Cal State Dominguez Hills Athletics

2007: Established herself as a fixture at 1B, leading the team in hits, home runs, slugging %, and finishing 2nd in runs scored and doubles … Tallied 15 multi-hit efforts, including 3-hit performance vs. CS Bakersfield (March 23) … Drove in at least 2 runs five times, with 3-RBI showcase at CS Stanislaus (April 20) … Scored multiple runs 5 times … Boasted two 6-game hit streaks, and a 3-game stretch in which she tallied 2 hits in each contest … Also made 9 appearances in the circle with 2 starts … Threw a gem in first college start in an 8-3 loss to Sonoma State (April 6), allowing just 1 earned run while fanning 6 batters.

Millikan HS: Four-year letter-winner for the Rams under coach Lynn Curylo, leading MHS to CIF Championship as a junior … Named to 1st-team all-league as a senior, and to 2nd-team as a sophomore and junior … Voted team MVP as a senior … Selected as “Best Defensive Player” three-consecutive years … Also won Coach’s Award as a junior … Principal’s honor roll … Received Medals of Merits for English and Intermediate Algebra … Wrote for school paper, Corydon.

Personal: Born on May 10, 1988, in Long Beach, CA … Daughter of John and Yumi Nakawatase … Has two older siblings, Jared and Erin … Also recruited by LMU and Delaware State … Lists winning CIF Division III as a junior as greatest athletic thrill to date … Lists L.A. Dodgers, Olympian Lisa Fernandez, movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” and TV show “Grey’s Anatomy” as favorites … Has yet to declare a major.