The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2017 Softball Roster
Roster
Celina Felix
- Position:
- 3B/SS
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Montclair
- Prev School:
- Mt. San Antonio College
- Hometown:
- Montclair, Calif.
AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Earned NFCA All-Central Region Third Team and All-Big 12 Conference Second Team accolades after rating second on the Longhorns in batting average (.358), runs (36), hits (62), doubles (tied with seven), HR’s (eight), RBIs (39), slugging (.561) and on-base percentage (.421) ... Reached base successfully in each of the last 13 games of the season ... Managed single hits during NCAA Regional play in the 5-0 shutout of #16 Texas A&M (May 20) and the loss to #9 Louisiana-Lafayette (May 21) ... Helped power the Longhorns to a dominant league road sweep of Iowa State (May 6-8) by batting .600 (6-for-10) with five runs scored, a double, two HR’s and six RBIs during the series ... Led Texas with a .500 average (4-for-8) during the series triumph over Kansas (April 30-May 1) ... Doubled and knocked in a tally during the 6-0 victory over Texas Southern (April 27) ... Batted .455 (5-for-11) and scored three runs during the series sweep of Oklahoma State (April 22-24) ... Was 1-for-4 with a double and three RBIs in the 9-8, series-opening loss at #12/9 Oklahoma ... Homered in the first inning to set the tone during the 2-0 win over Texas Tech (April 9) ... Was 3-for-4 and blasted the game-winning solo HR in the top of the seventh inning to lead Texas past UTSA (April 6), 3-2 ... Hit safely in each game of the three-contest series against BYU (April 1-2) ... Tripled in a run as part of a 1-for-4 effort in the 6-5 loss at No. 20 Baylor (March 26) ... Batted .316, hit safely in four of five games and posted a pair of multi-hit efforts during the Rainbow Wahine Classic ... Was 2-for-4 with a double in the 3-2 (8 inn.) loss to No. 18/20 Arizona (March 12) during the Maverick Classic ... Currently riding a five-game hitting streak after registering a single during the 3-2 (8 inn.) win over UTSA (March 8) ... Was 1-for-3 with a RBI in the 9-5 loss at Texas State (March 2) ... Hit safely in five of six games of the Texas Invitational while batting .368 (7-for-19) with five RBIs ... Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a RBI in the 8-1 win over Illinois (February 27) and 2-for-3 with a double and a RBI in the 5-0 blanking of Weber State (February 28) ... Leads UT in hitting for the season at .448 with a team-best four HR’s and 12 RBIs ... Hammered HR’s in four straight games from February 19-21, tying former Longhorns legend Lexy Bennett for the second-longest streak in program history ... Powered the UT assault during the Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational, batting .467 (7-for-15) with seven runs, four HR’s and nine RBIs ... Blasted three-run bombs in consecutive wins over Ball State (February 19 & 20) ... Led the Longhorns during the Texas Classic by hitting a sparkling .429 overall (6-for-14) with three runs scored, a triple and three RBIs ... Blasted a crucial bottom of the seventh inning triple and scored the winning run during the walk-off, 3-2 victory over North Dakota State (February 14) ... Walked twice and went 1-for-2 with a run in the 6-5 (8 inn.) rally past Arkansas (February 13) ... Drew the walk-off free pass in the bottom of the eighth to complete Texas’ 6-5 (8 inn.) comeback win over North Carolina (February 12) ... Was 2-for-3 with a tally in her first career action on the Forty Acres as UT topped Arkansas (February 11), 4-1.
TRAVEL BALL
Played summer ball for the California Lite, coached by Pam Newton, where she played shortstop ... In 204 at-bats with her travel ball team from May to October 2011, hit .495 with 78 runs, 71 RBI, 24 home runs and 23 doubles.
BEFORE TEXAS
A two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Cal JC All-American selection (2014 & 2015), Felix was a major offensive threat for Mt. San Antonio College during her two-year career ... During the 2015 campaign, the Montclair, Calif., product ranked third overall in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) in home runs (18), fifth in batting average (.546) and eighth in RBIs (60) while slugging 1.261, holding a 1.862 OPS and registering 43 combined extra-base hits with 19 doubles and six triples ... Perhaps her most remarkable offensive feat was managing 138 total plate appearances (119 at-bats) as a sophomore without suffering a single strikeout ... In all, Felix hit safely in 32 of her 37 games played and recorded 22 multi-hit and 17 multi-RBI efforts at the dish ... As a freshman at Mt. SAC in 2014, she batted .569 over 45 contests with 55 runs scored, 87 hits, 20 doubles, 20 HR’s and 76 RBIs while striking out just five times with a 1.118 slugging mark ... At Montclair H.S., she won the MHS Best Offensive Player Award ... Was chosen to the Ontario-Christian All-Tournament Team in 2011 ...Was named 2010 and 2011 Mt. Baldy First-Team All-League ... Also played varsity tennis for Montclair, earning all-league honorable mention honors.
PERSONAL
Full name is Celina Patrice Felix ... Born May 14, 1994 in West Covina, Calif. ... Daughter of Ernie and Eleanor Rocha-Felix ... Has four siblings, Jasmine, Jeremy, Carissa and Elaina ... Majoring in geography with a minor in anthropology ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2015).
