2024: CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT…ALL-BIG WEST SECOND TEAM…Played and started in 48 games…Averaged .308 with 44 hits, 18 RBI, 24 runs scored, five doubles, two triples and a team high six home runs…Had six stolen bases…Recorded season high three hits against UC San Diego on April 19th…Recorded season high two runs on four occasions…Recorded a double on eight occasions…Recorded season high two home runs against UC Santa Barbara on April 27th…Recorded season high four RBI on two occasions (February 10th vs. San Jose State and April 19th vs. UC San Diego)
2023: ALL-BIG WEST SECOND TEAM… UC Davis career Division I RBI leader… Played in 50 games, making 50 starts…Hit .298 in 151 ABs, including 13 doubles, one triple and three home runs…Led the Aggies with 33 RBI and scored 20 runs…Had five stolen bases…Had season best game on April 8th against UC Riverside going 4-for-4 with three doubles and four RBI.
2022: Appeared in all 52 games for the Aggies, making 52 starts... Hit .242 in 149 ABs, including seven doubles, three triples and five home runs, while driving in 19 runs and scoring 21 times... Collected seven multi-hit performances, including two games with 3 or more hits... Hit a pair of home runs and drove in a season-high three runs against Long Beach State on Mar. 26... Also took a team-leading 22 walks... Was hit by a pitch three times.
2021: Big West All-Conference All-Freshman and All-Conference Honorable Mention at first base...NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team at first base...2020-21 Big West Winter & Spring Academic All-Conference...2020-21 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...First player in the program's Division I era (2008 to present) to reach double-digit home runs...Hit .293 with a .917 OPS, 10 home runs, 34 RBIs, 20 runs and 18 walks...Finished season tied for Big West lead in home runs, was third in RBIs, fourth in total bases, second in walks...Hit two home runs to lead lead Aggies to a win over Santa Clara on Mar. 7.
2020: Played in 16 games with 10 starts... Appeared mostly as DP or at third... Finished 5-for-33 for .152/.317/.394... Four of her five hits were for extra bases, including homers vs. Portland State (Feb. 15) and Saint Mary’s (Mar. 1)... First collegiate dinger was a pinch-hit, 3-run shot vs. Vikings in the 7th... Hit 2-for-3 with a double and run scored vs. East Carolina (Mar. 6).
CHRISTOPHER HS ’19: Played softball (first base), water polo (hole set) and tennis... Earned first-team All-Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division honors for three straight seasons on the diamond... Hit .427/.520/.777 career in those three seasons, with 23 doubles, 16 homers and 80 RBIs in 76 games... Hit better than .400 every year... Won Most Improved Player in tennis, Offensive POY and Coaches’ Award in water polo... Made Principal’s List or Honor Roll every semester... Played travel ball for Salinas Storm along with current Aggie teammate Alyssa Ito... Boosted that club to PGF Platinum 18 championship in 2017.
PERSONAL: Born in Salinas, Calif.... Evolution, ecology & biodiversity major... Parents are Paul & Rachel Starks... Paul graduated from Cal Poly, an Aggie rival in the Big West Conference... One of three siblings, along with Garrett and Aubrey... Hobbies include ceramics, welding, crochet and painting (note: UC Davis’ Art of Athletes exhibit runs every February)... Own a rather specific bucket list: meet Lady Gaga, ride an elephant in Thailand, watch a sunset in Basque Country, Spain... Has already traveled to seven countries.
