Dejah Mulipola

2023 AUX Season: Mulipola had a closed season with a total of 684 leaderboard points. This included 420 win points and 204 stat points. She had the honor of being team captain during Series One. In a game against Team Filler, Mulipola was named MVP 1 after hitting a game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning, leading her team to a 7-4 comeback victory. Mulipola started in all 10 games of the season and had a batting average of .176. She hit four home runs and set a league-record with 13 runs batted in. In her final six games, Mulipola hit safely in four of them. From June 14-19, she hit four home runs, including a home run in three consecutive games. One of Mulipola's standout performances was against Team Zerkle on June 14. She went 2-for-5 in the game, hitting a home run and driving in four runs.

2022 Championship Season: Mulipola made history by becoming the first position player to win an individual title after earning 1,782 leaderboard points. She also became the first player to lead the league in batting average (.432), home runs (9), and runs batted in (19) during the same season. Mulipola hit seven home runs in the final nine games, including four in a row from August 12-19. She secured the individual title on the final day of the season by going 2-for-2 with a triple, a home run, two walks, and three runs scored against Team Chidester. Mulipola finished the season with a season-high 246 leaderboard points, passing Alyssa Denham in the league standings.

2022 AUX Season: Mulipola secured third place in the league standings with 1,368 leaderboard points. She held the overall lead after three out of nine game days and was recognized as a game MVP four times, which was good for a share of second in the league. Mulipola tied for the league lead with 11 runs batted in while hitting .325 with 13 hits. She scored the league-high 14 runs and led the league by driving in two or more runs in a game five times. Mulipola went 4-for-4, including a home run and a triple, with a league-high four runs scored against Team Eberle on June 14. She joined Victoria Hayward as the only players to record a four-hit game during the season and also registered a three-hit performance on June 15 against Team Eberle with two runs batted in.

2021 Championship Season: In Mulipola's rookie season in 2021, she earned 1,320 leaderboard points. She registered a .325 batting average while starting 13-of-14 games. Mulipola posted 13 hits, including six extra-base hits, and led Athletes Unlimited with two triples. She tied for 10th with eight runs batted in and also tallied 25 total bases to rank 10th in the league. Mulipola drew six walks, which were tied for eighth. She was one of 12 players selected in Athletes Unlimited Softball College Draft.

International Experience: Mulipola has been a member of Team USA since 2018 and played for the United States Junior Women's National Team in 2017. She helped guide the team to a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, going 1-for-2 with a run scored against Mexico. Mulipola also competed for Team USA at The 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, where she was an All-World Team selection after leading Team USA to a gold medal. She led the tournament field in batting average (.615), hits (8), and on-base percentage (.667) and recorded four multi-hit games in five appearances. Mulipola also helped Team USA win the gold medal at the 2022 Pan American Championships, batting .300 with eight runs scored during round-robin play. She collected three hits, including a double and a triple, with three runs batted in during a 13-2 victory over Cuba in the semifinals.

At Arizona: Mulipola was a four-year letter winner at Arizona, where she started all 237 games from 2017-21. She sat out the 2020 season to compete in Team USA's "Stand Beside Her" Tour and train for the Tokyo Olympics. Mulipola accrued a .335 career batting average with 68 home runs and 203 runs batted in. She tallied 219 hits with the Wildcats, including 33 doubles and six triples, while scoring 192 runs. Mulipola stands ninth on the Wildcats' career home runs list and ranks 10th in program history with a .716 career slugging percentage. She stands eighth on Arizona's career list with 131 walks. Mulipola posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 227 chances as a senior and tied for first in Arizona history with a .997 career fielding percentage. She was honored as the Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year in 2019 and was a two-time selection as NFCA Catcher of the Year. Mulipola earned First-Team NFCA All-America distinction as a junior and senior and was a three-time First-Team NFCA All-Region honoree. She received All-Pac-12 honors three times, including First-Team commendations in 2019 and 2021. Mulipola led the Pac-12 Conference as a senior in home runs (21), RBI (63), walks (34), and on-base percentage (.518). She became the first Arizona catcher to earn First-Team All-America notice since 1998 during her junior season after compiling a .311 batting average with 23 home runs in 62 games. Mulipola was named Second-Team All-Pac-12 as a sophomore and earned a spot on the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team. She was an NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year finalist in 2017 after hitting .335 with 12 home runs and 49 runs batted in.