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Dejah Mulipola

University of Arizona '21

Hometown: Garden Grove, California

2022 Athletes Unlimited Softball Champion

Personal: Mulipola has two sisters and three brothers. Her two sisters also play softball.

2023 Championship Season: Mulipola accumulated 1,064 leaderboard points during the 2023 Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball season, including 700 win points and 304 stat points. She was one of only 12 players in the league to record 300 or more stat points.As a team captain during the opening week of the season, she posted a 1-2 record. A consistent starter in all 15 games, Mulipola hit .250 with 11 hits, including three doubles and three home runs. She ranked sixth in the league with a .523 slugging percentage and 10th with a .365 on-base percentage. Additionally, she tied for fourth in the league with 10 runs batted in and shared fourth place with 23 total bases. Mulipola earned MVP 2 honors on August 18 against Team Davidson, after collecting two hits, including a home run, with two runs scored and two RBI. She also claimed MVP 3 status on August 26 against Team Flippen after hitting a home run and driving in two runs. Defensively, she matched the Athletes Unlimited Softball single-game record with 15 putouts against Team Alexander on August 9. Mulipola reached 100 or more leaderboard points in a game five times, with her season-high performance of 210 leaderboard points coming against Team Davidson on August 18. She achieved 100 leaderboard points in four of her final six games of the season.


2023 AUX Season: Mulipola had a closed season with a total of 684 leaderboard points. This included 420 win points and 204 stat points. She had the honor of being team captain during Series One. In a game against Team Filler, Mulipola was named MVP 1 after hitting a game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning, leading her team to a 7-4 comeback victory. Mulipola started in all 10 games of the season and had a batting average of .176. She hit four home runs and set a league record with 13 runs batted in. In her final six games, Mulipola hit safely in four of them. From June 14-19, she hit four home runs, including a home run in three consecutive games. One of Mulipola's standout performances was against Team Zerkle on June 14. She went 2-for-5 in the game, hitting a home run and driving in four runs.


2022 Championship Season: Mulipola made history by becoming the first position player to win an individual title after earning 1,782 leaderboard points. She also became the first player to lead the league in batting average (.432), home runs (9), and runs batted in (19) during the same season. Mulipola hit seven home runs in the final nine games, including four in a row from August 12-19. She secured the individual title on the final day of the season by going 2-for-2 with a triple, a home run, two walks, and three runs scored against Team Chidester. Mulipola finished the season with a season-high 246 leaderboard points, passing Alyssa Denham in the league standings.


2022 AUX Season: Mulipola secured third place in the league standings with 1,368 leaderboard points. She held the overall lead after three out of nine game days and was recognized as a game MVP four times, which was good for a share of second in the league. Mulipola tied for the league lead with 11 runs batted in while hitting .325 with 13 hits. She scored the league-high 14 runs and led the league by driving in two or more runs in a game five times. Mulipola went 4-for-4, including a home run and a triple, with a league-high four runs scored against Team Eberle on June 14. She joined Victoria Hayward as the only players to record a four-hit game during the season and also registered a three-hit performance on June 15 against Team Eberle with two runs batted in.


2021 Championship Season: In Mulipola's rookie season in 2021, she earned 1,320 leaderboard points. She registered a .325 batting average while starting 13-of-14 games. Mulipola posted 13 hits, including six extra-base hits, and led Athletes Unlimited with two triples. She tied for 10th with eight runs batted in and also tallied 25 total bases to rank 10th in the league. Mulipola drew six walks, which were tied for eighth. She was one of 12 players selected in the Athletes Unlimited Softball College Draft.


Other Professional Experience: Mulipola signed with the Oklahoma City Spark for the 2024 season.


