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2 - Sydney Romero
SYDNEY ROMERO
POSITION: Middle Infield HEIGHT: 5-7 BATS/THROWS: R/R HOMETOWN: San Diego, Calif. COLLEGE: Oklahoma syd_syd2
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Head and Neck Cancer Living Foundation
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Accumulated 1,252 leaderboard points while starting all 15 games … fashioned .412 batting average with league-high 21 hits and nine runs batted in … set Athletes Unlimited single-season record with eight doubles … posted 100 or more leaderboard points in a game seven times, including season-high 170 points against Team Jaquish on Aug. 20 … hit safely in 14-of-15 games with five multi-hit performances … closed season with seven hits in her final three games, including a 3-for-4 performance against Team McCleney in Week Five opener … also collected two hits, including a double, and three runs batted in against Team Chidester in season finale … registered season-high 170 leaderboard points after driving in two runs and scoring a run against Team Jaquish on Aug. 20 … ended season by hitting safely in final eight contests.
2022 AUX Season: Accumulated 1,260 points to finish sixth on the leaderboard … started all 12 games and compiled .326 batting average with 14 hits … tallied two home runs with nine runs batted in … scored seven runs … hit by a pitch three times, good for a share of second place in the circuit … authored four multi-hit games while closing the season with seven-game hitting streak … hit a home run against Team Eberle on June 15 and against Team Fischer in season finale on June 25. 2021 Championship Season: Registered 932 leaderboard points during her rookie season … fashioned .220 batting average with nine hits in 15 games … started 12 times … tied with Kelsey Stewart for league lead by being hit by a pitch three times … one of eight players to register a triple … one of 13 players to record a sacrifice fly.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member of Team Mexico who played in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics … hit .222 with four hits, including a double and a home run … also drew three walks.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
No. 3 overall selection in 2019 NPF Draft by the USSSA Pride … earned All-NPF honors after leading USSSA Pride to league championship.
AT OKLAHOMA
Finished her career as the Sooners’ all-time leader in at-bats (853), doubles (58) and sacrifice flies (13) … also stands second in Oklahoma history with 320 career hits, 121 career extra-base hits and 558 total bases … ranks among OU’s career leaders in games played (258), runs batted in (215), batting average (.375), runs scored (229) and home runs (54) … struck out just four times in 211 at-bats during 2016 season … two-time First-Team NFCA All-America selection … earned NFCA All-Region and All-Big 12 Conference honors four times, including First-Team notice as a junior and senior … honored as 2019 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year … two-time member of Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PERSONAL
Has dual citizenship in Mexico and the United States … won two NCAA championships as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma while earning her Master’s degree in adult and higher education with an emphasis in intercollegiate athletics administration … member of 2022 NFCA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year with the Sooners … named as an assistant softball coach at Duke on July 1, 2022 … sister, Sierra, is also a professional softball player who graduated from Michigan … younger brother, Michael, will be a freshman on the LSU baseball team during the 2023 season.
ROMERO’S 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 1260 12 12 0.326 0.396 0.535 43 7 14 1 1 2 9 2 3 2 23 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 1260 12 12 0.326 0.396 0.535 43 7 14 1 1 2 9 2 3 2 23 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
2021 932 15 12 0.220 0.283 0.293 41 1 9 1 1 0 3 1 3 5 12 1 1 0 1 2022 1252 15 15 0.412 0.455 0.608 51 14 21 8 1 0 9 3 1 5 31 0 1 1 1
