2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Paige Gumz
- Class:
- Junior
Fresno State Accolades
• 2016 MW Defensive Player of the Year
• 2016 NFCA All-Region second-team
• 2016 All-MW second-team
• 2016 Academic All-MW
• 2015 MW Defensive Player of the Year
• 2015 Spring Academic All-Conference
• 2013 All-Mountain West
2016 (Senior): NFCA All-Region second-team … 2016 Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year and second-team all-conference … started all 217 games behind the plate during her four year campaign, including 55 starts as a senior … made the seventh-most plate appearance (195) and her .996 fielding percentage ranked 10th in the league … caught eight runners stealing, just shy of the conference leader with 11, and added 260 putouts on defense … logged a career-high four hits versus New Mexico on April 8 and additionally accounted for 13 multi-hit efforts … logged two RBIs in seven contests and scored a season-best three runs on April 10 versus New Mexico … added three home runs against Seattle University (Feb. 13), No. 8 Washington (March 12) and New Mexico (April 10).
2015 (Junior): 2015 Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year … appeared behind the plate in all 56 games ...earned Spring 2015 Academic All-Conference honors … ranked top 10 team-wise in multiple hit games (15), multiple RBI games (5), longest hitting streak (4) and consecutive games reached base (12) ... hit in the five spot for the `Dogs in all but one game … ranked top five on the squad in sacrifice bunts (3), at-bats (167), sacrifice flies (3), RBI (33), home runs (3) and total plate appearances (195) ... logged a .997 fielding percentage with 321 putouts and seven runners caught stealing ... had a game-high three hits against Oklahoma State (Feb. 22) and Baylor (March 8) and four RBIs against Colorado State on March 22 ... recorded six doubles and added three home runs, including one in a recorded-breaking back-to-back-to-back home runs Fresno State posted against Stanford on Feb. 21 ... had two additional home runs during conference play against Colorado State and Utah State ... helped Fresno State to its first ever MW championship and earned an automatic bid to postseason for the first time since 2011 ... claimed her first postseason hit on May 15 against BYU at the 2015 NCAA Eugene Regional.
2014 (Sophomore): Started all 52 games behind the plate and batted in the sixth-eighth slots ... ranked third on team in doubles (6) at the season’s end … in 24 MW games, she ranked second on the team in slugging (.567) and fourth in batting (.373) ... hit her first career homer in the 24-4 win over Boise State, and her 3-for-4 day also featured her season-highs in hits (3) and RBI (3) ... also hit a first-inning, three-run homer in the season finale win at Nevada ... six of her eight of her multi-hit games came in MW play against San Diego State (2-for-3), San Jose State (2-for-3), UNLV (2-for-3), Colorado State (2-for-4) and Nevada (2-for-3), and others came vs. Virginia (2-for-5) and St. Mary's (2-for-4) ... her two game-winning RBIs came vs. CSU Bakersfield on a second-inning sacrifice fly and fourth-inning two-out double vs. UNLV ... reached base safely in 10-straight games in April that was started by a five-game hit streak vs. New Mexico, SDSU and St. Mary's … also accounted for a four-game hit-streak versus Santa Clara, San Jose State, Utah State and New Mexico ... defensively, threw out base stealers vs. Virginia (twice), No. 25 Texas, New Mexico and UNLV ... ended with a .992 fielding mark with 240 putouts, 22 assists and only two errors.
2013 (Freshman): The All-MW selection started all 54 games behind the plate for the `Dogs and was one of six starters that topped .300 with a .311 batting average ... ranked second on the team in doubles (10) and walks (17), third in on-base percentage (.379) and fourth in hits (47) and RBI (21) ... caught nine runners stealing and had another pick-off ... drilled a career-best three hits twice against Boise State among her nine multi-hit games ... posted multi-RBI games vs. Cal Poly, Nevada, UC Davis and Utah State ... put together a 10-game hitting streak - second-longest on the season for the `Dogs - vs. St. Mary's, Cal Poly, Nevada and UNLV ... tallied 203 putouts, 22 assists and had a fielding percentage of .991.
High School: A four-time letter winner under coach Mike Southworth at Chino Hills High School … awarded first-team All-Sierra League and third-team All-Valley her senior year ... a four-time scholar-athlete award winner ... helped her team to win the Sierra League championship and went on to win the CIF Southern Section Championship in 2012.
Personal: Daughter of Randee and Mark Gumz... has a younger sister, Erica ... she enjoys cooking, camping and shopping ... her biggest athletic thrill was winning CIF title during her senior year of high school ... most admires her mom and dad for paving the way for their family and always putting her and her sister first ... chose to be a Bulldog because she had a lot of family attend Fresno State and she feels "at home" whenever she is on campus … mass communication and journalism major with an emphasis in public relations.
CAREER HIGHS
Runs scored: 3 - at Boise State (3/22/14)
Hits: 3 - vs. Boise State (4/13/13); vs. Boise State (4/14/13); vs. Boise State (3/22/14); vs. Oklahoma State (2/22/15); vs. Baylor (3/8/15)
RBI: 4 - vs. Nevada (5/10/14); vs. Iowa (3/6/15); vs. Colorado State (3/22/15)
Doubles: 1 - 22 times
Triples: 1 - vs. UNLV (4/26/14)
Home Runs: 1 - vs. Boise State (3/22/14); vs. Nevada (5/10/14); vs. Stanford (2/21/15); vs. Colorado State (3/21/15); vs. Utah State (4/12/15)
Total bases: 6 - 2 times, vs. Boise State (3/22/14); vs. Nevada (5/10/14)
Walks: 2 - vs. Iowa State (3/7/13); vs. Pacific (3/20/13); vs. Portland State (2/6/15); vs. Oklahoma State (2/22/15); vs. Rutgers (2/27/15)
Stolen bases: 1 - vs. San Diego State (4/11/14); vs. New Mexico (5/3/13)
Putouts: 12 - vs. Colorado State (4/20/13); vs. New Mexico (5/5/13)
Assists: 2 - 9 times
