The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Vanessa Quiroga
- Position:
- UTL
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Mary Carroll
- Hometown:
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Major:
- Sport Management
Career Accolades
- 1x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023)
2024, Junior
Appeared in nine games throughout the season en route to slashing .333/.392/.576 in nine official plate appearances ... scored a season-high two runs against Tarleton State (3/1) ... all three of her hits were doubles: vs. San Diego (2/9), vs. Tarleton State (3/1) and vs. Baylor (5/10) ... connected on a one-out, two-run double in her first plate appearance of the season against San Diego (2/9) before scoring her first run of the season during the same inning ... her double against the Bears (5/10) occurred in a semifinal game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship in Oklahoma City ... recorded one of the teams' five doubles and one of five walks in a 17-0 rout against the Texans (3/1) ... also scored a run in Texas' win against Hofstra (3/2) ...
2023, Sophomore
Slashed .383/.444/.660 in 47 official plate appearances throughout 29 games of the 2023 season ... finished with a .987 fielding percentage on 75 defensive chances between time at catcher and first base ... turned in 11 run-scoring at bats, including three multiple run batted in (RBI) games: Lamar (2/15), at Iowa State (4/7) and against Texas Tech (5/11) ... blasted her first career collegiate home run with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth against Loyola Chicago (2/17) ... also connected for a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth at Iowa State (4/7) ... displayed her late-game power skills a third time by hitting back-to-back solo home runs with Katie Cimusz in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game against Texas Tech (5/11) in the opening round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship ... had a run-scoring single in the third inning of the Longhorns' eight-run victory over Seton Hall (5/19) to begin the NCAA Austin Regional ... finished the season with three multiple hit games: at Iowa State (4/8), at Baylor (5/6) and versus Texas Tech (5/11) ... had two games with double digit defensive putouts: at Iowa State (4/8) and at Baylor (5/7) ... slashed .412/.474/.647 in 17 official plate appearances during conference play ... recorded a .727 (8-11) successful advancing runners rate in conference-only play ...
2022, Freshman
Saw playing time in nine games with one start ... came off the bench to pinch hit in a 6-0 NCAA Seattle Regional-opening victory over Weber State (5/20) ... registered her first collegiate hit and run batted in (RBI) on a fourth-inning single up the middle in the 14-4 rout of UTA in five innings (4/6) ... scored her first career run after reaching via a fielder’s choice during the 14-1 triumph over Tulsa in five innings at the Texas Classic (2/27) ... made her first collegiate start in right field in an 8-0 five-inning victory over UTSA (2/27) ... pinch hit to appear in her initial collegiate contest as Texas downed Boston College (2/12) at the FGCU Kickoff Classic, 7-0 ...
Travel Ball
With her Athletics Mercado travel squad, Quiroga put up a .442 average with 12 home runs while helping the team to a World Fastpitch Championship, a Triple Crown Southwest Nationals Gold Division title and to Premier Girls Fastpitch and Tulsa Elite events ...
High School
A two-sport athlete in softball and volleyball at Mary Carroll (TX) High School ... Quiroga was ranked No. 142 in Extra Inning Softball’s Class of 2021 Player Rankings … during her 2021 senior campaign, Quiroga was tabbed to the South Texas Preseason Large School Softball All-Star Team, to both the TXSWA and TGCA 5A All-State squads and to the All-South Texas First Team for the second time after batting .556 with seven home runs, 50 hits and 46 runs batted in (RBI), while also posting 25 pitching wins, a 3.11 earned run average (ERA) and 143 strikeouts … a 2019 All South Texas First Team choice as well as the 2019 District 30-5A Most Valuable Player, Quiroga hit .436 as a junior with 17 extra-base hits, 26 runs batted in and a 1.472 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) while leading her team to its second straight district title (2018, 2019) … during her sophomore campaign, she batted at a .439 clip with 43 hits, eight doubles and 23 runs batted in, while going 24-10 in the circle with a 2.20 ERA, 13 shutouts and 202 strikeouts, on the way to 2018 TXSWA 5A All-State Honorable Mention, District 30-5A Newcomer of the Year and All-South Texas Second Team honors ...
Personal
Daughter of Lauro and Beatriz Quiroga ... has one sibling, Kassandra ... her cousin, Yulissa Hinojosa, played softball at Southern Arkansas from 2017-2021, while another cousin, Estefi Hinojosa, currently plays volleyball at Trinity University … chose Texas over UTEP, UNLV, UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … was a member of the National Honor Society (2020-21), the A-B Honor Roll and the 2017 President’s Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Excellence (2017) ...
