Posted: Apr 23, 2018
Sophomore Anissa Padilla has been one of the Pirate softball team's most outstanding performers all season. In 29 appearances in the pitcher's circle, 23 of them starts, the Oxnard High School product has 19 complete games with a record of 15-7 with three saves. She has an earned run average of 2.37 and has 132 strikeouts in 150 innings pitched. At the plate, she has a .397/.500/.618 stat line with 22 runs batted in. On Thursday against rival Moorpark College, she batted 4-4 with three RBI while allowing just three hits while striking out five in the five-inning complete game shutout as VC defeated the Raiders 9-0. Anissa has been named this week's VC Pirate Student Athlete of the Week, proudly sponsored by Snapper Jack's Taco Shack.