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JUNIOR YEAR (2016): Started all 50 games for the Lobos at third base or catcher … finished with a batting average of .348 … led the team in RBIs with 42 … tallied 54 hits and four home runs … finished with a slugging percentage of .503 … accounted for 44 putouts and 88 assists … finished with a .886 fielding percentage … went 2-for-3 with four RBIs against DePaul on March 19 … Mountain West Academic All-Conference.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2015): Started 45 games and made 47 appearances at third base … lead the Lobos with a team high batting average of .386 … finished the season with 56 hits which included 10 doubles, one triple, and 6 home runs … recorded a team high of 40 RBIs … finished with a .593 slugging percentage … went 3 for 3 and scored 2 runs against UNLV on March 27 … recorded 40 putouts with 83 assists to earn a .898 fielding percentage … Conference Player of the Week 4/6/15 … Mountain West Academic All-Conference.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2014): Started all 52 games at third base and in the No. 3 spot in the lineup…finished with a .282 batting average with a .507 slugging percentage which was second best on the team…had a total of 40 hits…was named MW Player of the Week two weeks in-a-row…first honor came on March 4 after she hit .538 that week with a .973 slugging percentage and a .571 on-base percentage…second honor came March 11 after a .857 hitting performance, She went 6-for-7 and tallied two doubles, a triple, a home run, seven RBIs, three runs scored and was walked three times…had 9 doubles, 1 triple and had a team-leading seven home runs…led the team with 23 walks…had a 3-for-3 performance with four RBIs against Idaho State on March 2…Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored on March 8 against Detroit…Went 3-for-4 against UNLV on April 17 with a double, a home run and three RBIs…finished with a .932 fielding percentage…totaled 54 putouts and 96 assists.
High School: A 2013 graduate of La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, N.M…four-year letterwinner…four-time District 2 5A champions (2010-2013)…finished third in state in 2010…three-time First team All-Metro and first team All-District…received several accolades in 2013: named New Mexico Gatorade Player of the Year in 2013, named to Softball West Magazine’s Top 100 – Best of the West and named a Second team All-American…holds New Mexico’s career home run record with 51…lettered three years in sports medicine…played club ball for New Mexico Sol under coach Mannie Montano.
Personal: Born December 15 in Albuquerque, N.M., to John and Merlene Casados…nickname is Jaz…has an older brother, Jonathan and an older sister, Lynette, one niece Ashlyn and two nephews, Elijon and Landon…related to Ashley Espinoza who played soccer for UNM (2010-13)…favorite athlete is olympic gold-medalist Jessica Mendoza…favorite food is Mexican…also likes sushi…plans to major in sports medicine and athletic training.