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Cali Decker Season 2025

#11
PositionC
Height5-9
ClassSenior
HometownNew Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Previous SchoolFlorida

bio through 2025 season

SDSU Career Rankings (after the 2025 season): 3rd in on-base percentage (.443, min. 250 AB), 3rd in caught stealing percentage (.366, min. 20 att., since 2000), 3rd in runners caught stealing (26, since 2000), T-4th in times hit by pitch (15, since 1981), T-5th in sacrifice flies (8), 7th in OPS (.948, min. 250 AB), T-7th in batting average (.345, min. 250 AB), 8th in walks (70), 10th in slugging percentage (.506, min. 250 AB)

AWARDS
* 2023 NFCA All-West Region Second Team
* 2025 NFCA All-West Region Third Team
* 2023 & 2024 All-Mountain West Second Team
* 2023 & 2025 All-Mountain West Tournament Team
* 2023 Mountain West All-Academic Team
* Mountain West Player of the Week (March 17, 2025)
* 2025 All-Mountain West Preseason Team

2025 SEASON - SENIOR
SDSU Single-Season Rankings (after the 2025 season): T-1st in caught stealing percentage (.579, since 2000, min. 8 attempts), T-4th in doubles (16), T-5th in runners caught stealing (11, since 2000), T-6th in times hit by pitch (7, since 1981), T-9th in walks (30), 10th in on-base percentage (.472, min. 100 AB)
SDSU Mountain West Season Rankings (after the 2025 season): 1st in caught stealing percentage (.750, since 2002, min. 3 attempts), T-1st in fielding percentage (1.000, min. 50 chances), 2nd in at bats per strikeout (58.00, min. 30 AB), T-2nd in runners caught stealing (6, since 2002), T-4th in walks (16)
NCAA Rankings: 54th in doubles (16), 54th in runners caught stealing (11)
Started all 57 games for San Diego State with 51 starts coming behind the dish… Finished second on the team with a .358 batting average (57-of-159) led the team with 16 doubles, 40 RBIs, 90 total bases, a .566 slugging percentage, a .472 on-base percentage and a 1.038 OPS… Placed second on the roster with 30 walks, tied for third with five homers and tripled once while scoring 22 times… Was successful on her only stolen base attempt of the season… Was second on the team with 28 multi-hit games, nine multi-RBI games and four multi-run games while also being second as a part of five game-tying plays and 15 go-ahead plays (with a team-leading 11 go-ahead RBIs)… Named to the All-Mountain West Preseason Team before the season and the NFCA All-West Region Third Team after the season… Against Army on February 9, went 3-for-3 with an RBI single, an RBI double and another single while crossing the plate twice… Logged multiple hits in seven straight games from February 22 against UC Santa Barbara through Notre Dame on February 28… In a 6-5 win over Saint Mary’s on February 23, hit a sacrifice fly, a two-run single and an RBI double… Homered as part of a three-hit game at Cal State Fullerton on March 2… Brought home Mountain West Player of the Week on March 17 after going 5-for-11 with two home runs, three doubles, three walks, five RBIs and four runs scored across the three games at Utah State from March 14-16… Followed it up with another outstanding performance against San Diego on March 19, when she walked and scored, hit an RBI double and scored and knocked a two-run triple and scored… Earned a spot on the All-Mountain West Tournament team after hitting an RBI double, a two-run single and another single in the Mountain West Championship if necessary game against Fresno State on May 10… Finished the season with her third four-RBI game of the year, hitting a go-ahead three-run home run, driving in a run on a groundout and singling in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional against UC Santa Barbara on May 17… Put together a .975 fielding percentage defensively with 201 putouts, second on the team… Threw out an astounding 57.9% (11-of-19) of runners attempting to steal while she was behind the plate.

2024 SEASON - JUNIOR
Named to the All-Mountain West Second Team… Started 46 of the Aztecs’ 51 games with 36 coming at catcher, seven at first base and three at designated player… Batted .304 (41-of-135) with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 23 RBIs and 13 runs scored… Walked 14 times and was successful on her only stolen base attempt of the season… Tied for second on the team with six multi-RBI games while tying for third with 9 multi-hit games and three multi-run games… Did not allow a passed ball until April 26 against Nevada… Reached base in all four plate appearances against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 18, hitting a single and a double, walking twice and scoring twice… Went 2-for-4 in both games of a doubleheader on March 8, hitting two doubles and driving in three runs while walking once… Had an RBI single and an RBI triple and scored on March 9 at Cal State Fullerton… That game began a nine-game hit streak… In two games against Utah State on March 15 and 16, went 3-of-4 including a two-run homer and a pair of walks with three runs scored and three RBIs … Hit an RBI single and a two-run single against Colorado State on March 28… Doubled and drove in two runs against Boise State on April 6… In the first game of a doubleheader at San Jose State on April 12, had two hits including an RBI single and came around to score twice… Doubled, singled and walked in the regular season finale at UNLV on May 4… Opened the Mountain West Tournament with a three-run homer in the first inning at Boise State on May 11.

2023 SEASON – SOPHOMORE
SDSU Single-Season Rankings (after the 2023 season); T-6th in sacrifice flies (4), 7th in caught stealing percentage (.385, min. 8 att., since 2000), T-8th in caught stealing by (10)
NCAA Rankings: T-71st in sacrifice flies (4), T-87th in caught stealing by (10)
 
Had a breakout first season at SDSU, seemingly getting better as the year wore on … Was named a second-team NFCA All-West Region selection … Batted .368 (56-for-152) with six home runs, 40 RBIs, 29 runs, four doubles and 26 walks, posting a .513 slugging percentage and an .462 on-base mark … In the field, committed just three errors in 325 chances for a .991 fielding percentage … Threw out 10 of the attempted 26 base stealers … Her four sacrifice flies are tied for the sixth most in SDSU single-season history, while her .385 caught stealing percentage ranked seventh (min. 8 att., since 2000) and her 10 times caught stealing by are tied for eighth … Started all 54 games she appeared in, including 40 at catcher, and seven apiece at first base and as the team’s designated player … Had 12 multi-RBI games (second on team) and 16 multi-hit games (T-3rd on team) … Led SDSU with three game-tying RBIs, tied for the team lead with three game-tying runs, and tied for second with nine go-ahead RBIs … Earned second-team all-Mountain West honors for her play in league games, batting .386 (22-for-57) with a home run, 14 RBIs, 15 runs and 12 walks, owning a .456 slugging percentage and a .493 on-base percentage … Was named to the all-Mountain West Tournament team, batting a team-high .700 (7-for-10) with a home run, five RBIs and two runs … In nine postseason games overall (three in MW tournament, six in NCAA tournament), she hit .429 (12-for-28) with three homers, 13 RBIs and four runs, slugging .750 with a .467 on-base mark … Had a season-long 11-game hitting streak from April 7-29.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (2022)
Posted a .375 batting average over 21 games, including seven starts for the Gators during the 2022 season… Helped the Gators post a 49-14 record in 2022 and earn a NFCA end-of-season ranking of No. 5 in the country… Contributed a pinch-hit RBI single in a 7-1 win over Oregon State during the Gators’ run in the 2022 Women's College World Series. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Accrued numerous accolades during her time at Lake Murray High School in Florida including: a 2021 PGF All-American Southeast selection… was a 2021 7A FHSAA All-State selection…  All-Seminole Athletic Conference First Team (2020)... Florida Athletic Coaches Association 7A All-State Team member (2020)... All-Seminole Athletic Conference First Team selection (2019).

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Junior
2024

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Sophomore
2023

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