Fresno State Athletics
2016 Softball Roster
Roster
Malia Rivers
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Brentwood, Calif.
• 2017 NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team
• 2017 All-MW Second Team
• 2016 All-MW Second Team
• 2016 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar
• 2015 All-MW Second Team
• 2017 Academic All-MW
• 2016 Academic All-MW
• 2015 Academic All-MW
2017 (Senior): Named to the 2017 NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team and All-Mountain West Second Team as a designated player ... began the season as the starter at second base and moved to designated player ... appeared in 51 games, starting 50 ... led the team with 13 stolen bases ... hit .342 on the season with a .398 on-base percentage and .373 slugging percentage, mostly from the first and second spots in the lineup ... ranked second on the team with 16 multi-hit games, including four hits against CSU Bakersfield on March 21 and two three-hit games ... recorded four extra-base hits, including a triple and three doubles, 11 RBIs, 33 runs scored and 14 walks ... notched a seven-game hitting streak to end the regular season (April 30-May 13) ... reached base in 13 straight games March 18-April 14 ... hit .396 (21-for-53) when leading off an inning ... had two RBIs in a game twice, against BYU on March 10 and Oregon State on March 10 ... scored three runs against Iowa on March 2 ... tripled against Oregon State on March 10.
2016 (Junior): All-Mountain West second-team … named an Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar … made 52 starts at second base and two as the designated player while primarily serving as the number two batter … collected 21 RBIs, scored 32 times and tallied 56 hits to go along with a .306 batting average in 54 appearances … logged a team-high 18 multi-hit games and drove in two or more runs on three occasions, which included a season-high three RBIs versus Seattle University on Feb. 13 … extended her reached-base streak to 10 and strung together six-straight hits over the course of the season … ranked fifth in the league with a team-leading 14 stolen bases … also placed first in at-bats (183) and seventh in plate appearances (195) within MW statistics … helped the team to its third walk-off win on April 23 with the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh against Colorado State … accounted for one hit and one stolen base during her second postseason appearance at the 2016 NCAA Los Angeles Regional.
2015 (Sophomore): Earned All-Mountain West second-team and Academic All-Conference honors as a transfer from Georgia … sported the second highest batting average on the squad (.371) ... started all 56 games and accumulated a team-high 70 singles to go along with one double and one triple as the team’s number two batter ... the lefty slapper utilized her speed on the base path to rank second on the team with 16 stolen bases, totaling an on base percentage of .423 and 75 total bases ... posted a season game-high five RBIs versus Loyola Marymount on Feb. 2, one double vs. Santa Clara (Feb. 13) and tripled against Cal on Feb. 15 … defensively accounted for seven assists against San Jose State ... finished top 10 in the conference in runs scored (22), stolen bases (5), total plate appearances (95) and was first in at-bats (85) ... earned the Mountain West Madness Player of the Week by College Sports Madness on April 28 ... claimed a team-leading 15-game hit streak.
2014 (Georgia): Made 15 appearances at Georgia … was a SEC Tournament Champion and NCAA Super Regional advancer … played as an infielder, catcher, pinch-hitter and pinch-runner ... lined her first collegiate hit in mid-March off the bench vs. Mississippi State - a fifth-inning infield single in an 11-2 victory ... also had pinch-hits vs. Georgia Southern (a lead-off fifth-inning double in a 4-1 win) and in the postseason against UT Chattanooga (a fourth-inning single in a 9-0 victory) ... scored seven runs on the season, and recorded one putout and one assist (as second baseman vs. NCAA Tournament advancer Auburn).
High School: Was a four-year All-BVAL selection as a catcher at Heritage High School … named the BVAL All-League MVP as a senior and 2012 All-East Bay First Team ... paced the BVAL in stolen bases all four seasons and in on-base percentage, batting average and hits in 2010 and 2012 ... in the North Coast Section she led with a .667 batting average and stood second in runs scored (43), third in stolen bases (40) and fifth in on-base percentage (.689) ... named one of the top 100 athletes in the East Bay … served as team captain for the USA Elite 18 gold travel club team ... Academic Honor Roll selection all four years.
Personal: Child development major ... parents are Ron and Myla and has two younger brothers, Ronnie and Devon ... Ron was one of the greatest running backs in school history, and led the `Dogs in rushing in 1992 (989, 7.05 avg., 5 TD), '93 (1,007, 6.5 avg., 9 TD) and '94 (1,477, 6.4 avg., 14 TD).
