2016 Softball Roster
Cervantes, Rebekah
Jersey Number 14
Rebekah Cervantes
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Visalia, Calif.
- High School:
- Redwood
Bio
- 4x All-Mountain West First Team (2016-19)
- 1x Mountain West Player of the Year (2018)
- 1x NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team (2018)
- 2x NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team (2016, 2019)
- 1x Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2016)
- 3x Mountain West Player of the Week (March 13, 2017; March 1, 2018; March 26, 2019)
SENIOR (2019): All-Mountain West First Team . . . NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team . . . started all 52 games of the season at shortstop . . . posted a batting line of .359/.393/.695 in her final collegiate campaign . . . slugging percentage is the sixth-highest single-season total in program history . . . led the team with 28 extra-base hits on the season (12 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs) . . . appeared in all four games at the Texas Classic . . . went 2-for-3 at the plate, with both hits being for extra bases, scoring two runs in the 8-0 victory over Boston College (Feb. 8) . . . hit a bases-clearing double in the top of the fifth against UC Riverside, crossing home plate two batters later to set the program record for runs in a career. Ended the game 2-for-3 with 3 RBI (Feb. 15) . . . doubled and triple in a win over Yale, finishing the game 2-for-3 with a run and a RBI (Feb. 22) . . . lit up the box score with a 3-for-4 performance against UC Davis, finishing the day with a double and a stolen base (March 1) . . . batted in a run on a double against UIC (March 2) . . . displayed a selfless attitude in a win over Pacific, driving in four runs in a 2-for-5 performance at the plate — doubling twice (March 8) . . . was 3-for-8 with a run in a pair of wins over Fairleigh Dickinson and Sacramento State (March 9) . . . went 4-for-9 in the series against UNLV, scoring a pair of runs and driving in another (March 15-17) . . . homered once and added a double in a win over Loyola Marymount, driving in a pair of runs (March 19) . . . had a phenomenal series in the home opener against San Diego State . . . finished the weekend 6-for-9 with five runs and 10 RBI with four extra-base hits to earn Mountain West Player of the Week honors (March 22-23) . . . opened the series with a 3-for-4 performance, scoring twice and batting in a pair of runs on a homer (March 22) . . . set the single-game program record for RBI by driving in eight runs in the final game of the series, finishing 3-for-3, with three runs an, a triple and two home runs (March 23) . . . in the series against San José State, went 5-for-11 at the plate, driving in three runs and hitting a triple on the weekend (March 29-31) . . . drove in four runs in the final game of the series against Utah State, ending the day 3-for-4 at the plate, adding three runs, a double and a home run (April 14) . . . doubled and homered in the final game against New Mexico, ending the day 2-for-4 at the plate, scoring three runs (April 20) . . . paved the path to victory with a three RBI performance in the second game against Nevada, ending the day 2-for-2 at the plate, scoring thrice (April 27) . . . drove in the walk-off run in a 12-inning victory over No. 25 Colorado State, scoring twice on her own in a 2-for-4 performance (May 3) . . . drove in a run and scored on her own to keep Boise State alive in the final game against Fresno State (May 11) . . . combined to go 4-for-7 at the plate in two wins over Stanford at the Gainesville Regional, driving in two runs and scoring twice (May 17-18).
JUNIOR (2018): Continued her dominant career by putting together one of the most dominant seasons by a Boise State position player . . . started in and appeared in all 56 games, while becoming only the second Bronco to be named Mountain West Player of the Year, adding Second-team NFCA All-Pacific Region honors . . . finished the year with a batting line of .427/.663/.485 . . . her 76 hits rank second on the Boise State single-season record book, while her 51 RBI ranks tied for second . . . added 17 doubles and seven home runs . . . started all six games at shortstop at the Kajikawa Classic . . . went 3-for-4 with a walk, and 3 RBIs in the season opener against South Dakota (Feb. 8) . . . had 4 RBIs and a home run in a 13-5 win over Saint Mary’s (Feb. 10) . . . scored a run against Iowa State, going 1-for-4 at the plate . . . had three assists and two putouts against Long Beach State (Feb. 17) and Hawai’i (Feb. 18) . . .went 2-for-3 from the plate with two runs, and RBI, and a stolen base against Southern Utah (Mar. 3) . . . hit her second homerun of the year in a 2-for-3 performance against Weber State that included two runs and three RBI’s (Mar. 4) . . . against UC Riverside she had six RBI’s as a part of a 2-for-5 plate performance that included he first triple of the season (Mar. 8) . . . in a doubleheader against Utah Valley she hit 4-for-6 from the plate including three doubles and collected three RBI’s and two runs (Mar. 14) . . . she hit 6-for-8 including two homeruns to go along with seven RBI’s and four runs scored in a double header against Utah State (Mar. 18) . . . in a series against San Jose State she batted an incredible 8-for-9 with one homerun, three RBI’s, five runs, and five putouts (Mar. 23-24) . . . against Portland State she went 1-for-3 with a homerun, a walk, a run, a RBI, and two stolen bases (Mar. 27) . . . she batted 3-for-4 including a triple to go with two RBI’s and two runs scored (Mar. 31) . . . in a double header against Utah Valley she hit 4-for-4 from the plate with a homerun, three walks, four runs, five RBI’s, and a steal to go with five putouts (Apr. 4) . . . batted 6-for-11 with two doubles, two walks, five runs, two RBI’s, and six putouts (Apr. 20-22) . . . went 3-for-4 in the second game against Colorado State in the win for Boise State (May 5) . . . doubled in the final game of the series (May 6) . . . went 4-for-10 in the final series against New Mexico, adding an RBI (May 10-12) . . . started both games of the NCAA Seattle Regional, drawing a walk against Washington (May 18-19).
