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Lewis & Clark College

2025 Softball Roster

Seth Orensky
Seth Orensky
Ella Ruark '25
Ella Ruark '25
Ella Ruark '25
Ella Ruark '25
Seth Orensky
Steve Gibbons
Colin Blume '26

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