An improving player who is battling to get more plate appearances ... Is patient with a great eye at the plate ... Has good gap power.
2012 SEASON - FRESHMAN
Played 19 games, scoring eight runs ... Had 13 plate appearances going 1-for-7 with six walks for a .538 on-base percentage ... The .538 on-base percentage would lead the team if she had enough plate appearances to qualify ... Walks came against Portland State (2/10), Utah State (2/10), Princeton (3/23), Cal State Fullerton (4/25), UNLV (5/10 & 5/11) ... Scored her first career run against Oregon State (2/17), which ended up being the game-winning score ... Was 0-for-1 in games against Charlotte (3/2), Quinnipiac (3/13), Princeton (3/23), Pacific (3/23) and Colorado State (4/14, 2nd game) ... Scored a run vs. Harvard (3/15) ... Walked, scored two runs and stole her first career base vs. CSUF (4/15) ... Had her first career hit and scored a run at CSUF (5/2) ... Walked and scored two runs off the bench at UNLV (5/10) ... Scored again against the Rebels (5/11) the following day ... Had a pinch-hit opportunity against Hofstra in an elimination game at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional, but flew out to deep left field ... SDSU was 16-3 when she played.
2011 SEASON - REDSHIRT
Utilized her redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL - SWEETWATER
Played for Sweetwater High School ... Won two batting titles in regional tournaments in Mexico, batting a perfect 1.000 in of the tournies ... Also won a pair of home run titles ... Represented Baja California for seven years ... Her club team was a four-time national champion in Mexico ... Has represented Baja California in the U-22 and U-25 national tournaments since she was 12 ... Was a San Diego Union-Tribune scholar-athlete.
PERSONAL
Iris Adriana Castaneda Jimenez was born March 25, 1990, in Anaheim, Calif. ... Daughter of Socorro and Martin Castaneda ... Is majoring in psychology.