Jude Padilla

Maxine Barnes

C/OF

/ Softball

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Incarnate Word
Hometown:
New Braunfels, TX
Club Team:
R/R

Senior Year (2023): Logged 22 appearances with 12 starts at catcher … Hit a pinch-hit single against JACKSONVILLE in a 5-2 victory … Recorded two RBIs and a walk in the 3-2 victory over CHARLESTON (2/24) … Drove in two on a double against CANISIUS (3/22) … Brought home two runs on two hits against NC STATE, both season highs (4/8) … Hit her first home run of the season against CORNELL (4/26) ... Padilla earned Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Junior Year (2022): She was in the starting lineup in 18 of the 26 contests she saw action in ... She clubbed a three-run home run, scored three times and drove in four when the Orange defeated SOUTHERN (2/11) ... In a 12-1 triumph against PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2/19), Padilla had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs ... She had a two-run home run and drove in four runs in a 9-3 victory against NC STATE (3/5) ... She single and had an RBI when the Orange beat COPPIN STATE (3/16), 13-3 ... She finished with two hits, two RBI and a run scored in a 12-1 win against CANISIUS (4/13) ... Padilla contributed a double against Duke (4/23) ... Padilla earned Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Sophomore Year (2021): She played in 17 games and started six of those as a catcher ... Padilla Hit a 3-run home run and a double to help the Orange win at CHARLOTTE (3/12), 6-4 ... She also drove in a run against the 49ers (3/13) the next day, in a 5-3 victory ... Padilla earned Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2020): She played in 14 games, including 12 starts, as a catcher in the COVID-shortened season... Padilla led the Orange in putouts (78) ... She earned her first collegiate RBI with a bases loaded walk against PENN STATE (2/8) ... Her first collegiate hit was a single in a win against MICHIGAN STATE (2/9)... Recorded up her first career multi-hit game by going two-for-5 versus RUTGERS (2/14) at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge ... She drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single in an 8-6 win against LOUISIANA TECH (2/22) ... Padilla had hits in back-to-back wins against NORTH CAROLINA (3/7, 3/8) ... She earned Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Incarnate Word High School: She received Division I First Team All-State and Division I All-District 3 recognition as a junior and senior ... Padilla earned Class 6A Academic All-District and Academic All-State in 2018 and 2019 ... Incarnate Word won the 2018 state championship by beating Katy Saint John XXIII College Prep in the title game, 3-1 ... The Shamrocks finished the year 32-13 ...Incarnate Word reached the 2019 state semifinals and finished the season with a 26-12-3 record ... Padilla was a team captain and most valuable player as a senior ... She saw time at catcher, first base and third base for Coach Kevin Randle ... She was a member of the National Honor Society.

Canyon High School: She spent her freshman and sophomore years at Canyon High School ... She was coached by Paul Greco in 2016 and Louie Berlanga in 2017 ... Padilla earned first team all-district in 2016 and 2017 ... She also received all-district academic honors both years.

Personal: Judith Nicole Padilla was born January 2001 ... She is the daughter of Rick Padilla and Cassandra Garcia ... Member of National Honor Society ... Majoring in psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.