The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Softball adds Oregon transfer Mary Iakopo to the program
12.22.2018 | Softball
The sophomore catcher hit .306 with 20 extra-base hits & 37 RBIs in earning 2018 Second-Team All-Pac-12 honors
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas head softball coach Mike White announced on Saturday the signing of Oregon transfer Mary Iakopo (Sophomore/Catcher/Carson, Calif./Los Alamitos H.S.) to an ASA to join the Longhorns program at mid-term prior to the 2019 season.
Position/Class: C/Sophomore
Hometown: Carson, Calif.
High School: Los Alamitos H.S.
A Top 25 finalist for the 2018 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) National Freshman of the Year trophy, Iakopo played in 62 games for the Ducks during her rookie campaign with 56 starts. The Carson, Calif., native hit .306 overall with 49 hits, 28 runs scored, 20 extra-base hits, including 10 doubles and eight HR's, knocked in 37 runs and posted a .924 OPS on the way to earning All-Pac-12 Second Team and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honors. She managed 10 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI efforts during her inaugural collegiate season, with a season-high of three hits in match-ups against Fresno State (Feb. 9), UTEP (Feb. 10), Arizona (April 8) and Stanford (April 21), Iakopo registered a season-best four RBIs in contests against both Weber State (March 9) and Arizona (April 8) and recorded an eight-game hitting streak during the heart of the conference season from April 7-April 21 (vs. Arizona, at Arizona State, vs. Oklahoma and vs. Stanford). Internationally, Iakopo played for the USA Junior National Team in the summer of 2017, competing at the World Cup of Softball (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and the WBSC World Championship (Clearwater, Fla.).
FloSoftball's No. 8 national prospect coming out of Los Alamitos H.S., Iakopo was a MaxPreps First-Team All-American in 2017 and was selected for the Premier Girls Fastpitch High School All-American Game. A two-time Sunset League Most Valuable Player (2016, 2017), she hit .373 as a senior with a team-high 26 RBIs and .426 as a junior with eight HR's and 20 RBIs.
