Marissa Gonzalez

position Catcher
height 5-7
class Freshman
B/T R/R
Hometown Kingsburg, Calif.
High school Kingsburg

position Catcher
height 5-7
class Freshman
B/T R/R
Hometown Kingsburg, Calif.
High school Kingsburg

AWARDS:

SEC All-Tournament Team (2023)

2024:

Named to the SEC Spring Honor Roll … Played in 48 games, starting 23 in the outfield … Led the team with 11 steals with a 100 percent success rate … Fourth on the team with five doubles … Had three multi-hit games … Twice drove in a pair of runs … Stole a pair of bases against UC Davis (2/17) … Had a walk-off double against Np. 13 Utah (2/15) … Drove in the game-winning run against UC Davis (2/17) … Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … Had a season-high four putouts against No. 13 Utah (2/15).

2023:

Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team … Played in 58 games, starting 56 times … Second on the team with 33 runs scored … Fourth on the team with 10 doubles and five home runs … Finished the season with career highs in every offensive category … Hit her first career home run, a grand slam, against Western Kentucky (2/19) … Had seven multi-hit games on the year … Also had seven multi-RBI games on the seasons … Recorded her first career outfield assists against Florida (3/31).

2022:

Appeared in 32 games, making one start… Made her first career start against Marshall (2/18)… Earned her first collegiate hit on a triple against Charleston Southern (3/2)… Scored 10 runs, mostly as a pinch runner… Earned her first career RBI against George Washington (2/12)… Collected her first stolen base on her only attempt of the season against College of Charleston (3/17).

Prior to SC:

Gonzalez shined at Kingsburg High School in Kingsburg, Calif… Lettered all four years… Was named her team’s MVP in 2018 and 2019 and the Central Sequoia League MVP in 2019… Also named the California High Sports Medium School All-State First-Team Catcher… Never hit below .394… Showed plenty of power with 11 home runs in 2019… Ranked as the 61^st-best catcher in the 2021 class by Extra Inning Softball.

Personal:

Daughter of Jennifer and Dan Gonzalez… Sister to Kristine, Jessica, Sarah and Jocelynn Gonzalez… Her sister, Sarah, plays softball at Bowling Green State and will enter 2020 as a redshirt junior… Her sister, Jessica, lettered four years at Dixie State University and was named the PAC West Freshman of the Year in 2016 after hitting .393 with six home runs and 37 RBI… From Kingsburg, Calif… Born in Stockton, Calif… Picked Carolina over Nebraska.