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Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 All-Conference (2019)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District (2020)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
  • Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic (2018-19)
  • NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2019)

As a Fifth Year (2021)

  • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • Stanford’s primary starter at third base, making 41 starts at the position on the season
  • Batted .228 with 10 RBI and four runs
  • Hit the walk-off hit with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to down BYU, driving in a pair of runs in the game (March 6)
  • Was dominant in the elimination game against Manhattan in the NCAA Tournament, going 3-for-4 at the plate by driving in two runs off a pair of doubles (May 22)
  • Closed out her career with a 2-for-3 outing against No. 5 Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament (May 23)
  • Made six assists from the hot corner against Oregon State (May 1) and Washington (May 15)  

As a Senior (2020)

  • CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Started all 26 games at third base
  • Hit .343 with seven runs scored, a double and six RBIs
  • Posted a .429 on-base percentage while striking out just three times in 67 at bats
  • Placed fifth on the team in average and third in on-base percentage
  • Amassed seven multi-hit games
  • Went 5 for 8 in a pair of games against New Mexico and Grand Canyon (Feb. 7)
  • 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs vs. Drake (Feb. 15)

As a Junior (2019)

  • Pac-12 All-Conference second team
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
  • NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • Started all 53 games at third base, hitting .309 with 20 runs scored, three doubles, four triples, three home runs and 31 RBIs
  • Team leader in RBIs (31) while amassing eight multi-RBI games, including two games of five-or-more RBIs
  • Second on team in average (.309) and multi-hit games (13), including posting a pair of three-hit games
  • Slugged .441 and reached base at a .392 clip
  • 3 for 3 with a double and a career-best six RBIs vs. Kansas (Feb. 8) to cap a doubleheader on Opening Day that saw her go 5 for 6 with nine RBIs
  • Went 3 for 3 with two runs scored vs. Boston University (May 18) in NCAA Tournament
  • Drove in five runs, including connecting for a grand slam, vs. Cal Poly (March 3)

As a Sophomore (2018)

  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
  • Played and started 51 games at shortstop
  • Second on the team with three home runs
  • Third on the team with 45 hits, 21 runs, six doubles, 25 RBIs
  • Finished with .298 batting average, .411 slugging percentage and .341 on-base percentage
  • Went 2 for 3 with two runs scored and a home run against CSUN (Feb. 10)
  • Homered in win over Grand Canyon (Feb. 17)
  • Season-high three hits (3 for 4) in win over Cal Poly (Feb. 24)
  • Went 2 for 3 with two runs, a double and home run in win over Wagner (March 11)
  • Eight multi-hit games and team-best 13-game hit streak from March 1-26

As a Freshman (2017)

  • One of two Stanford players to start all 51 games
  • Hit .500 (5 for 10) with two RBIs and two runs in three games at No. 7 Washington (May 5-7)
  • Went 4 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs in a 6-0 win at No. 7 Washington (May 6)
  • Went 4 for 6 with an RBI and a run to help lead Stanford to an 8-6 comeback victory in eight innings at Oregon State (April 23)
  • Led Stanford offensively in three games at California, hitting .500 (4 for 8) with a run (March 25-27)
  • Hit .313 (5 for 16) with two doubles and an RBI over five games at the Alabama Eason Crimson Classic (March 3-5)
  • Hit .400 (8 for 20) with five runs, four RBIs and three walks over six games at the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 9-12)
  • Made her collegiate debut at second base against UTEP (Feb. 9)
  • Recorded 12 multi-hit games
  • Started all 51 games at second base or first base

Club Competition

  • Played club softball for Firecrackers and Explosion

Prior to Stanford

  • 2016 graduate of Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • Helped lead HBHS to Sunset League championship (2014)
  • Served as team captain (2016)
  • All-CIF first team (2016)
  • Four-time All-Sunset League first team (2013-16)
  • Three-time Sunset League All-Academic (2014-16)
  • Sunset League Rookie of the Year (2013)
  • Two-time HBHS Most Valuable Player (2015-16)
  • Two-time All-Orange County first team (2014, 2016)
  • HBHS Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2016)
  • All-CIF Division I first team (2015)
  • Left high school as HBHS career record-holder in batting average, home runs, hits and RBIs
  • Special Abilities Cluster (Edison High School) Yearbook Editor from 2014-16
  • National Merit Scholar

Personal

  • Daughter of Ken and Lea Inouye
  • Has a brother, Matthew
  • Member of the Stanford Student Space Initiative
  • Mother, Lea Inouye, played tennis at USC and played professionally (1977 Junior Wimbledon champion, made 10 Wimbledon and U.S. Open appearances, ranked No. 1 junior tennis player in the world in 1977)