2025 Softball Roster
Hawkins, Salen
Jersey Number 47
Salen Hawkins
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- High School:
- Desert Vista HS
- Prev School:
- Mississippi State
Bio
Accolades
- 2024 NFCA Third Team All-South Region
- 2025Â D1Softball D100 Preseason Player Rankings - #14Â Second Base
2025
- Has played in 59Â games, including 51 starts
- Had multi-hit performances against Liberty (Feb. 14) and Oklahoma State (Feb. 16) at the Clearwater Invitational
- Had a hit in three straight games to finish the T-Mobile Crimson Classic (Feb. 28-March 2)
- Batted .500 (4-for-8) in the Texas A&M series (March 21-23), including a pair of doubles in game one
- Was 2-for-4 in the win at North Alabama (March 26)
- Had two hits in the game two win over Oklahoma (April 13)
- Hit her first home run as a member of the Crimson Tide in game two at Florida (April 18), a three-run homer down the left field line
- Was 2-for-3 with an RBI at Alabama State (April 22)
- Had a hit in all three games of the Missouri series (April 25-27)
- Posted a career-high three hits and three runs scored in the game one win over South Carolina (May 1)
- Drove in two runs at the SEC Tournament win over Auburn (May 6)
- Scored twice and had two RBIs in the NCAA Regional opener vs. Jackson State (March 16)
2024 (Mississippi State)
- Earned NFCA Third Team All-South Region honors
- Played in 53 of 54 games, and started in 52 of them
- Fifth highest batting average on the team with .294
- Fifth highest RBI total with 26
- Had 11 multi-hit games
Prep/Club Highlights
- Attended Desert Vista High Schol
- Ranked as the No. 21 middle infielder by Extra Inning Softball (2023)
- First Team All-Region team (2021)
- Batted .545 as a freshman (2020)
- Played travel ball for the Arizona Storm
- Hit .677 at the plate during her first summer with the team
Personal Information
- Born Salen Hawkins on June 10, 2005, in Arcadia, California
- Daughter of Akiko Saggio and Steven Hawkins
- Has two sisters, Marisa and Damara Saggio
NCAA Super Regional GM 2 Postgame: Coach Murphy
Saturday, May 24
NCAA Super Regional GM 1 Postgame: Coach Murphy & Kali Heivilin
Friday, May 23
NCAA Super Regional Preview: Patrick Murphy, Jocelyn Briski & Audrey Vandagriff
Thursday, May 22
NCAA Super Regional Preview: Patrick Murphy
Wednesday, May 21
