Natalia Rodriguez

Class:
Senior
Position:
2B/SS
Height:
5-4
B/T:
S/R
Hometown:
Clermont, Fla.
High School:
Montverde Academy

Senior (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• Started all 46 games at shortstop
• Posted four multi-hit and two multi-RBI games
• Posted seven hits, four runs and three RBI in the Indiana series (March 26-28); tallied a career-best three base knocks in the first slate of the doubleheader
• Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI in the series opener at Indiana (March 26), scoring the game-tying run on a passed ball in the third before driving in the go-ahead runs on a seventh-inning triple
• Also tallied RBI triples against Ohio State (April 11) and Maryland (April 18)
• Drove in a key insurance run with an RBI double in the seventh inning at Ohio State (April 10)

Junior (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Appeared in 22 games, starting 20 -- 14 at shortstop and six at second base
• Posted two hits and scored the game-tying run in the seventh in U-M's 5-1 comeback win vs. CSU Fullerton (March 5)
• Went 2-for-2 with a walk vs. No. 7 Florida (Feb. 8)

Sophomore (2019)
• Started all 58 games at shortstop
• Posted career highs with a .303 batting average, 37 runs, 40 hits and nine RBI
• Scored three runs and posted three RBI, including a two-run single in the sixth, in the regular-season finale at Maryland (May 5)
• Also scored three runs and posted two hits at Michigan State (April 16)
• Knocked out a two-run homer -- the first of her career -- in fourth inning to drive in the winning runs in U-M's 4-2 win over #5 Washington (March 3)
• Tallied two hits in back-to-back games against North Carolina and Louisville (Feb. 15-16)

Freshman (2018)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Appeared in 55 games, starting 53 at shortstop
• Scored two runs in the conference-clinching win vs. Ohio State (May 5), including the game-ending tally in the fifth
• Posted two hits and two runs vs. Maryland (April 21); also registered multi-hit games vs. Stony Brook (March 9), Dayton (March 17) and Detroit Mercy (March 28)
• Tallied hits in first two collegiate plate appearances, including a seventh-inning single vs. #2 Florida (Feb. 10)
• Made collegiate debut vs. Georgia State (Feb. 9)

Prep
• Graduated from Montverde Academy (2017)
• Named the Montverde Academy 2017 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Named the 2016 Lake County Softball Athlete of the Year
• Earned Orlando Sentinel All-Area first team (2016) and honorable mention (2014) honors
• FHSAA All State and Academic All State Team
• Holds school record in every offensive category at Montverde, hitting .506 as a junior with 40 runs scored, 24 RBI and 31 stolen bases
• Twice named Montverde Academy Most Valuable Player (2016, '17) and the 2015 Defensive MVP
• Helped lead Montverde to the 2016 state Class 4A championship game, a pair of regional championships (2013, '16) and five district championships (2013-17)
• Played with the Puerto Rican Junior National Team and contributed to a bronze-medal finish at the 2017 Junior World Championship
• Captured a USSSA/ESPNHS World Series 16U "A" championship (2012) with the Jr. Pride travel ball club; contributed to a seventh-place finish at the 2016 18U ASA Nationals with Wagner's Gold
• Named to the PGF Southeast All American Team (2017)
• Rated the No. 57 overall prospect in FloSoftball's 2017 Hot 100 Rankings
• Also earned four varsity letters in basketball
• National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Junior Society and National Society of High School Scholars

Personal
• Natalia Selena Rodriguez was born on February 16, 1999
• Enrolled in the Ross School of Business, majoring in business administration
• Daughter of Roberto Rodriguez and Iris Ayala
• Mother played softball at Yale (1980-84)
• Has two older brothers, Roberto and Sergio; Roberto played baseball at Georgetown (2011-15), while Sergio played baseball at Amherst (2013-17)