River Mahler Season 2025

Career Accolades

• NFCA All-West Region first team (2023)
• All-Pac-12 first team (2023)
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2023)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2023)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2024)

As a Sophomore (2024)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started all but one game for the Cardinal, appearing in 66 games at short
• Finished second on the team in hitting with a .304 average
• Finished fourth on the team in hits with 51
• Tripled six times on the year, tied for the third-most in a single season in program history
• Scored 30 runs for the Card, driving in 23 as well
• Posted a .926 fielding percentage with a team-leading 103 assists

As a Freshman (2023)

• NFCA All-West Region first team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Started all 62 games
• The only conference player to earn All-Pac-12, All-Defensive Team and All-Freshman Team honors
• Led the team in walks (28)
• Second on the team in hits (62) and batting average (.350)
  • Ninth in the Pac-12 in hits
• Registered 16 multi-hit games
• Career-high four hits in a win over Charlotte (Feb. 18)
• Scored the game-winning run in a comeback victory over No. 17 Oregon (May 11) to advance to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson

Prior to Stanford

• A 2022 graduate of Monroe High School
• No. 12 in the nation according to Extra Innings (2020)
• Two-time USA Today Player of the Year in Washington (2021, 2022)
• Two-time Max Prep Best Player in Washington (2021, 2022)
• Four-time team Offensive Player of the Year
• Max Prep All-American
• Two-time All-State first team (2021, 2022)
• Three-time All-Wesco first team
• Scorebook Live 2022 Washington High School Player of the Year
• Batted .691 as a senior
• Holds multiple high school records: most hits in a season (65), batting average (.691), career batting average (.649), doubles in a season (18), triples in a season (6) and career triples (12)
• U.S. Army Reserves National Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Club Competition

• Member of the NW Bullets
• Placed third in the PGF National (2022)
• Placed in ninth in the PGF National (2021)
• Selected to PGF High School All-American team
• Selected to Alliance High School All-American team

Personal

• Daughter of Steve and Tami S. Mahler
  • Mother played shortstop at Washington from 1992-96, earning All-World Series honors in 1996
    • Selected to play in the Olympic Festival in 1993
• Has two younger sisters, Jessi and Sawyer
  • Also played volleyball in high school with sister Jessi