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Martha Epenesa

Third Base 55

10"

Class

Senior

Hometown

Moreno Valley,

California

Last School

Valley View High School

Roster Years

2018-2023

Parents are Corina and Ieti Epenesa
Has two brothers named Ieti and Elijah
Uncle played football for the Iowa Hawkeyes; cousin A.J. Epenesa currently plays for the Buffalo Bills; cousin Jacob Tuioti-Mariner plays football for the Atlanta Falcons

Played for California Cruisers (18 gold)
Finished second at 18G PGF Nationals in 2015 and third in 2016
High school team took first in the 2016 Valley View Inland Championship League and qualified for CIF playoffs
Played for Moreno Valley Shockwave from 2012-2015
Won the PONY National Championship in 2010 with the Moreno Valley Youth Federation's 10U All-Star team
Also a standout high school volleyball player and was the All-CIF MVP in 2016
Named to the All-CIF Southern Section Girls' Volleyball Team in both 2015 and 2016

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2019

Played in 24 games and started 8
Scored one run as a pinch runner against No. 9 South Carolina (2/7)
Scored one run as a pinch runner against No. 9 South Carolina (2/7)
Went 2 for 4 at the plate with two runs and one RBI at LBSU (3/7)
Tallied one run in two games against Pacific (4/12-13)
Scored one run as a pinch runner at Santa Clara (5/10)

Sophmore Year 2021

All-WCC First Team
WCC Player of the Week (4/26)
Played in 48 games, starting in 44 of them
Finished the season with a .316 batting average, .553 slugging percentage and .443 on-base percentage
Tallied 36 hits, 19 runs, seven home runs and 28 RBI
Crushed a walk-off homer against Utah (4/21)
Seven multiple-hit games and seven-multiple RBI games
10-game hitting streak, tied for a team-high
Team-leading 21-game reached base streak

Junior Year 2022

Senior Year 2023

All-WCC Second Team
WCC Player of the Week (2/20)
Hit .275 on the year with 36 hits, 23 runs scored, 18 RBI, nine doubles and five home runs
Recorded a .458 slugging percentage and .383 on-base percentage
Hit a walk-off two-run homer against Portland State at the Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Arizona (2/17)
Played in 49 of the Cougars’ 52 games, starting 45 of them

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

Sophomore 2020

Played in all 23 games, starting 20 before the season was suspended
Second on the team in doubles with four
Blasted first career homer against Nebraska (2/21)
Scored two runs against Bethune Cookman with a double and one RBI (2/22)
Against Illinois hit a two-run homer (2/27)
Went 2/3 against California with one run, one homer and three RBI also recording a career-high slugging percentage of 1.670 (2/29)