Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Marinakis, Mia
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Jersey Number 14
Mia Marinakis
- Position:
- Pitcher/First Base
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev school:
- Bonita Vista HS
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
Bio
2022 (Senior)
2021 (Junior)
*2020 (Sophomore)
2019 (Freshman at Cal State Fullerton)
High School
Personal
- Played in 17 games, appearing in the circle for one, and made five starts
- Pitched one contest, throwing 0.2 innings vs. Boise State (Feb. 12)
- Tied a career-best 2-for-5 and knocked in one RBI vs. Georgetown (March 4)
- Recorded a career-best seven putouts vs. Central Michigan (March 5)
2021 (Junior)
- Played in 24 games and started 13 of them as MT’s designated player in addition to two starts and six appearances in the circle
- Hit .222 including her first career double, a run scored and four RBIs
- Had a 5.09 ERA in 11.0 innings pitched and an 0-3 record in the circle
- Was the starting pitcher for MT’s second game of the year, falling to Liberty on February 12
- Made her first start as an offensive player the following day, February 13, vs. Liberty, collecting her first of 10 hits during the 2021 campaign
- Started at DP and had her only multi-hit and multi-RBI game of the season against Toledo on March 5, a 2-for-3 performance with a pair of RBIs
- Singled up the middle in the eighth inning vs. North Dakota State (March 12) for the walk-off win
- Best pitching performance of the season came on March 13 vs. Illinois State, pitching 7.0 innings to tie her career high and allowing just one unearned run
- Also hit her first career double in the game against Illinois State on March 13
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned a C-USA Academic Medal
*2020 (Sophomore)
- Started 17 of 18 games played in her first season as a Blue Raider
- Led her new squad and was 10th in C-USA in ERA (2.51) with 14 appearances in the circle
- Finished the season with 47.1 innings pitched, the second most on the Blue Raider staff
- Also batted .222 (12-for-54) mainly as a designated player when she wasn’t pitching
- Slugged one homer, had eight RBIs and scored four runs
- Made her Blue Raider debut with a 1-for-3 showing including one RBI against her former school, Cal State Fullerton, in the season opener (Feb. 6)
- Had her first multi-hit game and only multi-RBI game of the 2020 season with a 2-for-4 day against Utah State (Feb. 7)
- Finished the Titan Classic (Feb. 6-9) going 5-for-20 at the plate with five RBIs from the third spot in the lineup
- Knocked her first homer as a Blue Raider against South Alabama (Feb. 28)
- Had her second and final multi-hit game of the season against Sacred Heart (March 1), going 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored
- In the circle, she had two games of 7.0 innings pitched, with the first game coming against Houston Baptist (Feb. 23) and the last coming against Miami (OH) (Feb. 29)
- All runs scored in the two complete games were unearned
- Excelled in relief out of the bullpen, as she had a couple of her best outings against Pacific (Feb. 9) and Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 21), where she gave up just one hit and no runs in both games
- Her season high for strikeouts in a game (5) came in the 7.0 innings pitched against Miami (OH) (Feb. 29)
- Picked up her first career save in the 2-1 win over Northwestern State (Feb. 22), throwing 2.0 innings and giving up just one hit
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned a C-USA Academic Medal
- * - Team played 28 games in 2020 season before the season was canceled by C-USA on March 16 due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 (Freshman at Cal State Fullerton)
- Struck out four batters in 7.1 innings pitched with a 7.64 ERA
- Faced Louisville and Oklahoma in the regular season and participated in an NCAA Regional
High School
- Was a four-year letter winner at Bonita Vista High School
- Was a three-time All-League First Team selection
- Earned All-CIF Second Team honors as a junior and senior
- Teammates named her the Team MVP as a freshman and senior
- Graduated with CSF honors after leading her team to a league championship
Personal
- Born February 19, 2000
- Daughter of Kostas and Katina Marinakis
- Has an older sister, Vicky
- Majoring in Special Education
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
