The UC Davis softball program has signed Marissa Araujo to an athletics grant-in-aid agreement, announced head coach Karen Yoder. Araujo will join the Aggies as a junior in 2008-09 after a pair of standout seasons at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas. More
Eighteen UC Davis student-athletes have earned 2007-08 Academic All-Big West Conference honors for the spring season, it was announced Wednesday by the conference office. The Aggies women's track and field team had the most student-athletes honored with eight while men's tennis had four, and soft...
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Registration is underway for the 2008 UC Davis Softball Camp. A variety of options are available for ages 8 and up. The first camp date runs July 8-9 with the second date taking place Aug. 12-13. The July session features a Kids Day Camp in the morning for ages 8-12. An afternoon session on the s...
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Dominique Lastrapes has joined the UC Davis softball staff as an assistant coach, announced head coach Karen Yoder. Lastrapes most recently served as the director of softball operations at Washington following a standout four-year playing career for the Huskies.
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UC Davis assistant softball coach Rachel Sherman is leaving the Aggies to become head coach of a brand new softball program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Sherman has spent the past four years with UC Davis and has played a critical role in the Aggies' transition to Division I.
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The Big West Conference handed down its post-season softball awards Tuesday, and UC Davis junior Jessica Hancock is among those receiving first-team All-Big West recognition. Hancock is one of three Aggies garnering recognition as both Sarah O'Neill and Trish Paine received honorable mention.
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Deanna Menapace has received ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors for the second consecutive year. The junior catcher for the UC Davis softball team has been named second team All-District. Menapace led the Aggies in several offensive categories this season.
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Sarah Axelson hit a three-run homer to put UC Davis on top, 3-1, but Cal State Northridge scored five unearned runs on its way to a 7-3 victory Saturday afternoon at Matador Diamond. UC Davis outhit Cal State Northridge 8-6 but committed four errors in the game, which was the last of a three-gam...
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Cal State Northridge scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to edge UC Davis, 8-7, Friday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader at Matador Diamond. Each team erased a three-run deficit in the contest, which featured a combined 28 hits. Trish Paine went 4-for-4 for the Aggies, and Ashl...
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Jessica Hancock threw a complete-game shutout as UC Davis defeated Cal State Northridge, 2-0, Friday afternoon at Matador Diamond. The game was the first of a Big West Conference doubleheader between the two teams. Erin Emde had an RBI-single in the sixth inning, which led to both runs of the game.
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Cal Poly built a 4-0 lead and held on for a 4-2 victory over visiting UC Davis Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series at Bob Janssen Field. Ashley Johnson homered for UC Davis while Melissa Pura and Krysten Cary each went deep for Cal Poly.
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Inside The Game With Ryan Royster
fter being selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 44th round of the 2007 amateur player draft, the Sacramento native opted to stay a fifth year in Davis. After obtaining his communication degree in the winter quarter, Royster continues to pad his stock for this year's draft with one of the biggest breakout seasons in the Big West Conference.
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