Arden Pettit Season 2015

Career Accolades
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic: 2016 (HM), 2017 (HM), 2018 (2nd)
• Finished career ranked ninth in single-season school history with .996 fielding percentage in 2018

As a Senior (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• Ranked ninth in single-season school history with .996 fielding percentage
• Appeared in 51 games and started 47 (24 at catcher, 20 at first and three as designated player)
• Finished with .224 batting average, 13 RBI, 14 walks, 18 HBP (team-high) and .392 on-base percentage
• Season-long seven-game hit streak from Feb. 18-24
• Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI in doubleheader split at Sacramento State (Feb. 22)
• Went 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBI in win over CSU Bakersfield (March 11)
• Season-high two walks and three runs in win over Saint Mary's (April 11)
• Went 1-for-2 with an RBI  in Senior Day walk-off victory over No. 9 Arizona (May 12)

As a Junior (2017)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Went 3-for-4 (.750) with two RBIs and a double in two games at the Alabama Eason Crimson Classic (March 3-5)
• Appeared in 32 games (22 starts) at catcher, pinch hitter or designated player

As a Sophomore (2016) | Game-by-Game Statistics
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Hit first career home run against Coastal Carolina (March 4)
• Hit .375 (3-for-8) with two runs, a walk and a .500 on-base percentage over four games at the Stanford Nike Invitational (Feb. 19-21)
• Appeared in 42 games (41 starts) at third base, catcher outfield or designated player

As a Freshman in 2015 | Game-By-Game Statistics
• Registered her first collegiate hit against Bradley (Feb. 7)
• Made her collegiate debut against North Carolina (Feb. 6) starting at catcher
• Appeared in 24 games (20 starts) at catcher, pinch hitter or third base

National Team
• One of 22 athletes selected to try out for the 2015 USA Softball Junior Women's (19-Under) National Team and was named an alternate at the conclusion of the camp

Prior to Stanford
• 2014 graduate of The Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
• Played six years of varsity softball (beginning in seventh grade) and was a five-time captain (2010-14)
• Career leader in every major offensive and defensive category
• Had her No. 15 jersey retired
• Three-time Miracle Sports Softball All-State selection (2012-14)
• Six-time Palm Beach Post All-County (2009-14)
• Six-time Sun-Sentinel All-County Team (2009-2014)
• Benjamin School Career Female Athlete of the Year (2014)

Club
• Played with Crossfire Softball (2010-12) and Rock Softball (2012-14)

Personal
• Daughter of Dave and Colleen Pettit
• Has a younger brother, Dawson
• First college athlete in her family
• President of Stanford SAAC (Student Athlete Advisory Committee) in 2016-17
• Studied abroad in China as part of the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program (ACE Program) - a joint program between Stanford and Duke designed to provide student-athletes the opportunity to study abroad in a three-week immersive summer service experience
• Undergraduate Student Athlete mentor - instruct a weekly class for freshman student athletes to aid with their transition to Stanford. Focus on the transition to college athletics, time management, academic rigor, resume writing, and engaging with campus opportunities outside of your sport
• Participated in the Trick or Treat with Trees community outreach event in the fall of 2016
• Dancing With the Card Fundraiser for Camp Kesum in the winter of 2016
• Honorary Student member of the Buck Cardinal Board of Directors
• ACE Program Ambassador
• Student dining hall nutrition ambassador
• AP Scholar Award with Distinction (2013-14)
• Columbia College Scholar Award recipient (2013)
• Participated in the Newton Rock benefit softball tournament for victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy (2013)
• Played baseball from age 4-12 and was the only girl on her teams. In 2008, played in a weeklong tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park with the West Boca Panthers where she set a record for being the “First Female Baseball Player to Play All Nine positions in One Game.”
• Born in Boca Raton, Fla.