Vanessa Flores

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-1
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Cajon
Hometown:
San Bernardino, Calif.
Club Team:
R/R

Junior Year (2025): Appeared in 34 games this season with 25 starts … Finished campaign batting .246, including a .310 mark in conference play ... Second on team with three home runs on the year ... Recorded first hit of season in win against TENNESSEE TECH (2/14) … Career-high three hits in game one against UNC (3/30), including a three-run homer tying a personal-best for runs driven in … The lone ‘Cuse player to earn a hit in both losses against GEORGIA TECH (4/4) … Second home run of the season in game two against UAlbany (4/23) … Five RBIs against BOSTON COLLEGE (4/26) marked a new career high … Finished with four hits and eight RBIs in final game of the shutout series against BOSTON COLLEGE (4/27) ... Secured one hit per game in three-game series against CAL (5/2-5/3).

Sophomore Year (2024): Made 37 appearances and 23 starts this season at first base and DP … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage, tied for the best in a season (min. 50 chances) ... Had five hit in five pinch hitting appearances, the most in a season in program history ... Made her collegiate debut at COASTAL CAROLINA (2/9) … Recorded her first career hit and RBI as a pinch hitter versus CAMPBELL (2/10) ... Hit first career double at LOUISIANA-MONROE (2/23) … Recorded career-high three RBI vs. NORTHWESTERN STATE (2/24) … Recorded a three RBI game against NORTHWESTERN STATE (2/24) and PITTSBURGH (4/20) ... Also hit first home run against the PANTHERS (4/20) ... Hit career-high two doubles at BOSTON COLLEGE (3/22) … Tallied season-best eight putouts versus COLGATE (4/10) ... Had a hit in three consecutive pinch hit appearances against No. 15 VIRGINIA TECH (4/27 and 4/28) and No. 14 FLORIDA STATE (5/3) ... Drew a walk as a pinch hitter in her postseason debut versus BOSTON COLLEGE at the ACC Tournament (5/8).

Freshman Year (2023): Did not appear in a contest due to injury.

High School: Played four-years of varsity softball at Cajon High School...Hit eight home runs and drove in 37 runners her senior year...Won the CIF Championship in 2022...Earned First Team All-League for the 2018-2019 and 2021-2022 seasons.

Personal: Native of San Bernardino, Calif. ... Flores is enrolled in the MAXwell SChool of Citizenship and Public Affairs and is majoring in sociology.