Sam Torres - Softball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#42 Sam Torres

OF | R-Jr. | 5-2 | L/L | Temecula, Calif. | Chaparral HS

Career Highlights
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2019)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2019)

2021 | Redshirt Sophomore
Played in 41 games, making 32 starts: 30 in center field and two in right field … Hit .289 (26-for-90) posting a .390 on base percentage and .300 slugging percentage … Totaled 26 hits, one double, four RBIs, 13 walks, two hit by pitches and 18 runs scored … Compiled a career-best 11-game hit streak from March 19-April 3, the longest of the season by any Razorback … During her hitting streak, led the team in batting average (.500, 17-for-34), hits and on base percentage (.553), while the team went 11-0 … Finished second on the team in SEC-only games hitting .306 (19-for-62) and fourth reaching base at a .403 clip … Registered seven multi-hit games … Recorded the first multi-hit game of her career going 2-for-3 in her first start of the season against Southeast Missouri (Feb. 27) … Began 11-game hitting streak recording a 2-for-4 day with a run scored against Ole Miss (March 19) … Collected her first career double and scored a career-high two runs at Kansas (March 24) … Tallied a career-high three RBIs with two singles and a fielder’s choice against Mississippi State (March 27) … Stole only base of the year against Mississippi State (March 28) … Registered one hit in last 13 starts.

2020 | Sophomore
Appeared in 17 games primarily as a pinch runner and defensive replacement… Scored six runs… Registered two at bats and drew one walk against Montana (Feb. 22).

2019 | Freshman
Appeared in 41 of 58 games and made four starts against Auburn (May 3-5) and Georgia in the SEC Tournament (May 9)… Served as a pinch runner 19 times and scored 11 runs… Made 31 appearances in the outfield, registered 18 putouts and committed one error in 19 chances.

Prior to Arkansas
Ranked as the No. 198 recruit in the country… Two-time Offensive MVP for Chapparal High School… Twice named to the All-Southwestern League Second Team… Earned Top Freshman accolades after hitting .494 with 39 hits in 29 games during the 2015 season… Through the first three seasons of her prep career, carried a .483 batting average with 117 hits and a .557 slugging percentage… Played travel ball for Athletics Mercado… Had a pair of top-20 PGF Nationals finishes including a seventh-place showing in 2017.

Personal
Daughter of Federick and Maribeth Torres… Has three siblings, Eric, Vince and Julianne… Majoring in Pre-Nursing.