CAREER: FLC’s career leader in hits (204), home runs (42), total bases (373), assists (425), runs (174), runs batted in (147), and walks (140). Ranks among career leaders in slugging percentage (second, .726), doubles (second, 39), at-bats (third, 514), batting average (third, .397), stolen bases (sixth, 19), putouts (19th, 219), and triples (22nd, 2).
2014: Led the team in doubles (13), slugging percentage (.755), home runs (13), total bases (111), runs (54), and walks (42) ... Competed in 51 games ... Collected 59 hits on 147 at-bats (.401 batting average) ... Posted 46 RBIs, 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 42 walks ... Had 18 multiple hit games ... Hit two home runs at Regis on Feb. 23 and also drove in five runs and scored three times ... Became the all-time home run lead on March 3 against Adams State ... Daktronics All-America Third Team ... Daktronics All-South Central Region First Team ... Jan Wilson Hetzler Outstanding Senior Female Athlete of the Year ... RMAC Academic Player of the Year ... All-RMAC First Team ... RMAC All-Academic First Team ... Team MVP ... Preseason All-RMAC.
2013: All-RMAC First Team ... RMAC Academic Player of the Year ... RMAC All-Academic First Team ... D2 Athletic Directors Association/WeatherPORT Academic Achievement Award ...
Preseason All-RMAC ... Named to
All-Desert Stinger first team ... Had the third highest batting average on the team with a .348 ... Posted 40 hits, scored 39 runs and drove in 31 runs ... Led the team in home runs (8), total bases (72), slugging percentage (.626), on-base percentage (.503) and walks (36) ... Added 51 putouts and a team high 102 assists.
2012: Daktronics All-Central Region second team ...
Most Valuable Player of RMAC Softball Championships ... Batted .583 with 7 hits, 1 home run, 3 RBI and 3 runs in RMAC playoffs ...
All-RMAC second team ...
RMAC All-Academic first team ...
RMAC Player of the Week on Feb. 14, 2012 ... Chosen as FLC Student-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 13, 2012 ...
All-Desert Stinger first team ... Set numerous FLC single-game records, including most hits (5, twice), most singles (5, at New Mexico Highlands, game 2, April 14), most total bases (11, at Chadron State, game 1, March 18) and most home runs (tied with several other players, 2, at Chadron State, game 1, March 18) ... Set single-season records for batting average (.474), hits (73), runs (58), and walks (47) as a sophomore … Led all of NCAA Division II in on-base percentage (.610) and walks (0.89 per game), becoming the first Skyhawk ever to lead the nation in a statistical category … Ranked among the national Top 25 in batting average (sixth), slugging percentage (ninth) and runs per game (17th) … Led entire RMAC in batting average (.474), slugging percentage (.864), on-base percentage (.610), runs scored (58) and walks (47) … Ranked among RMAC leaders in home runs (second, 15), total bases (third, 133), assists (fourth, 119), hits (fifth, 73), total plate appearances (fifth, 211), RBI (sixth, 51), doubles (sixth, 15), hit by pitch (eighth, 8) and total chances (30th, 6) ... Dean’s List.
2011: NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ...
Third team All-RMAC ... Batted .327 with 23 runs, 32 hits, 6 homers, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 19 RBI, a .582 slugging percentage and a .416 on-base percentage as a true freshman ... Appeared in 33 games and started 32 times at third base before a concussion shortened her season ... Posted a .955 fielding percentage with just 6 errors in 132 defensive chances … Set FLC single-game record for most walks (4, vs. New Mexico Highlands, March 19) ... Dean’s List.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Highland High School in 2010 … Four-year starter at third base for the Hawks … First team All-Arizona in 2010 … First team All-Fiesta Region in 2008 and 2010 … Second team All-Fiesta Region in 2007 and 2009 … AIA Scholar-Athlete in 2009 … Honor Roll all four years.
CLUB: Played for Arizona Desert Heat from 2004-05, Arizona Outlaws from 2006-07 and Arizona Power from 2007-10.
MAJOR: History-Social Studies Teacher Education option
FAVORITE PROFESSOR: Visiting Instructor of Writing Ayla Moore, Professor of Teacher Education Gene Taylor
INTERESTING FACT: Chelsea plays the ukulele and piano
HOBBIES: Hiking, fishing, cooking
FAVORITE FOOD: Corned beef and cabbage
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: T's Smokehouse
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Game of Thrones, Legend of Korra
FAVORITE ACTOR/ACTRESS: Joseph Gordon Levitt
FAVORITE SINGER/BAND: The Beatles
FAVORITE BOOK: The Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Colorado Avalanche
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Patrick Roy, Ray Borque
PARENTS: Stephen and Lisa Rodriguez
Chelsea Rodriguez’s career single-game highs |
MOST AT-BATS | 5, 13x MR, at Colorado Mines, March 30, 2014 |
MOST HITS | 5, 2x MR, at New Mexico Highlands, April 14, 2012 |
MOST RUNS | 3, 11x MR, at Regis, March 30, 2014 |
MOST DOUBLES | 2, 4x MR, at Colorado Mines, March 30, 2014 |
MOST TRIPLES | 1, 2x MR, vs. New Mexico Highlands, March 3, 2013 |
MOST HOME RUNS | 2, 2x MR, at Regis, February 23, 2014 |
MOST RUNS BATTED IN | 5, 2x MR, at Regis, February 23, 2014 |
MOST STOLEN BASES | 2, at Black Hills State, April 20, 2013 |
MOST PUTOUTS | 5, vs. Mary, February 10, 2012 |
MOST ASSISTS | 7, vs. Dixie State, February 10, 2013 |
