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2024 Softball Roster

Leroy Yau
Leroy Yau
Becca Libby/UC Davis Athletics
C.K. Hicks/UC Davis Athletics
Mark Honbo
Mark Honbo
Mark Honbo
Mark Honbo

16 Leah Polson

16 Leah Polson

  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
  • Hometown:
    El Dorado Hills, Calif.
  • High School:
    Oak Ridge HS '19

Summary

Biography

2024: CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT…ALL-BIG WEST HONORABLE MENTION…Played and started in 48 games…Averaged .308 with 44 hits, 24 runs scored, 18 RBI, five doubles and two triples…Had six stolen bases…Recorded season high three hits against Iowa on March 11th…Recorded season high two runs on five occasions…Recorded a double on five occasions…Recorded a triple on two occasions (May 11th vs. Hawai’i and March 11th vs. George Washington)…Recorded season high two runs on three occasions 

2023: Appeared in 48 games for the Aggies, making 47 starts…Hit .294 in 143 ABs with 14 RBI and 15 runs scored…Had four stolen bases and nine walks…Had season-best game on April 8th against UC Riverside going 3-for-3 with an RBI.

2022: Appeared in 22 games for the Aggies, making 18 starts... Hit .222 in 45 ABs, including two doubles and two triples, while driving in eight runs and scoring six times... Collected a season-high three hits while driving in two runs and scoring once against Fresno State on Feb. 20... Also drew six walks and was hit by a pitch three times... Stole three bases in three attempts.

2021: 2020-21 Big West Winter & Spring Academic All-Conference...2020-21 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Batted career-high .274 while starting all 43 games for the Aggies...Set career-highs in hits (34), doubles (8) and triples (2) while slugging career-high .395...Led Aggies to a 12-4 win over Cal Poly on May 8 with career-best three hit game with three RBIs.

2020: Aggies’ primary starter at third, playing in 22 games (20 starts)... Batted 13-for-49 for .265/.333/.367... Added 8 runs scored and 2 sacrifice hits... Hit safely in all five games of NorCal Classic (Feb. 6-9), opening collegiate career on 7-for-13 note... Launched first Aggie homer in that stretch, delivering three-run blast to center in 5th inning vs. Santa Clara (Feb. 8).

OAK RIDGE HS ’19: Three-time All-Sierra Foothill League honoree, adding All-Sac-Joaquin Section honorable mention in 2018 and 2019... Batted .368/.454/.534 in four varsity seasons, with best offensive season coming as a sophomore: .481/.500/.753 with 13 doubles, 3 triples and 23 RBIs... Earned team MVP as a junior... Successfully stole 26 bases on 29 career attempts... Played summer ball for AASA Merrida alongside fellow Aggie Taylor Fitzgerald.

PERSONAL: Born in Sacramento, Calif.... Majoring in neurobiology, physiology & behavior, with career plans in medicine... Older of two daughters of parents John & Maryann Polson... Third-generation Aggie: grandmother Caroline, grandfather John, and mother Maryann each graduated from UC Davis... Career sports highlight was playing five games in a day with her AASA team at the PGF nationals... Among her bucket list items: meeting Joc Pederson (note: she missed one easy chance – Pederson played seven games at nearby Raley Field in 2014).

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2020Freshman

    IF
    5'4"
    16
  • 16

    2021Freshman

    IF
    5'4"
    16
  • 16

    2022Sophomore

    IF
    5'4"
    16
  • 16

    2023Junior

    UTL
    5'4"
    16
  • 16

    2024Senior

    UTL
    5'4"
    16