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Career: Ranks fourth all-time in batting average (.348; minimum 200 at-bats and two years played), third in slugging percentage (.567), fourth in on-base percentage (.443) and third in OPS (1.000) ... second in doubles (32) and sacrifice flies (7) ... fourth in home runs (14), extra base hits (50), RBI (80), total bases (212), walks (63) ... third in fielding percentage (.978).
2025 (Senior): All-Pacific West Conference First Team at catcher … played all 51 games with 50 starts … started 36 games at catcher, nine at first base and five at designated hitter … slashed .359/.460/.566 for OPS of 1.026, all which led team … also led team with 28 RBI, 17 extra-base hits (10 doubles and six home runs), 26 walks and two sacrifice flies ... home run total tied for seventh in single-season program history … had 17 runs, three hit-by-pitch and one stolen base … PacWest rankings: 11th in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage, eighth in slugging percentage and OPS, 20th in hits, 13th in RBI, 15th in doubles, eighth in homers and third in walks … had 14 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests … had six three-hit games … fielding percentage of .975 with 137 putouts, 22 assists … threw out eight runners attempting to steal … turned nine double plays to help team rank 12th nationally in double plays per game (0.51) … homered and drove in five runs, one shy of program record, against nationally-ranked Northwest Nazarene (Feb. 1) … had four RBI and become the first player to homer twice at Silversword Field vs. Vanguard (April 11) … had two hits, two RBI and two runs in final career home game vs. Vanguard (April 12) … hit .500 (8-for-16) with six RBI and four runs in final five games of career … drove in the go-ahead RBI on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the seventh inning in 6-1 win at Academy of Art (March 24).
2024 (Junior): All-Pacific West Conference First Team at designated player ... named to the D2CCA All-West Region Second Team ... PacWest Player of the Week on Feb. 20 ... played 35 games, all starts ... made 30 starts at DP, three at third base and two at catcher ... led team in RBI with 21 and homers with four ... second on the team in batting (.358), on-base percentage (.434), slugging percentage (.594) and OPS (1.028) ... PacWest rankings: third in batting, fourth in on-base percentage, second in slugging and OPS ... had 14 walks, 12 runs and one stolen base ... had nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI contests ... had a team-high 12-game hitting streak (Feb. 4 to March 16), tied for the third-longest in program history, which included a span of four straight multi-hit games ... also had a 14-game on-base streak (Feb. 4 to March 26) ... did not commit an error in 10 chances, recording six putouts and four assists ... had a pair of three-hit games and two three-RBI contests ... hit a 250-foot homer against Texas Permian Basin (Feb. 14), the first ball that left Silversword Field which came in the 23rd game of the park's existence ... made the game-saving defensive play at Hawai'i Pacific (March 16), tagging out the potential tying run at the plate ... ended the season with a five-game on-base streak.
2023 (Sophomore): All-Pacific West Conference Third Team at designated player ... named to the NFCA All-West Region Second Team at DP ... played 43 games with 31 starts ... made 30 starts at DP and one at third base ... did not become team's regular starter until the 16th game of the season ... hit .347 which was third on the team and seventh in the PacWest ... sixth in the conference in slugging percentage (.545), seventh in on-base percentage (.440), fourth in OPS (.985) and tied for third in sacrifice flies (4) ... led team with three home runs and tied for third with 25 RBI ... had 35 hits with 18 runs and 19 walks ... had 10 multi-hit games, seven multi-RBI games and a 15-game on-base streak which is the sixth-longest in school history ... homered twice and drove in all three runs at Dominican (March 27), becoming first Silversword with a multi-homer game since Feb. 2016 ... had two steals, both coming against Central Washington (April 2) ... had 19 RBI during a 10-game span in March ... tied single-game program record by doubling three times at Academy of Art (March 23) ... ended the season with a seven-game on-base streak.
2022 (Freshman): Played 25 games with one start … hit .227 with two runs, six RBI and two doubles … had four extra base hits, four walks and hit by pitches twice … on-base percentage of .393, slugging percentage of .545 and OPS of .938 … first four career hits were for extra bases … first career hit was a triple vs. Dominican (March 7) which also drove in her first career RBI … had a solo home run in next game vs. Holy Names (March 12) … hit a three-run double vs. Holy Names (March 13) … RBI single at Hawai‘i Hilo (April 30) … first player since 2017 to hit for a season cycle.
Prep: A 2021 graduate of Kapolei High School in Kapolei, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i … earned all-O‘ahu Interscholastic Association West Division honorable mention honors in 2019 … helped the Hurricanes advance to the 2019 Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association Division I Tournament … played in the 2021 New City Nissan Goodwill Softball Classic … was a Spectrum OC16 Impact Player awardee in Kapolei’s TV game against Mililani in the spring 2021 … club teams were Hawaiian Delight and Momentum.
Personal: Parents are Steve and Larissa Tuifao … has two younger brothers, Ropati and Tagaloa … has a younger sister, Krischelle … majoring in Elementary Education … would like to become a third-grade teacher and, ultimately, become a high school math teacher … enjoys watching and editing anime, watching K-Dramas and reading manga and manhwa … is self-learning Korean … likes playing Call of Duty Warzone … likes spending time with closest family members.
