Mia Valbuena

Class:
Freshman
Position:
RHP
Height:
5-8
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.
High School:
Marina

Prep
• Graduated from Marina High School (2026)
• Named the 2025 CIF Division 3 Player of the Year
• Twice earned All-CIF first team honors (2025, '26)
• Selected to the LA Times' 2025 All-Star softball team; Cal-Hi Sports 2026 All-State first team
• Helped lead Marina to 2025 CIF Southern Section Division 3 softball championship
• Posted 13 strikeouts in the state championship game en route to an 8-1 victory
• Two-time LA Times/Daily Pilot Softball Player of the Year (2025, '26)
• OC Register All-County first team (2025, '26) and third team (2023, '24)
• Named the Sunset League's 2025-26 Female Athlete of the Year
• Also named Sunset League MVP (2026), Pitcher of the Year (2025) and Rookie of the Year (2023)
• Four-time All-Sunset League first team selection (2023, '24, '25, '26)
• Earned a 68-29 career record with a 1.75 ERA, 31 shutouts and 897 strikeouts; held opponents to a .109 batting average over four years
• Went 18-5 with a 0.77 ERA and a Southern Section-leading 270 strikeouts over 139.1 innings as a senior (2026)
• Played travel ball for the Athletics Mercado Smith club
• Started in the PGF All-American Futures Game as a sophomore (2024)
• Contributed to Athletics Mercado's 2026 PGF Platinum championship
• Posted a 1.75 ERA and 465 strikeouts over 292.2 innings pitched in 2026 travel ball play
• Named the Marina High School Female Athlete of the Year (2025-26)
• Marina High School Athletics Hall of Fame
• National Honor Society; Scholar with Honors
• Four-time Sunset League All-Academic Team
• Golden Shield Award for Science; STEM Certification
• Rated as the No. 34 player in Extra Inning Softball's 2026 Extra Elite 100 and the No. 5 pitcher

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Born on August 15, 2007
• Daughter of Mike and Willa Valbuena
• Mother played softball at Creighton University (1992-95)
• Has an older brother, Mason, and twin sister, Avi
• Avi is a freshman softball player at Tennessee Chattanooga