Yanney Ponce

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Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

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Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Jason Salzman

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Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Jason Salzman

Photo by: Jason Salzman

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Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
High School:
Cajon H.S.
Hometown:
San Bernardino, Calif.

Honors and Awards

2019 All-Summit League Second Team
Summit League Player of the Week (4/22/19)

2019: One of three Jackrabbits to start all 56 games, playing all available innings at shortstop … led the Jackrabbits with 55 hits and was second in batting average (.320) … drove in 36 and had 16 extra-base hits … tied for second on team with nine doubles and led squad with four triples, adding three home runs as well … worked 11 walks and posted a .361 on-base mark alongside a .471 slugging percentage … racked up a .364 average (20 hits, four doubles, two triples, two home runs) in league play … led team with 159 assists in the field and had 111 putouts, tallying a .951 fielding percentage … paced Jackrabbits with 18 multi-hit games, including a four-hit showing against North Florida (2/15) and three-hit performances against Saint Louis (2/8), Omaha (3/22) and South Dakota (5/4) … drove in multiple runs in eight games, posting the only five-RBI game of the Jackrabbits’ season against South Dakota (5/4) … left the program with 419 assists, the second-most in Jackrabbit history.

2018: Started all 55 games at shortstop … hit .246 (31 for 126) with nine doubles … drove in 10 and scored 22 runs … posted .317 and .273 on-base percentages behind four walks and 40 total bases … tallied a .928 fielding percentage with 83 putouts and 85 assists in the field … had five multi-hit performances against Niagara (3/6), Omaha (3/30), South Dakota (4/7), Fort Wayne (4/21) and Dakota State (4/24) … drove in three against Dakota State (4/24) ... finished with season-high four putouts in game one of the Dakota State doubleheader … assisted in season-high five putouts at NISC regional opener against Colorado State (5/16).

2017: Started 39 games and appeared in 40 at shortstop … hit .297 (27 for 91) with four doubles and one home run … drove in 11 runs and scored 10 … posted .374 slugging and .319 on-base percentages behind three walks and 34 total bases … recorded 61 putouts, 67 assists and seven errors with a .948 fielding percentage … had six multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests, coming against Fort Wayne (4/16), North Dakota State (4/29) and Western Illinois (5/6) … first career home run came at NDSU (4/29) … finished with five putouts against Eastern Illinois (2/17) and in a doubleheader against Western Illinois (5/6).

2016: Started 46 of 47 appearances at shortstop … hit .202 for the season (20 for 99) and had four doubles with seven stolen bases … scored nine runs and drove in eight, racking up 28 total bases while posting .242 slugging and .255 on-base percentages … recorded 48 putouts and had a team-high 108 assists in the field, committing just 10 errors for a .940 fielding percentage … had three multi-hit games … recorded two-RBI performances versus Belmont (2/26) and at Western Illinois (3/26) … stole two bases against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/27).

Before SDSU: Three-time varsity letterwinner at Cajon High School ... batted .438, with seven doubles and five triples as a senior in 2015 ... also earned the GPA Academic Athlete award for her work in the classroom ... also earned one varsity letter in soccer in high school ... her dad played 14 years of professional baseball in the Mexican League.

Personal: Born July 2, 1997 in San Diego, Calif. … daughter of Hector and Irma Ponce … has three sisters, Denise, Elizabeth and Lizette … her father, Hector, played 14 seasons of professional baseball in the Mexican Baseball League … majoring in advertising with a minor in Spanish.