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2025 Softball Roster

Mark Duffel
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
Nicholas Cullor
Nicholas Cullor
Jason Visitacion
Gunnar Rathbun
Gunnar Rathbun
Gunnar Rathbun

26 Maalia Cherry

  • Position First Base
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Freshman
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Hayward, Calif.
  • Prev School Vanden HS

Biography

2025 (FRESHMAN): Started in all 47 games she appeared in with Bakersfield... Led the team in home runs (13), RBI (37), SLG% (.680), OBP (.449), hits (41), walks (24) and tied for first in batting average with Maya Molina-Villarreal (.336)... Recorded 176 put outs and five assists while playing a perfect first base for the Roadrunners... The first Roadrunner to have a multi-home run game since 2015, and she accomplished the feat three times this season... Hit her record breaking 13th home run on May 2nd at Cal State Fullerton... Her 13 round trips was the most in a single season by a Big West player since the 2022 season (Nawai Kaupe, Hawai'i)... Her stellar Freshman campaign earned her Big West Weekly honors a handful of times, including Big West Player of the Week once and Big West Freshman of the Week three times... Also earned D1 Softball's National Freshman of the Week after her incredible performance in the Hawai'i Spring Fling Tournament where she hit .545, slugged 1.273, had 12 hits, 5 home runs, 15 RBI, and 28 total bases, helping CSUB go 5-1 over the weekend... One of the most feared bats in the Big West conference, one conference foe even began walking her in every at bat after she hit two home runs in a single game and walked it off in nine innings with a 6-5 victory. In that series, the opposing pitching staff walked Cherry 10 times in 12 plate appearances... Rounded out her season with a nod on the All-Big West Freshman Team and First Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2024 graduate of Vanden High School in Calif.… Coached by Anthony Trujillo… Batted .492 in the 2024 season... Earned Third Team All-State, #6 ranked first basement, ranked #32 in California, and nationally ranked #186.

PERSONAL: An engineering major, minoring in pre law who hopes to attend law school after her time at CSUB

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