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Texas Lutheran University

2025 Fall Softball Roster

40 Serena Gonzalez

  • Height 5-8
  • Bat/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Corpus Christi, Texas
  • High School Foy H. Moody
  • Position UT
  • Major Kinesiology
  • Minor Psychology

Biography

Career

  • 2025 CSC Second Team Academic All-American
  • 2025 CSC Academic All-District
  • 2025 Ithaca Regional Most Outstanding Player
  • 2025 Ithaca Regional All-Tournament Team
  • 2025 NFCA All-West Region Third Team
  • 2x All-SCAC Tournament Team Member (2023, 2025)
  • 2x All-SCAC First Team (2023, 2025)
  • 2x NFCA Player of the Week (4/15/25, 4/11/23)
  • 2x Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2024-25)
  • 2x SCAC Academic Honor Roll (2024-25)
  • 2023 NFCA Second Team All-American
  • 2023 NFCA All-West Region First Team
  • 2023 SCAC Newcomer of the Year
  • 3x SCAC Hitter of the Week

Record Book

  • TLU all-time career home run leader (25)
  • TLU single-season home run leader (14, 2025))
  • Single-season slugging percentage record holder (.817, 2025)
  • Second in program history in career RBI (134)
  • Drove in 61 runs as a junior to set the TLU single-season RBI record (2025)
  • Drove in 57 runs as freshman to set the TLU freshman RBI record (2023)
  • Most home runs in a single NCAA regional game (2, 2025)
  • Most home runs in a single NCAA Regional (3, 2025 Ithaca Regional)
  • Set the freshman home run record with 10 home runs in 2023

2025 (Junior)

Second Team CSC Academic All-American...hit .383 with 19 runs, 44 hits, eight doubles, 14 home runs, 61 RBIs, 21 walks and an .817 slugging percentage...primarily played as the team's designated player...also made a start at first base...hit .375 over the course of the 2025 postseason, launching four home runs and driving in 13...set new program records in single-season (14) and career (25) home runs as well as single-season RBI (61) and slugging percentage (.817)...First player to reach 60 RBI and slug over .800 in a single-season in program history...drove in the winning run to help clinch the Marshall Super Regional (5/23)...hit the game winning sac fly in the tenth inning and drove in the three of the Bulldogs four runs to secure an extra inning, 4-3 win over No. 1 East Texas Baptist in the Marshall Super Regional (5/22)...NFCA West All-Region Third Team pick...2025 SCAC All-Tournament pick...Earned Ithaca Regional Most Outstanding Player honors after going a combined 5-for-8 with three home runs, seven RBI and three runs scored in the regional (5/15-17)...first Bulldog in program history with multiple double-digit home run seasons...Slashed .833/.778/2.000 in six official plate appearances against Schreiner with three of her five hits going for extra bases - a double and two home runs - while she drove in 10 runs and totaled 12 total bases to earn NFCA Player of the Week and SCAC Hitter of the Week honors (4/12-13)...Her six RBI performance against Schreiner is the 11th in program history in which one player was responsible for at least six RBI in a single-game (4/13)... went 3-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs during a 17-4 win against Concordia (TX) (2/14)... reached in all three plate appearances, going 2-for-2 with two runs, a homer, and three RBI in a 9-1 win against Southwestern (4/5)...hit .400 in the opening weekend with six RBI, earning SCAC Player of the Week honors...reached 100-career RBI against Ozarks (AR)...launched a big pinch-hit three-run homer in TLU's 9-1 win against St. Thomas (3/15)...hit a grand slam in her first at-bat of the season in TLU's 8-0 win against Texas A&M - San Antonio (2/5).

2024 (Sophomore)

Appeared in 29 games as the designated player or as a pinch hitter… Hit .333 with two doubles, a home run and 16 RBIs…Produced a .859 OPS while slashing .333/.4433/.426...Slugged .426 and held an on-base percentage of .433, drawing ten walks…stole two bases on two attempts...Recorded three multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs four times.

2023 (Freshman)

Appeared in all 48 games as a designated player…Paced the Bulldogs and the SCAC in home runs (10), RBIs (57), and finished second in the SCAC in slugging percentage (.720)...Set freshman program records for home runs and RBIs...led the Bulldogs in batting average (.408) and total bases (90)...added nine doubles and scored 21 runs while drawing 22 walks...Finished the season with an exceptional slash line of .408/.487/.720...Her 57 RBIs ranked sixth nationally in NCAA Division-III...recorded her first career multi-home run game against Mary Hardin-Baylor (3/22)...recorded a career-high five RBI vs. Southwestern (4/8).

High School

Played for Foy H. Moody High School under coach Richard Perales...Hall of Fame Honoree at Moody School...2018-2019 Newcomer of the Year...2020-2021 All-District Second Team Utility...2020-2021 Academic All-State, 2021-2022 All-District 1st Team Utility, 2021-2022 Academic All-State.

Personal

Daughter of Lou and Lilly Gonzalez...has two siblings, Luis Gonzalez and Adrian Gonzales.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2023Freshman

    INF
    5'8"
    40
  • 40

    2024Sophomore

    UT
    5'8"
    40
  • 40

    2025Junior

    UT
    5'8"
    40
  • 40

    2026Senior

    UT
    5'8"
    40