Julia DePonte

Position:
Infield/Outfield
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Vacaville, Calif.

CAREER SUMMARY

2018 (Senior)

NFCA All-Region First Team
All-Pac-12 First Team
Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 6, May 7)

Scored a run and drove in a run in the first four games of the season, her longest such streak... hit her first home run of the year against Western Illinois (Feb. 10)... hit another home run against Wichita State, going 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI (Feb. 16)... hit .545 with three home runs and nine RBI at the Bearkat Softball Classic... had a career-long RBI streak, driving in at least one run in six straight games (Feb. 18-23)... hit three home runs during the Husky Classic, scoring five runs and driving in five (March 2-4)... hit her eighth homer of the year in her 26th game, besting last year's total from 50 games (March 10)... set a new career high with her 9th home run of the year against #10 Arizona State (March 18)... hit a walk-off home run to win the first game of the series vs. #9 Arizona (March 23)... cleared the bases with a three-run triple against Utah (April 7)... homered against #23 Cal, driving in two with her 11th home run (April 15)... homered again against #2 Oregon, her 10th career Pac-12 home run (April 28)... 13th Husky ever with 30+ career homers... doubled twice against #2 Oregon, her second game of multiple extra-base hits this year (April 29)... had her second multi-homer game of her career, going 3-for-3 with two bombs at Oregon State (May 4)... had two hits in the regular-season finale for her third multi-hit game in the last four (May 6)... drove in four runs in three Regional games (May 18-20)... went 3-for-3 with her second career WCWS home run to help Washington to the WCWS championship series (June 3).

2017 (Junior)

Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team

Played in 50 games, starting 48… played 17 games at first base and 33 at designated player… held longest on-base streak for Washington this season with 18 games (Feb. 9-March 22) … nine multi-RBI and five multi-hit games… totaled seven home runs… finished the season with a .423 slugging percentage.

2016 (Sophomore)

NFCA All-Region Third Team

Third on the team with 41 RBI... had 13 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games... batted .371 with 53 hits, 11 doubles, four triples, eight home runs, 29 runs scored and 41 RBI... led the team in the NCAA Regionals, batting .636 with seven hits and seven RBI... tied program record with two triples in regional opener against Weber State... went 4-for-4 in regional opener against Weber State with four RBI, two triples, a double and single... recorded at least one hit and one RBI in all three games of the regional... hit two home runs in the season opener against Texas Tech (Feb. 12)... recorded a career-high five RBI against Central Michigan (Feb. 20)... hit a home run against Nebraska (Feb. 28)... recorded three RBI in the series finale against Arizona State (April 10) while hitting her sixth home run of the season.

2015 (Freshman)
Appeared in 44 games, starting 28 -- 19 at third base and nine in the outfield... recorded first collegiate hit vs. then-No. 4 Oklahoma (Feb. 13)... hit first career home run and recorded a team-leading three RBI against then-No. 11 UCLA (March 23)... went 2-for-2 in back-to-back games against Pacific (Feb. 27) and Howard (Feb. 28)... recorded a career-high four RBI vs. Howard (Feb. 28)... hit second double of the season vs. Portland State (March 25)... hit first collegiate triple vs. Howard (Feb. 28)... collected first collegiate RBI vs. Louisville (Feb. 8)... went 2-for-3 with two RBI vs. Arizona (April 10)... went 4-for-5 in series against Utah... hit game-tying single in the seventh and game-winning home run in the ninth vs. Utah (May 8).

		HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Attended Vacaville High School in Vacaville, Calif... led Vacaville High to a 29-1-1 record, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D-1 championship and a MaxPreps national ranking... named to Cal-Hi Sports publication's All-State First Team... named All-League in 2011, 2012 (MVP) and 2014 (MVP)... finished with team-highs in batting average (.516), home runs (seven) and RBI (39)... had a 1.000 slugging percentage, with 47 hits and 33 runs scored in just 31 games... named Monticello Empire League Player of the Year her sophomore year... multi-sport athlete, also earned letters in basketball and tennis... teammate of Washington pitcher Kasey Stanchek... played club ball for the Sorcerers, coach by Joe Mello and Anthony Trujuillo.

		PERSONAL
Daughter of Anne Castro DePonte and Norm DePonte... has one older sibling, Christian.

		GET TO KNOW JULIA
If I wasn’t playing softball, I’d be: playing basketball Name your favorite songs on your iPod: Latch by Disclosure, Rather Be by Clean Bandit Describe coach Tarr in five words or less: she wants to win What’s the best part about playing softball at UW: stepping on the field every day with my sisters competing for a National Championship Favorite food: Mexican Favorite movie: Hunger Games Favorite TV show: Orange is the New Black, Vampire Diaries Favorite thing to do other than play softball: playing video games with Kylee, Kim and Kasey, travel DePonte on why she chose Washington: “The coaches are amazing. When I met with them, I knew they were the best fit for me, and they were going to teach me to be the best athlete and the best person I can be. I want to be a nurse and knowing that they’re number one in the country for a nursing program is pretty awesome. The first time I walked onto campus - the first awe of it - it was so beautiful. I felt right at home as soon as I stepped on campus."

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