Larisa Villa - Softball - UIC Athletics

2024 Softball Roster

Chris Kohley

Steve Woltmann

Chris Kohley

Steve Woltmann

Chris Kohley

Rudi Ayasse

Steve Woltmann

2024 (Senior):

Started and played all 54 games at first base.
Voted to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Team.
Selected to the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team.
Selected to the College Sports Communicator’s (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
Led the team in hits (48), doubles (eight), second on the team in RBI (17) and third on the team in batting average (.296). Defensively, she maintained a .991 fielding percentage with 418 putouts and 111 assists.
Went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in UIC’s 3-1 victory against FIU on March 3.
Had a 3-for-4 performance with three singles in UIC’s 10-9 comeback victory over Illinois State on April 6.
Collected a double and an RBI single in UIC’s 4-1 win over Indiana State on April 13.

2023 (Junior):

Appeared in 39 games and started in 38 of them, all from first base.
Earned Missouri Valley Conference All-Defensive Team honors.
Involved in 243 put outs all season long, she only committed one error. She finished the season with a fielding percentage of 99.6%.
Hit her first collegiate homerun against Drake on May 7.

2022 (Sophomore):

Appeared in 36 games and made 35 starts, all at shortstop.
Hit .200 and recorded three extra-base hits and four RBI on the season.
Went 1-for-3 and scored a run at Detroit Mercy Apr. 23.
Hit safely in three straight games from April 9-12 against Green Bay and Butler.
Doubled twice in a victory against Youngstown State Mar. 20.
Went 2-for-3 in a win over Army on Mar. 6.
Secured first hit of the season at Stanford on Feb. 18.
Made season debut in starting lineup on opening day against Cal Poly Feb 11.

2021 (Freshman):

Appeared in 39 games making seven starts, primarily as a pinch hitter.
Finished the season batting .261 with 12 hits, two runs and 10 RBIs.
Collected two doubles during the season, drew six walks, went 2-for-2 in stolen bases, put together a .304 slugging percentage and a .340 on-base percentage.
Drove in a pair of runs and scored one run herself at Southern Illinois Mar 5.
Tallied two hits with one double and one run against Saint Louis Mar. 6.
Collected a pair of hits and drove in a run against Creighton Mar. 7.
Drove in two runs off one hit against Purdue Fort Wayne Mar. 20.
Doubled and drove in a run at Oakland on Apr. 24.
Drove in a run off a sacrifice fly against Oakland in the Horizon League Championship on May 15.

High School/ Personal

Lettered all four years in softball at La Habra High School.
Also lettered one year in tennis.
Led her team to a 9-1 record in her freshman and junior years and an 8-2 record her sophomore year.
Her team won the Freeway League in her freshman, sophomore and junior years and qualified for the CIF tournament twice.
Her travel team (USA Athletics) qualified for the PGF National Premiere Tournament in 2019, where she batted .800, and was named the Defensive Player of the Year.
Daughter of Lance and Carol Villa.
Majoring in Criminal Law & Justice.

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