Lala Macario Season 2024

Through 2024 season

AWARDS
* 2023 All-AAC First Team
* 2022 AAC Rookie of the Year
* 2022 All-AAC Second Team
* 2022 AAC All-Rookie Team (unanimous selection)
* AAC Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2022)

2024 SEASON - JUNIOR
Started in 50 of the team’s 51 games with 32 coming at shortstop and 18 at second base… Named to the NFCA All-West Region Third Team… Batted .312 (third best on the team) (47-for-150) with three doubles, a triple, a home run, eight RBIs and a team leading 40 runs scored… Also led the team with 20 stolen bases in 21 attempts while walking 19 times… Her 100 assists were second on the team behind Katie Goldberg’s 118 and Macario was the only Aztec to finish with at least 80 putouts and at least 100 assists… Led the Aztecs with nine multi-run games while finishing second with 11 multi-hit games… Finished first on the team with 14 go-ahead runs scored and seven game-winning runs scored… Tripled and scored and knocked an RBI single against UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 10… Went 2-for-2 with two singles, a walk, two stolen bases and two runs scored on Feb. 16 against Texas A&M… Across a doubleheader against Nebraska and Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 23, totaled four hits including her lone home run of the season, three singles, a walk, two stolen bases and two runs scored… Collected a pair of hits, scoring once on March 3 against Illinois… Went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored against Grand Canyon on March 8… Had three hits in three at-bats on March 16 against Utah State including an RBI single, a double, an additional single and three runs scored… Reached base four times in five plate appearances with three singles, a HBP, a stolen base and a run scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Fresno State on March 22… Made it on base in all three plate appearances on April 6 against Boise State with two singles, a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored… Went 3-for-3 with three singles, three runs scored, a walk and a stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader at San Jose State on April 12… Tallied four hits in four plate appearances in the NCAA Tournament against Grand Canyon on May 18, driving in a run and scoring once.

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (2022-23)
Started in 108 of her 104 appearances across two seasons at Central Florida... Achieved a career .295 batting average and an OPS over .700 in both her seasons in Orlando... Stole 24 bases in 25 attempts for the Knights... Tallied 39 RBIs and 53 runs scored at UCF.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Bonita Vista High in Chula Vista, Calif... Named the school's varsity MVP and Metro Mesa All-League as a sophomore... Named Best Defensive Player and Metro Mesa All-League in her freshman season... Also lettered in track and field... Played club ball for the California Cruisers.

PERSONAL
Lists her favorite professional team as the San Diego Padres and her favorite professional athlete as Padres first baseman Jake Cronenworth.