#13, Catcher, R/R

Sharlize Palacios

University of California, Los Angeles '24

Hometown: Chula Vista, California

Four-time All-Pac-12 Conference

Sharlize Palacios is a 5-foot-7 professional softball catcher from Chula Vista, California. She was acquired in the 3rd Round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft following a collegiate career at UCLA and Arizona.

Personal Life

Hobbies: Enjoys traveling, shopping and going to the beach.

Background: Member of Athletes Unlimited Softball League’s Player Executive Committee. Favorite baseball team is the San Diego Padres. Favorite TV show is “The Challenge”. Names Michael B. Jordan as her favorite actor. Has a dog named Sophie. Lists her father as a person who has made a difference in her life. Models her game after her sister, Sashel. Also participated in soccer as a child. Wears No. 13 in honor of her sister, Sashel, who wore the number during her career. Says playing with her sister during her final professional season is a moment when she felt starstruck. Also played soccer as a child. Served as a game analyst for the Big Ten Network during 2025 college softball season. Proudest accomplishments include earning All-America honors and winning back-to-back Pac-12 championships at UCLA. Threw ceremonial first pitch before San Diego Padres’ game against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 7, 2026.

Education: Majored in sociology at UCLA.

Family: Daughter of Soida and Francisco Palacios. Father was picked by the Cleveland Indians in 1992 Major League Baseball Draft in addition to being selected by the Detroit Tigers in 1993 MLB Draft. Sister, Sashel, competed for Mexico at 2020 Olympics and played college softball at Arizona State before joining Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball for inaugural 2020 season.

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Softball League (2024–)

2026 AUSL All-Star Cup: Finished 10th with 790 leaderboard points in her third All-Star Cup. Started all eight games and batted .300 with two home runs, three RBI and five walks. Two-time Game MVP, including MVP 1 and a season-high 240 points on a two-run home run against Team Brown on August 15, and one of six players to hold the No. 1 spot on the leaderboard.

2026 AUSL Postseason (Utah Talons): Palacios earned the starting assignment in both games of the AUSL Championship. She helped the Talons to a Game One victory over Chicago by going 2-for-2 with an RBI single in the first inning.

2026 AUSL Regular Season (Utah Talons): Palacios composed a .326 batting average with one home run and 10 runs batted in, totaling 14 hits, including three doubles and a triple, while contributing three runs. She hit safely in 10 of her final 11 games, including a seven-game streak from June 14 to July 11. On July 11, against Oklahoma City, Palacios went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run. Earlier in the season, on June 14, against Portland, she logged two hits, including a double.

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Compiled 580 total leaderboard points. Earned a pair of Defensive MVP citations, hitting .217 with one home run.

2025 AUSL Regular Season (Talons): Member of the AUSL All-Defensive Team who started 22-of-24 games. Authored a .265 batting average with two home runs and seven RBIs.

2024 Championship Season: Compiled 1,098 leaderboard points. Tied for the league lead with three home runs and ranked second with 12 RBIs.

Other Professional & International Experience

Mexican Softball League: Led Sultanes Femenil to the 2026 Mexican Softball League title.

Team USA: Helped Team USA win the 2022 Canada Cup by hitting .571. Competed at the 2022 Japan All-Star Series. Member of 2026 United States Women’s National Team pool who appeared in three games at International Cup while aiding U.S. Elite Team to Bronze medal effort.

College Experience: Arizona & UCLA (2020–2024)

Career Statistics: Earned a starting assignment in 228-of-229 games. Compiled a .338 batting average with 72 home runs and 218 RBIs.

UCLA (2023–2024): Hit .366 with a team-best 20 home runs as a senior. Did not commit an error in 321 chances behind the plate during the 2024 campaign.

Arizona (2020–2022): Hit 20 home runs and 64 RBIs in 2022. Belted 18 home runs in 2021.

Awards & Honors

All-America: Consensus All-America honoree as a redshirt senior (First-Team from D1Softball).

Conference Honors: Four-time All-Pac-12 Conference honoree (three First-Team commendations). Named Pac-12 Tournament MVP in 2024.

YEAR	G	GS	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
2026 All-Star Cup	8	8	25	20	.300	.440	.600	1.040	4	6	-	-	2	3	5	-	5	4	12	-	-	-	-
2026 AUSL Postseason	2	2	7	4	.500	.600	.500	1.100	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	-
2026 Talons	15	15	50	43	.326	.388	.512	.900	3	14	3	1	1	10	3	2	4	13	22	1	1	-	-
2025 All-Star Cup	9	9	27	23	.217	.296	.348	.644	4	5	-	-	1	3	3	-	3	-	8	1	-	-	-
2025 AUSL Postseason	2	2	6	4	.500	.667	.500	1.167	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
2025 Talons	22	22	77	68	.265	.338	.426	.764	10	18	3	1	2	7	6	2	16	24	29	1	-	-	-
2024 Championship*	15	7	52	43	.233	.346	.488	.834	6	10	2	-	3	12	7	1	9	-	21	1	-	-	-
Career Totals	73	65	244	205	.278	.369	.468	.837	27	57	8	2	9	36	27	5	38	198	96	4	3	-	-

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

Splits

DATE	HOME TEAM	AWAY TEAM	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
8/30/2026	Team Klingler	Team Kilfoyl	3	3	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
8/28/2026	Team Flippen	Team Klingler	2	1	-	.500	-	.500	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
8/23/2026	Team Palacios	Team Klingler	3	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
8/21/2026	Team Landry	Team Palacios	4	3	-	.250	-	.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
8/15/2026	Team Klingler	Team Brown	3	2	.500	.667	2.000	2.667	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-
8/14/2026	Team Ricketts	Team Klingler	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
8/9/2026	Team Ricketts	Team Corrick	4	2	-	.500	-	.500	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
8/8/2026	Team Corrick	Team Garcia	3	3	.333	.333	1.333	1.666	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-

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

Highlights

Team Klingler Shuts Out Team Palacios to Close Series Three

Parkway Bank Sports Complex was the site of a true pitchers’ duel Sunday night as Team Klingler held onto a 1-0 lead to cap Series Three of the 2026 AUSL All-Star Cup with a victory over Team Palacios. Despite a complete-game effort by Kenzie Brown in the circle, Team Palacios couldn’t gain any offensive traction […]

Awards & Honors

Four-time All-Pac-12 Conference

2026 AUSL Champion (Utah Talons)

2025 AUSL Champion (Talons)

Three-time All-Pac-12 First-Team

2025 AUSL All-Defensive Team (Regular Season)

Three-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

D1Softball First-Team All-America

7/1/2026-
Sharlize Palacios was reinstated from the injury reserve list
6/20/2026-
Sharlize Palacios placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 6/18/2026
11/21/2025-
Initial Protected Player
1/30/2025Talons
Talons drafted Sharlize Palacios in the inagural draft [Round 3, Pick 1(9)]

DATE	TEAM	TRANSACTION
7/1/2026		Sharlize Palacios was reinstated from the injury reserve list
6/20/2026		Sharlize Palacios placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 6/18/2026
11/21/2025		Initial Protected Player
1/30/2025	Talons	Talons drafted Sharlize Palacios in the inagural draft [Round 3, Pick 1(9)]