in the top ten percent of her class
  • Graduate High School with a 3.81 GPA
  • Completed a 4 month internship at OSSR Physical Therapy 
  • Enjoys art, making crafts, and shopping 

Statistics

Season:
2022

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019Freshman

    third base
    5'10"
    15
  • 15

    2020Sophomore

    3B
    5'10"
    15
  • 15

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Third base
    5'10"
    15
  • 15

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Third base
    5'10"
    15