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Jersey Number 15
Jocelynn De La Cruz
- Position:
- Third Base
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev school:
- Vista Murrieta HS
- Hometown:
- Lake Elsinore, Calif.
2021 (Senior)
*2020 (Junior)
2019 (Sophomore)
High School
Personal
- Slugged 17 homers (tied-7th) and collected 86 RBIs (tied-4th) in her Blue Raider career
- Had the second-best batting average on the team in 2021 (.303) and was one of three Blue Raiders with 40-plut hits (40)
- Also scored 8 runs and had 10 RBIs
- Entered MT’s single game record book with four hits vs. SIU Edwardsville on February 26 (tied-3rd) and three walks vs. Marshall on April 9 (tied-6th)
- Was at the plate for MT’s walk-off win in nine innings in game three of the series vs. Western Kentucky (April 17)
- Her four-hit performance vs. SIU Edwardsville (February 26) was also a new career high for hits in a game
- Defensively, she notched new career highs for putouts (5 vs. FIU on May 7) and assists (8 vs. Western Kentucky on April 17) during the 2021 campaign
- Had 12 multi-hit games, second-most on the team, and ended the season with six consecutive multi-hit games
- Reached base four times vs. Marshall on April 9 with those three walks in addition to an RBI double and a run scored
- Followed up with another stellar performance against Marshall on April 10, going 2-for-2 with four RBIs, two runs scored, a double, her only home run of the season, and two more walks
- Was 6-for-12 with a double and two hits apiece in the three games against FIU (May 7-8) to end the regular season
- Finished her Blue Raider career with a 3-for-3 performance that included a double and a run scored at the C-USA Championship vs. UTSA on May 12
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
*2020 (Junior)
- Was one of five Blue Raiders to start all 28 games of the shortened season
- Slugged eight homers, a new personal season best and tied for eighth-most in a season in MT program history and placed her in a tie for fifth in Conference USA
- Batted .289 with the third-most at bats on the team (90)
- Brought home a team-best 23 Blue Raiders – ninth-most RBIs in C-USA – and scored 11 runs herself
- Her .567 slugging percentage was the third-best mark on the team, and she produced a team-best three sacrifice flies, tying her for sixth-most in a season in MT program history
- Assisted on 51 plays defensively, the most of any Blue Raiders and seventh-most in C-USA
- Wrapped up the second Madeira Beach Tournament with a 10-for-18 mark at the plate, including three homers, nine RBIs and five runs scored
- Notched three-hit games against Nicholls State (Feb. 15 and Feb. 22) and Seton Hall (Feb. 29)
- Became one of three Blue Raiders with a four-RBI game in 2020 with her 3-for-4 day against Nicholls State (Feb. 22), which included a three-run homer
- Led her team in multi-RBI games with seven
- * - Team played 28 games in 2020 season before the season was canceled by C-USA on March 16 due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 (Sophomore)
- Started all 59 games at third base for the Blue Raiders
- Went 44-for-178 (.247) with 16 runs scored, nine doubles, one triple, and six home runs
- Led the team with 34 RBIs
- Had a .410 slugging percentage, a .318 on base percentage and was 3-for-3 in stolen bases
- Posted a .928 fielding percentage with 98 assists and 57 putouts
- Went 3-for-3 with a home run against Northern Illinois (2/17)
- Went 3-for-4 with two home runs, five RBIs, and three runs in a win over FAU (4/13)
- Drove in the game tying runs and scored the game winning run in a walk-off win against UTEP in the C-USA Tournament (5/8)
- Drove in the game winning run against WKU in the C-USA Tournament (5/8)
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2018 (Freshman)
- Played in 45 games making 36 starts, mostly at third base, in her true freshman campaign
- Went 29-for-115 (.252) with seven runs, five doubles, two home runs, and 19 RBIs
- Recorded a .348 slugging percentage and .301 on base percentage
- Had seven sacrifice hits, seven walks and one stolen base
- Had a .952 fielding percentage
- Started off her career with a nine-game hitting streak, including a 1-for-2 effort vs. No. 4 UCLA (2/9)
- Was 1-for-3 with a three-run home run vs. Fort Wayne (2/16)
- Went 7-for-16 with three runs, 11 RBIs, three doubles, a home run, two walks and a steal in the five-game Madeira Beach Spring Invitational II (2/23-25) tournament
- Went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and a double in the rubber match victory over WKU (3/18)
- Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Player of the Week (2/27)
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
High School
- A 2017 graduate of Vista Murrieta High School
- Four-year softball letter-winner
- Hit eight home runs in her senior season, earning the Class MVP Award
- Scholar Athlete and Honor Roll member at VMHS
- Named First Team All-League in 2017
- Earned Athlete of the Month and Athlete of the Week Honors at Vista Murrieta
- Was a three-time Player of the Tournament Award winner in high school post season play
- Played travel ball for Firecrackers Lutterloh
- Helped the team to a third-place finish at the TCS 16U Colorado Sparkler tournament, a second-place finish at the TCS/USA 16U Nationals and a ninth-place finish at the 16U PGF Platinum tournament
Personal
- Born Aug. 15, 1999 in San Diego, California
- Daughter of Christy De La Cruz
- Has one brother, Tony, and three sisters, Casey, Taylor and Juju
- Majoring in Business Management with a Supply Chain Concentration
Facility tour – Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center
Wednesday, July 30
Spring Sports Show hosted by The Boulevard – April 21, 2025: Softball and Baseball
Monday, April 21
MTSU Softball vs WKU Recap 4/11-13/25
Monday, April 14
MTSU Softball vs WKU Recap 4/11-13/25 2025
Monday, April 14
