Quinn Waiki Season 2025

bio through 2026 season

AWARDS
* 2025 Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year
* 2026 All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
* 2026 All-Mountain West Preseason Team
* Mountain West Freshman of the Week (April 21, 2025)

2026 SEASON - SOPHOMORE
One of three Aztecs to start all 50 games, never leaving shortstop for an inning… Named to the Preseason All-Mountain West Team before the season and an All-Mountain West Honorable Mention afterwards… Ranked second on the team with nine doubles… Her three sacrifice flies were tied for the seventh most in the conference… Hit .309 (46-for-149) with a .853 OPS (.503 SLG and .350 OBP)… Totaled a triple, six home runs, 21 RBIs and 21 runs scored along with nine walks… Was successful on both of her stolen base attempts… Went 4-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored against Oregon State on Feb. 15… Hit a run rule walk-off sacrifice fly against UC Riverside on Feb. 20… Homered and singled in the win over Seattle U on Feb. 21… Knocked base hits in all three plate appearances with an RBI and a run scored at Long Beach State on March 4… Tallied three hits including a double and scored twice at UNLV on March 22… Joined Mac Barbara as the only Aztecs to have multiple multi-homer games under Stacey Nuveman Deniz with a pair of home runs against Utah State on April 3… Homered and singled with two RBI against Boise State on April 25… Went out big with a solo home run in her final plate appearance of the season at Fresno State on May 2… Excelled defensively with 80 putouts and 86 assists.

2025 SEASON - FRESHMAN
SDSU Single-Season Rankings (after the 2025 season): T-6th in times hit by pitch (7, since 1981)
SDSU Freshman Season Rankings (after the 2025 season): T-2nd in times hit by pitch (7, since 1981), T-3rd in sacrifice flies (3, since 1983), 4th in assists (123, since 1981), 5th in games started (57, since 1991)
SDSU Mountain West Season Rankings (after the 2025 season): 6th in assists (61)
NCAA Rankings: 36th in assists (123), 84th in assists per game (2.16)
Became the first freshman in conference history to win Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year honors… Started all 57 games at shortstop… Batted .279 (39-for-140) with five doubles, four home runs, 20 RBIs and 20 runs scored in addition to nine walks and four stolen bases… Totaled five multi-hit games, six multi-RBI games and three multi-run contests… Tied for second on the squad as a part of five game-tying plays and was a part of six go-ahead plays… Hit her first collegiate homer against Southern on February 7, a two-run shot that secured the run rule… Knocked a two-run single against Hawai’i on February 23… Had a two-run single and a sacrifice fly to drive in three of the Aztecs’ five runs against Sacramento State on March 8… Went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles and a run scored against Utah State on March 14… Became the only Aztec in 2025 with a multi-homer game when she launched a pair of two-run blasts at Boise State on April 18, ultimately landing Waiki Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors on April 21… Was a defensive standout, making diving and leaping plays regularly… Finished the year third on the team with 90 putouts and second with 123 assists.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played shortstop at James Campbell High in Ewa Beach, Hawai‘i.

PERSONAL
Quinn Ciara Waiki was born on September 24, 2006, in Hilo, Hawai‘i… Daughter of Ketura and Duke Waiki… Is majoring in criminology with plans of working in criminal law after graduation.