SOPHOMORE (2017): Named to All-Mountain West First Team...turned in one of the top seasons in Boise State history, batting .432 with 70 hits, 46 runs scored, 15 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 50 RBIs, a .728 slugging percentage, a .497 OBP and 23 walks...she ranked in the program single-season top 10 in doubles (first), batting (second), hits (second), runs (third), RBIs (tied for third), triples (tied for third), total bases (118 - third), slugging (third) and OBP (third) ...doubled and drove in a run against UAB, followed with two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs against Sacramento State (Feb. 10)...set Boise State record for hits in a game with five, going 5-for-5 with a double, home run, four RBI against UTEP (Feb. 20)...went 2-for-2 with a double, home run and two RBIs against Charleston Southern (Feb. 23)...went combined 4-for-5 with a double, home run and five RBIs over wins against Charleston Southern and Presbyterian (Feb. 24)...tied program record with four walks against Maryland Eastern Shore (Feb. 25)...walked four times, stole two bases against Weber State (March 5)...tripled, walked and drove in a pair of runs against North Dakota (March 10)...had an RBI triple against Bryant (March 11)...went a combined 6-for-9 with a home run, double, six RBIs and seven runs scored over wins against Quinnipiac and Hartford (March 12), homering and driving in four runs with four runs scored in the opener against Quinnipiac...went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in a pair of games against Colorado State (March 17-18)...hit a solo homer and went 2-for-4 in win at Fresno State (March 26)...went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in win over Utah State (April 2)...batted .455 (5-for-11) with a double and three RBIs in three-game series at UNLV (April 7-9), including a pair of two-hit games...went 2-for-4 with an RBI in series-opening win over San Diego State (April 21)...came up just a triple short of the cycle against Nevada, going 4-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBIs (May 5)...went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in opener at New Mexico (May 11)...had two hits and a run scored in second game at New Mexico (May 12)...homered, doubled, drove in two runs in 3-for-5 performance in opening game of the NISC at Weber State (May 16)...went a combined 5-for-8 with two doubles, a triple, three runs scored and an RBI in elimination games against San Diego and Utah State (May 17)...doubled and drove in a run while going 2-for-4 against Weber State (May 18).
FRESHMAN (2016): Named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and to the All-Mountain West First Team...shared Mountain West home-run title with 13...was the only Bronco to start all 52 games, batting .342 with 50 hits, seven doubles, 13 home runs, 36 RBI, 36 runs scored and a .658 slugging percentage...went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer against Maryland (Feb. 12)...doubled and stole a base in a 2-for-3 effort against Southern Utah (Feb. 19)...went 1-for-2 with an RBI in 2-1 win over New Mexico State (Feb. 26)...hit a three-run homer in loss to Cal State Northridge (Feb. 28)...went 2-for-4 with a couple of RBI against Bradley (March 5)...batted .500 (7-for-14) with a double, homer, four RBI and six runs scored at the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic at Texas Tech (March 18-20)...went 3-for-4 with three runs scored against Georgia Southern (March 18)...homered and drove in three runs in a second game against Georgia Southern (March 19)...had two hits and an RBI against Texas Tech (March 20)...went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI at Nevada (March 25)...batted .875 (7-for-8) with three home runs and seven RBI over three games against Fresno State (March 29-30), including a two-homer performance in the second game...hit a three-run homer in opener at Colorado State (April 1) before going 2-for-4 with a double, homer and five RBI in the series finale against the Rams (April 2)...knocked a solo shot in series opener against UNLV (April 8)...batted .500 (6-for-12) over three games against New Mexico (April 29-May 1) including a three-hit game in the finale...hit three homers with four RBI over three-game series with San Jose State, including a two-homer game in finale (May 6-8)...had a solo homer in the opener at San Diego State (May 12).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Twice named the Visalia Times-Delta/Advance-Register's Girls Athlete of the Year (2013-14 and 2014-15)...four-time All-Tulare County selection...batted .500 with six home runs and 37 RBI as a senior...named West Yosemite League and Tulare County Player of the Year after batting .614 with 11 home runs, 69 runs batted in, 39 runs scored and a slugging percentage of 1.300 as a junior...helped lead Redwood to the CIF Central Section Division III title...was a three-sport student-athlete at Redwood High School in Visalia, as in addition to her softball decorations she was an all-league performer in volleyball and basketball.
WBB | Highlights vs Nevada
Monday, March 10
2019 NCAA Highlight
Friday, May 15
We Will Persevere!
Wednesday, March 25
Softball Preseason Hype Video
Wednesday, February 05
