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13 - Sashel Palacios
SASHEL PALACIOS
POSITION: Catcher BATS/THROWS: L/R COLLEGE: Arizona State HEIGHT: 5-3 RESIDENCE: Chula Vista, Calif.
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Morgan’s Message
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 AUX Season: Compiled 720 leaderboard points during inaugural AUX Softball season … starter in 10 games who tallied two hits, including a home run, with six runs batted in … belted first grand slam in AUX Softball history in fourth inning against Team Mulipola on June 19 … joined Courtney Gano as the only players in the league to drive in five or more runs in a game with five RBI against Team Mulipola on June 19 … also joined Gano as the only players to record a grand slam during the season. 2021 Championship Season: Finished with 934 leaderboard points in her second Athletes Unlimited campaign … fashioned .206 batting average while starting 13-of-14 games … tallied seven hits, including two home runs, in 34 at-bats. 2020 Championship Season: Tallied 670 points on inaugural season leaderboard … fashioned .250 batting average with six hits in 24 at-bats while starting 10-of-13 games … ranked second in the league with nine walks.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member of Team Mexico who played in World Cup of Softball in 2014 and 2015 … recorded seven hits with a home run and four runs batted in during 2017 Canada Cup … also competed in 2017 and 2019 Pan American Games with Team Mexico … won a Silver medal during 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games … led Team Mexico to fourth place finish at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, hitting .222 in five games.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Began her professional career with the NPF’s Chicago Bandits in 2018, batting .275 with one home run and six runs batted in … played for the Cleveland Comets during the 2019 campaign.
AT ARIZONA STATE
Four-year letter winner for the Sun Devils who started 146-of-163 games from 2014-17 … posted .322 career batting average with 18 home runs and 88 runs batted in … tallied 133 hits, including 19 doubles … earned First-Team All-Pac 12 honors as a senior after hitting .322 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI.
PERSONAL
Has been playing softball since the age of four … lists qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with Team Mexico as her proudest athletic accomplishment … hobbies include spending time with family, reading and going to the beach … inspired to work hard by her family, especially her parents … younger sister, Sharlize, is a catcher on the Arizona softball team … father, Francisco, was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft and was picked by the Detroit Tigers in the 1993 MLB Draft. seashel_13
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PALACIOS’ ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
AUX
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2022 720 10 10 0.095 0.269 0.238 21 2 2 0 0 1 6 3 2 4 5 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 720 10 10 0.095 0.269 0.238 21 2 2 0 0 1 6 3 2 4 5 0 1 0 0
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 670 13 10 0.250 0.455 0.375 24 4 6 0 0 1 5 9 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 2021 934 14 13 0.206 0.270 0.412 34 4 7 1 0 2 5 2 1 5 14 0 1 0 0