International Experience: Mulipola has been a key member of Team USA since 2018 and previously played for the United States Junior Women’s National Team in 2017. She helped Team USA capture a Silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she went 1-for-2 with a run scored in the team's win over Mexico. In 2022, she played for Team USA at The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, where she earned All-World Team honors after leading the squad to a Gold medal. During the tournament, Mulipola ranked first in batting average (.615), hits (8), and on-base percentage (.667), recording four multi-hit games in five appearances. She also contributed to Team USA’s Gold medal win at the 2022 Pan American Championships, batting .300 with eight runs scored in the round-robin. She delivered key performances, including three hits (a double and a triple) and three RBIs in a 13-2 semifinal victory over Cuba. In 2023, Mulipola helped Team USA secure another Gold medal at the Pan American Games. She belted four home runs, drove in 12 runs, and tied for the team lead with 10 hits in 15 at-bats while scoring nine times.

At Arizona: Mulipola was a four-year letter winner at Arizona, where she started all 237 games from 2017-21. She sat out the 2020 season to compete in Team USA's "Stand Beside Her" Tour and train for the Tokyo Olympics. Mulipola accrued a .335 career batting average with 68 home runs and 203 runs batted in. She tallied 219 hits with the Wildcats, including 33 doubles and six triples, while scoring 192 runs. Mulipola stands ninth on the Wildcats' career home runs list and ranks 10th in program history with a .716 career slugging percentage. She stands eighth on Arizona's career list with 131 walks. Mulipola posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 227 chances as a senior and tied for first in Arizona history with a .997 career fielding percentage. She was honored as the Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year in 2019 and was a two-time selection as NFCA Catcher of the Year. Mulipola earned First-Team NFCA All-America distinction as a junior and senior and was a three-time First-Team NFCA All-Region honoree. She received All-Pac-12 honors three times, including First-Team commendations in 2019 and 2021. Mulipola led the Pac-12 Conference as a senior in home runs (21), RBI (63), walks (34), and on-base percentage (.518). She became the first Arizona catcher to earn First-Team All-America notice since 1998 during her junior season after compiling a .311 batting average with 23 home runs in 62 games. Mulipola was named Second-Team All-Pac-12 as a sophomore and earned a spot on the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team. She was an NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year finalist in 2017 after hitting .335 with 12 home runs and 49 runs batted in.

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Career Stats

Year
GP
GS
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
AVG
OBP
TB
SF
SH
SLG%
OPS
CS
2023 Championship*
15
15
44
7
11
3
-
3
10
6
2
9
.250
.365
23
-
-
.523
.888
-
2023 AUX Softball
10
10
34
6
6
-
-
4
13
3
-
9
.176
.237
18
1
-
.529
.766
1
2022 Championship*
15
15
44
13
19
2
2
9
19
11
3
10
.432
.569
52
-
-
1.182
1.751
-
2022 AUX Softball
12
11
40
14
13
1
1
3
11
6
-
10
.325
.413
25
-
-
.625
1.038
-
2021 Championship*
14
13
40
4
13
2
2
2
8
6
-
8
.325
.413
25
-
-
.625
1.038
-
Career Totals
66
64
202
44
62
8
5
21
61
32
5
46
.307
.413
143
1
-
.708
1.121
1

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

Date
Home Team
Away Team
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
AVG
OBP
TB
SF
SH
SLG%
OPS
CS
6/25/23
Team GarciaTeam Leach
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
.500
-
-
-
-
.500
-
6/24/23
Team WarrenTeam Leach
4
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
.250
.250
1
-
-
.250
.500
-
6/21/23
Team LeachTeam Taylor
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
6/19/23
Team FillerTeam Taylor
4
1
1
-
-
1
4
-
-
2
.250
.250
4
-
-
1.000
1.250
-
6/18/23
Team TaylorTeam Filler
3
1
1
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
.333
.333
4
-
-
1.333
1.666
-
6/18/23
Team TaylorTeam Leach
3
1
1
-
-
1
2
-
-
1
.333
.333
4
-
-
1.333
1.666
-
6/15/23
Team ZerkleTeam Mulipola
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
.250
-
-
-
-
.250
-
6/14/23
Team MulipolaTeam Zerkle
5
1
2
-
-
1
4
-
-
-
.400
.400
5
-
-
1.000
1.400
-
6/14/23
Team MulipolaTeam Garcia
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6/12/23
Team GarciaTeam Mulipola
3
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Highlights

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Awards & Honors

2022 Athletes Unlimited Softball Champion

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1/30/25
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