7 Natalie Arreguin
7 - Natalie Arreguin
Height: 5-7
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Lee's Summit, MO
High School: Notre Dame de Sion
Position: IF
Bats/Throws: R/R

Career:
Through the 2020 season, she had played in 87 games and drew 78 starting assignments ... Ranks 11th all-time at Emory with 163 assists ... Claims 10 multi-hit contests.

Junior (2020):
Started at the shortstop position in all 12 of the team's games ... Hit .233 (7-30) and drove in nine runs ... Led team with 23 assists and ended the year handling 48 of her 49 chances in the field (.980) ... Picked up two RBIs, including the game winner on a sac fly in the bottom of the third, in the 8-4 season-opening win over Birmingham Southern (Feb. 23) ...  Singled in the team’s first run (GWRBI), plating Greta Wilker, in a 7-0 win over Covenant College (Mar. 3) in the first game of a doubleheader ... Two-for-four with two runs scored and two ribbies in an 8-4 decision over Covenant College (Mar. 3) in the second game of a doubleheader – one-out single in the bottom of the first plated Sarah Katz and Megan Weisenberg with the Eagles’ first two runs of the game ... Finished with four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the bottom of the first that was the key blow in a seven-run frame, in a five-inning, 10-2 victory over No 14 St. Thomas (Mar. 7).

Sophomore (2019):
One of three players to have started all 53 games ... Drew 51 starts at third base and two at shortstop ... Second Team All-UAA ... Ended the year hitting .275 with 44 hits in 160 plate appearances ... Hits total tied for fifth on the club ... Third on the team with 10 doubles ... Knocked in 29 runs, good for fourth on the team ... Compiled nine multi-hit games and her nine contests with two or more RBIs was third highest on the club ... Named UAA Hitter of the Week (Feb. 26) after going 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored in the Eagles' season opner vs. Berry College ... NCAA Demorest Regional All-Tournament Team ... Hit safely in three of four trips to the plate and scored a run in a 5-4 win vs. Piedmont (May 12) ... Two-run double accounted for the first two scores of a four-run third and gave the Eagles a 3-2 edge in an eventual 11-3 win in five innings vs. Brandeis ... Two-out, two-run single in the top of the seventh tied the game at 7-7 and was part of an eight-run frame that wiped out a six-run deficit and that led to a 9-7 verdict over Case Western Reserve (Apr. 20) ... Bases-clearing double ignited a six-run fourth inning and helped the Eagles to a five-inning, 13-3 win over Washington University (Apr. 7) in the second game of a doubleheader  ... Stroked a double that scored pinch runner Mallory Nolen with the first of a seven-run outburst in the top of the fifth inning that helped to a 9-0 win over Wash U (Apr. 7) in the opener of a double dip ... Scored twice and stroked a two-run double  in the bottom of the second that gave Emory a 5-1 cushion in an eventual five-inning, 17-1 win over Carnegie Mellon (Mar. 29) ... Hit safely twice in four plate appearances and totaled two RBIs in a 9-5 win over Berry (Mar. 27) ... Scored twice and drew three walks in a 7-4 victory over Emory and Henry (Mar. 13) ... Hit safely twice in three plate appearances and totaled a pair of RBIs, including the game winner with a bases-loaded single that scored Baylee Walls in a 5-3 triumph over Rochester (Mar. 11) … Lone home run of the campaign came when she led off the top of the frame with a blast that staked the Eagles to a 1-0 lead in the first game of a doubleheader at Maryville (Mar. 10).

Freshman (2018):
Competed in 22 contests and made 13 starts, 12 of which came at second base ... Hit safely and stole a base in a 5-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Covenant College (Feb. 24) ... Followed that with knocking in the GWRBI in the nightcap vs. Covenant ... Collected a hit in two plate appearances in the first game of a twinbill vs. Christopher Newport (Mar. 15). 

High School:

Four-year member of the softball program at Notre Dame de Sion … Two-time team captain … Was coached by Mike Dyer … Tabbed as the program’s Top Defensive Player … Captured district recognition twice … First Honor Roll member ... Also competed on the basketball team.

Played travel ball for Mac N Seitz Storm 18U Gold

Personal:
Daughter of Alfred and Michelle Arreguin … Psychology major ... Born June 6.

Quote:
"I chose Emory becasue it offered a great balance of academics and athletics."

Career Stats

Year G-GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB-ATT AVG
2020 12-12 30 9 7 9 1 0 1 3-3 .233
2019 53-53 160 34 44 29 10 2 1  6-7 .275
2018 22-13 31 2  2  2 0 0 0  1-1 .065
TOTAL 87-78 221 45 53 40 11 2 2  10-11 .239