Jazmine Moreno

Duke Softball Headshots at the Blue Devil Tower on November 5, 2020 at Durham, North Carolina.

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Elk Grove, Calif.

Awards/Honors: ACC Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21).

2021 - Redshirt Senior/Graduate Student: Starting catcher in 12 of 29 games during her final season as a Blue Devil … tallied two hits, a pair of walks and an RBI in 28 at-bats … caught four runners stealing, including two against Notre Dame on Feb. 20.

2020 - Redshirt Junior: Appeared in 20 games before the season was shortened by COVID-10 ... Started in 19 ... Finished the season with a .220 batting average with nine hits ... Caught three runners stealing during the season, including the final out in the Blue Devils' win over No. 4 Texas on Feb. 22 ... Sparked Duke offensively with a career-high 3-for-3 performance and three RBI against Notre Dame on March.

2019 - Redshirt Sophomore (Stats): Played and started in 55 of Duke's 56 games … One of the nation's best when it comes to throwing runners out, catching a total of 13 stealing, which led the ACC … Finished the year with 22 hits, 11 runs scored, seven RBI, five doubles and triple … Also went 2-for-2 on the base paths … Picked up her first hit of the season against Liberty (Feb. 9) while also catching a pair of runners stealing, a new career high … Tied a career high with two RBI in Duke's win against NC Central on Feb. 19, driving in the two runs on the first triple of her career … Had a career day in the Blue Devils' walk-off win against Kansas (March 2), tying a career high with two hits and setting another with two runs scored … Was dominant in the series against North Carolina, going 4-for-8 with three doubles … Opened the series on March 8 with a 2-for-3 showing at the plate with a career-high two doubles and tying her career-best mark with two runners thrown out … Went 2-for-3 in the next game on March 9, with tallying another double … Tied her career high with two runners caught stealing in the March 15 contest against Pitt … Went 2-for-4 at the plate against Liberty (March 27), tying a career high with two runs driven in.

2018 - Redshirt Freshman (Stats): Played and started in all 56 contests during Duke's inaugural season, making 52 starts as catcher and the other four in the outfield … Recorded 27 hits, 14 runs, 11 RBI, six doubles and one home run … Finished the year leading the Blue Devils and the ACC with 15 sac bunts … Averaged 0.27 sacrifice hits per game, finishing first in the league and 16th in the NCAA … Recorded seven multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests … Stole six bases during the 2018 season … Dominant behind the plate, catching eight runners stealing and helping turn one double play as Duke's primary catcher … Recorded the first sacrifice hit in program history during Duke's 4-3 win against Florida Atlantic (Feb. 8) in Duke's first contest … Went 6-for-14 in the program's first five contests, tallying two doubles and scoring four runs of her own … Her first multi-hit game came in the second contest at FAU on Feb. 8, going 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored … Tallied a career-high 10 putouts against Penn State on Feb. 16 … Scored the walk-off run in the win against Boston College (March 16) off a passed ball, giving Duke its first ACC win in program history … Hit her first-career home run with a solo shot in the fifth inning of the first game against USC Upstate (March 28).

High School/Travel Ball: Four-year letterwinner under coaches Amanda Buck and Jeff Alexander at Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, Calif. … a four-time scholar athlete award winner, eight-time academic award honoree (4.0 GPA or higher) and three-time MVP-Coaches Award winner … earned MVP-Coaches Award, first team Sac Bee All Metro, All Delta League, South Team MVP of the 39th Annual Optimist High School Softball All Star Game during her senior campaign … guided the Thundering Herd to a runner-up finish in the 2015 California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section Division II playoffs … helped high school team to three Delta League Championships, including an undefeated record in 2015 … posted a .302 batting average, .333 on-base percentage and .377 slugging percentage as a sophomore in 2014 … hit .244 with 13 RBI in 2015 ... tallied a .396 clip with a .549 slugging percentage and a .444 on-base percentage as a senior in 2016 … during league play, hit .487 with a .744 slugging percentage and a .487 on-base percentage in senior campaign … played three years with the California Breeze, two years with the California Grapettes and two years with the SoCal Firecrackers Blanco … helped all three teams to top 25 finishes at national tournaments.

Personal: Born Jazmine Alexis Moreno on March 15, 1998 in Sacramento, Calif. … daughter of Michael and Roseanne Moreno … has an older brother (Joseph) and a younger sister (Jenna).

Last updated: July 19, 2021