Julia Jimenez

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
IF
Height:
5-3
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Fontana, Calif.
High School:
Etiwanda

Sophomore (2021)
• All-Big Ten second team
• Started all 46 games -- 37 at second base, nine at third base
• Posted 11 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games
• Tallied a season-long seven-game hit streak from March 27-April 14
• Posted career highs in all offensive categories, including a .293 batting average; ranked fourth on the team with 20 RBI
• Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week after boasting a .583 average (7-for-12) over the four-game series at #23 Minnesota (May 7-9) with two home runs and six RBI
• Drove in U-M's first three runs and went 3-for-4 with a career-high four RBI in the first doubleheader slate at Minnesota (May 8); also knocked out a key insurance homer in the seventh of the series opener (May 7)
• Posted multiple hits in three straight games at Penn State (May 1-2), including a two-run triple -- the first three-bagger of her career -- as part of a 4-for-7 doubleheader
• Opened scoring with a two-run, second-inning homer at Indiana (March 27); also homered in the seventh in a 3-1 win at Ohio State (April 10)
• Broke open a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning RBI single against Nebraska (March 11)
• Plated U-M's first runs with a two-run single in the third inning in a 4-0 opening-day win vs. Purdue (Feb. 26)

Freshman (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Started all 23 games in the middle infield -- 14 at second base, 9 at shortstop
• Scored the go-ahead run on a seventh-inning wild pitch in U-M's 5-1 comeback win vs. CSU Fullerton (March 5)
• Knocked out a first-inning leadoff home run as part of a two-hit, two-RBI effort vs. No. 25 Texas Tech (Feb. 29)
• Scored the game-winning run in the third inning in a 1-0 win vs. Liberty (Feb. 12)
• Tallied a pair of RBI doubles at No. 25 North Carolina (Feb. 15)
• Used a fifth-inning double to drive in the winning run vs. Illinois State (Feb. 7)
• Made collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Georgia State (Feb. 7)

Prep
• Graduated from Etiwanda High School (2019)
• Named to the 2019 All-America West Coast Team; also named a 2016 Underclass All-American and 2015 Freshman All-American
• Named to the Cal-Hi Sports California All-State Team (2018)
• All-CIF Southern Section and All-Inland Empire honoree in 2018
• Baseline Conference MVP; four-time first team all-conference selection
• Posted a .520 career batting average with a .870 slugging percentage 42 doubles, eight triples, 33 home runs and 145 RBI
• Struck out just six times in 455 plate appearances
• All-Academic Team (2019)
• Ranked the No. 20 prospect by FloSoftball and No. 21 by Extra Inning Softball

Personal
• Julia Katherine Jimenez was born on January 16, 2001
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Daughter of Chris and Gloria Jimenez
• Has two siblings, Chris and Kristina; Chris currently plays baseball at Long Beach State