-’m excited to have the opportunity to come back to the NPF and play in my hometown. The Dallas area has always been full of softball tournaments and teams and it’ll be a lot of fun to bring the talent of the NPF to this area. I’m really looking forward to competing and growing professional softball in Texas,

Full Name: Natalie Villarreal

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Pro Experience: 2nd Year

College Experience Texas A&M

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Position 2B

  • 2009 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2009 All-Big 12 second team
  • 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Central All-Region team
  • 2011 All-Big 12 first team
  • 2011 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2011 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Central Region second team

 

2011 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Earned her second Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honor after another banner year as a rare left-handed second baseman … Selected to the All-Big 12 first team and the NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Central Region second team … Led the team from the plate with 14 doubles, 47 runs scored and 10 steals on 15 attempts … Ranked second on the team with a .335 batting average … Had 57 hits on the season, including a triple and five home runs … Hit grand slams vs. Mississippi Valley State (March 12) and Louisiana Tech (March 13) … Hit the game-winning, two RBI single against Texas (May 4) … Scored game-winning runs against Louisiana Tech (March 11) and Kansas (April 30) … Went 3-for-3 against Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 16) and against UT Arlington (Feb. 19) … Was also 3-for-3 with two doubles vs. Bradley (Feb. 13) … Went 3-for-4 with three doubles against Iowa State (April 3) … Had a 10-RBI weekend with four vs. Mississippi Valley State (March 12), two vs. San Diego State (March 12) and four against Louisiana Tech (March 13).

 

2010 (JUNIOR): Redshirted.

 

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 49 of 54 games … Collected 32 runs on 52 hits on the season … Slugged home runs vs. UTSA (Feb. 7) and Iowa State (April 26) … Hit the game-winning two-run home run vs. Baylor (April 15) … Hit a triple vs. Oklahoma State (April 8) … Tallied a .333 batting average … Earned the program’s first-ever Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year award after making just two errors and posting a .971 fielding percentage at second base … Named to All-Big 12 second team and Louisville Slugger/NFCA Div. I Central All-Region team.

 

2008 (FRESHMAN): Started all 67 of the Aggies’ games at second base … Hit .255 on the season … Logged 12 multiple-hit and six multiple-RBI games … Drove in 33 RBIs on the season … Recorded three RBIs against Oregon State (2/9) … Hit first career home run against Nevada (2/15) … Was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against Notre Dame (2/16) … Hit 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and a season-high four RBIs against North Texas (2/23) … Was 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs against Temple (2/23) … Committed just four errors in 248 chances … Honored as an All-Big 12 Second Team selection … Sacrificed the game-winning run into scoring position in the opening game of the WCWS against Virginia Tech (5/29) … Recorded a team-high 12 sacrifice hits … Tallied a team-high four hits at the WCWS.

 

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Named to the all-state team in 2006 and received district MVP honors … Voted by her Frisco teammates as team MVP, offensive MVP and defensive MVP … Was an all-district selection in 2005 as well as a member of the All-DFW team in both 2005 and 2006 … Named all-district newcomer of the year and all-city team MVP as freshman in 2004 … Also lettered in basketball and garnered all-district honorable mention honors … Received the Irving High All-Girls Award her freshman and sophomore seasons.

 

PERSONAL: Natalie Christine Villarreal was born Feb. 14, 1989 … Daughter of Tammy and Bumby Villarreal of Irving, Texas … Has two siblings, Ryan (19) and Misty Scrivner (27) … Aunt Kim McGuire Wuthrich played softball at UT Arlington and a cousin, Brook Cline, currently plays softball for Delta State … Chose Texas A&M because she liked everything about it, including the campus, people and coaches, and has wanted to go here since she was little … Agricultural leadership major who plans to work with children or coach after graduation.