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Hayden Luderer - Softball - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics
Position

UTIL

Height

5-5

Class

So.

Hometown

Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Previous School

Louisville HS

B/T

R/R

AUDIO PRONUNCIATION

SOPHOMORE (2025): Played in 51 games with 43 starts… started 39 games in center, four games at third… finished with 26 hits, 16 RBI, three doubles and two home runs, the first RBI, doubles and home runs as a Lobo… hit .255 with a .339 on-base percentage and .343 slugging percentage… improved, her batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits, total bases, RBI, walks, doubles and home runs… hit first home run against Mississippi State and second against Nevada… three multi-hit games, all with two, and four multi-RBI games with three with two and one with three… recorded three RBI against Alabama State… finished with 61 putouts and nine assists.


FRESHMAN (2024):
 Played in 31 games with 17 starts… eight starts in center field, seven in right field, one in left field and one as the designated player… first collegiate start was on Feb. 23 against SFA… first collegiate hit came against Montana on March 1… also played one game at third… entered to pinch run in five games and to pinch hit in three games… had 25 putouts… was 2-2 in stolen bases… named to the Academic All-MW Team… named a MW Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Louisville High School… played both third and in the outfield… part of the 2020 Mission League championship team…was named all-league first team as a freshman, sophomore and junior… was ranked 68th in the country for the class of 2023 by Extra Innings Softball… statistically, she hit .406 as a freshman with five home runs, 10 RBI and two stolen bases, which increased as a sophomore to a .412 batting average with three home runs, 22 RBI and 17 stolen bases… as a junior, hit .397 with five home runs, 26 RBI and 13 stolen bases.

CLUB: Played for Athletics Wellbaum and Firecrackers Rico, where her team qualified for 3 PGF Premier national championships and placed 3rd in the Alliance National Championship.

PERSONAL: Birthday is April 21 … born in Tarzana, Calif. … parents are Jackie and Brian Luderer … has three siblings:  James, Keira and Kelsey… majoring in psychology.

ON WHY UNM: “When I visited the University, I got a great feeling about the school, softball program, and how future coaches and teammates would be.”