Vanessa Soto

Position:
Second Base
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Louisiana State

SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2005)

NFCA All-South Region (2006)

All-SEC Tournament (2006)

SEC Player of the Week (3/6/2006)

All-Louisiana (2005, 2006)

NCAA Palo Alto Regional All-Tournament Team (2007)

Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team (2007)

Tiger Classic Most Valuable Player (2005)

2007 (at Louisiana State)

Played in 66 games, starting 62 ... Member of the NCAA Palo Alto Regional All-Tournament Team ... Earned Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team honors ... Split time this season at both first base and second base, moving from her starting job at first to take over at second base due to an injury mid-season, then moved back after the injured player returned ...Ranked seventh in the SEC in doubles ... Recorded a team season best six RBIs vs. Centenary ... Had only four errors in almost 300 chances, with only one error while playing first base - other three came in a stint at second base ...Knocked in game-winning RBIs against Middle Tennessee State and Southern Miss ... Recorded 12 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games ... Tied for fourth with 47 career doubles at LSU ... Also ranked fourth with 10 career sacrifice flies at LSU.

2006 (at Louisiana State)

Played in all 69 games, starting 67...Was an NFCA first-team All-South Region selection...Earned first-team All-Louisiana honors...Was a member of the SEC All-Tournament team...Named the SEC Player of the Week on March 6...Led the SEC in fielding percentage by a second baseman...Ranked in the Top 10 in the SEC in doubles (2nd), sacrifice flies (2nd), walks (6th), slugging percentage (8th), batting average (10th) and RBI (10th)...Broke the Louisiana State single-season record for sacrifice flies with seven...Tied for seventh most single-season doubles in Louisiana State history...After only two seasons, tied for second in a career sacrifice flies and tied for ninth in career doubles in Louisiana State history...Ranked second on the team with 11 multiple-RBI games, including one four-RBI game...Recorded 15 multiple-hit games, including two, three-hit games...Posted a seven-game hitting streak during the season, which was tied for fourth on the team...Knocked in the game-winning runs in nine games, including wins over nationally ranked Washington, Auburn and Louisiana-Lafayette...Game-winning RBI against UL was a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh to win the NCAA Regional championship...Recorded only two errors in 171 chances at second base.

2005 (at Louisiana State)

Played and started in all 54 games...Was a second-team All-Louisiana selection...Named MVP of the Tiger Classic...Led the team with 10 multiple-RBI games, which tied for 17th in the SEC...Led the team and was tied for second in the SEC in doubles with 16, which tied for eighth most single-season doubles in Louisiana State history...Also tied for fourth in doubles in league games in the SEC with seven...Led the team in RBI with 39 and third in hits...Recorded 16 multiple-hit games, including three, three-hit games...Posted an eight-game hitting streak during the season, which was tied for second on the team...Knocked in the game-winning runs against Louisville, Southern, Columbia and Florida...Went 4-for-4 in stolen bases...Tied for the single-game team best with five RBI vs. Southern...Recorded only 10 errors in 182 chances at second base.

High School

Earned four letters in softball...Led her team to the Avocado League championship in 2003 and 2004 and the Palomar League championship in 2001...Was a second-team All-California Interscholastic Federation selection in 2003 and 2004...Named to the All-Avocado League first-team twice and the Palomar League second team once...Averaged .398 with a team-best .636 slugging percentage and 25 RBI as a senior...Received the team’s “Most Inspirational” award...Member of the Union-Tribune All-Section and All-North County second-team as a junior...Set a school record with 46 hits along with a 17-game hitting streak as a junior while knocking in 25 runs and scoring 25 runs...Named Mount Carmel Offensive Player of the Year...Selected the Union-Tribune Athlete of the Week on May 3, 2003...Member of the Union-Tribune All-Academic Team for three years.

Personal

Full name is Vanessa Lynne Soto...Parents are Fabio Soto and Janet Foley...Has one brother, Joshua Stone...Played with Erika Sluss on the SoCal Breakers summer league team...Born on June 20, 1986 in San Diego, Calif.