Norfolk State University Athletics

2012 (Senior Year): Utilized medical redshirt after sitting out the year due to injury.

2011 (Junior Year): Pitched in 14 games with two starts … Owned a 2-3 record with a 6.00 ERA … Struck out 21 in 35.0 innings and recorded one save … Batted .235 with four hits in 17 at bats and one RBI … Also made one start in left field Feb. 20 in Game 2 of a doubleheader against Coppin State, going 1-for-3 with an RBI … Gave up three runs, two earned with four strikeouts in seven innings of relief in her first three appearances of the season … Earned the victory in relief in Game 1 against Savannah State March 28, allowing two earned runs with two strikeouts in 3.1 innings … Also got the victory at Hampton April 28 in Game 2 of a DH, strikeout out two and allowing three hits in two scoreless innings in relief in a 6-5 win.

2010 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in the lineup in 23 games, starting 10 … Had the highest average on the team of players with at least 40 at bats, hitting .310 on the year … Had 13 hits in 42 at bats with five runs, one double and three RBI … Carried a 4-5 record in the circle with a 4.15 ERA … Appeared in 28 games with eight game starts … Ranked first in the MEAC in games in relief and games finished with 20 … Tied for eighth in the league in appearances … Pitched 82.2 innings, giving up 110 hits, 72 runs, 49 earned runs while walking 44 and striking out 28 … Committed just one error in the field, boasting a .972 fielding percentage … Had the second-best average on the team against right-handed hitters (12-of-40, .300) … A clutch hitter, batted .412 (7-of-17) with runners on, .500 (4-of-8) with runners in scoring position, and .417 (5-of-12) with two outs … Had three multi-hit games … Went 2-for-2 with one run and her only extra base hit of the season against Maryland Eastern Shore March 31 … Gave up just one earned run over 9.2 innings in her first three outings of the season … Allowed four earned runs in 15 innings of work during a six-game stretch mid-season … Had her best outing of the season at South Carolina State April 18, pitching all seven innings and getting the win in a 6-2 victory … Gave up seven hits, two earned runs and struck out three … Also got the start and win against Winston-Salem State May 8, giving up six hits and four runs, just one earned, in five innings in a 12-4 win.

2009 (Freshman Year): Played in 22 games and started five in the pitching circle … Was named the team’s Most Improved Player … Had a 3.27 ERA and a 4-3 record after logging 60.0 innings … Allowed 82 hits, 47 runs, 28 earned runs, struck out 27 batters and walked 25 … Tossed one complete game in 22 appearances … Had the second-best ERA on the team and ranked 10th in the MEAC in that category … Was second on the team in wins, innings pitched, batters struck out and appearances … Led the team in games finished (15), games in relief (17) and win-loss percentage (.571) … Earned her first win of the season in the second game of the doubleheader at North Carolina Central Feb. 20, giving up 11 hits and four runs (three earned) and striking out five in an 11-5 victory … Pitched a seven-inning complete game in a 5-2 win over North Carolina Central April 17 … Allowed five hits, two runs (one earned) and struck out three batters in that game … Hit .129 with four hits in 31 at-bats … Tallied three RBI, two doubles and scored one run for the season.

High School: A three-time All-Mount Baldy League pick, hit .421 with 26 RBI and 18 runs in 26 games as a senior in 2008 … Named first-team all-league as a freshman and second-team all-league sophomore and junior years … Ranked third in the conference in hitting, home runs (2), and earned run average (4.25) in 2008 … Earned second-team Mount Baldy League honors her freshman and sophomore years … Team MVP her senior year… Defensive MVP her freshman, sophomore and junior years … Also earned team’s Rookie of the Year Award … Attended high school with Spartan teammate Candice Vasquez and played with Spartan infielder Jeanette Sauceda on the travel softball team CA Rage … Competed on the volleyball team all four years of high school … Also a member of the soccer team her junior and senior seasons and the tennis team her senior year … Earned the Most Improved Player Award from the tennis team her senior year and the soccer team her junior year … Named Offensive MVP her sophomore year and Freshman of the Year with the volleyball team.

Personal: Full name is Elizabeth Castaneda … Often goes by “Liz” … Daughter of Juan and Gloria Castaneda … Has one older sister, Maribel, and two younger sisters, Cynthia and Dianna … Born on Nov. 20, 1990 … Majoring in social work … Wants to become a counselor … Enjoys drawing.