Aleshia Ocasio

2021 Season: Earned individual champion after amassing 2,096 leaderboard points … also paced league with 736 stat points and 320 MVP points … member of inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball All-Defensive Team … tied for league lead with 13 appearances, 10 games started and two complete games … second in Athletes Unlimited with 2.32 earned run average … authored league-high six victories while posting 6-5 record in 66.0 innings … paced AU with 55 strikeouts … conceded 25 runs, including 22 earned runs … hit .233 in 13 games with seven hits and six runs scored … one of eight players to hit a triple … also went 1-for-2 in stolen base attempts. 

2020 Season: Placed 11th on the leaderboard after compiling 1,584 points during inaugural season … ranked second in Athletes Unlimited with 240 MVP points while her 464 stat points were good for 10th place … made 10 appearances in the circle with seven starts … fashioned 3.57 earned run average, good for fourth in the league … tied for second in the circuit with five victories after posting 5-1 record … one of four players to pitch a complete game … gave up 18 earned runs over 35.0 innings … struck out 14 hitters while allowing just nine walks … tied for league lead with two triples.

International Experience: Member of Puerto Rico National Team since 2013 … posted 3-1 record in five games during 2015 Pan American Games … also hit 6-for-16 (.375) with five runs batted in and four runs scored to lead Puerto Rico to Bronze medal … member of 2019 Puerto Rico team that won Bronze medal at 2019 Pan American Games … hit the game-winning home run to lead Team Mexico to Gold medal at 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.  

Other Professional Experience: No. 10 overall selection in 2018 NPF Draft by the Chicago Bandits … posted 17 strikeouts in 22 innings with a 1.27 earned run average during rookie season while helping the Bandits reach the NPF Championship … earned All-NPF distinction in 2019 after authoring 0.89 earned run average with 29 strikeouts in 39.1 innings.

At Florida: Four-year letter winner for the Gators who played in 202 games with 158 starts from 2015-18 … led Florida to 2015 NCAA title … compiled 1.41 career earned run average while authoring 71-14 career record with 10 saves … accrued 19 career shutouts, which are tied for ninth on Gators’ all-time list … also held opposing batters to .192 career batting average … made 119 appearances with 68 starts in the circle … posted 20 or more wins as a pitcher twice, including 23 victories during senior season … struck out 549 hitters in 516.0 innings … posted 0.77 earned run average as a sophomore, the fifth-best mark in Florida history … tied program record with six saves in 2016 … threw three career no-hitters, including two during senior campaign … also involved in four combined no-hitters, including a perfect game against Hampton on Mar. 30, 2018 … fashioned .278 career batting average with 10 home runs and 73 runs batted in … tied for sixth in program history with eight career triples … two-time NFCA All-America selection … received NFCA All-Region distinction all four years … earned All-Southeastern Conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior … SEC All-Freshman Team honoree in 2015 … member of 2017 Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team.