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2025 Tufts University Jumbos Softball Roster

10 Bela Jimenez

10 Bela Jimenez

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Hometown:
    Oak Park, Calif.
  • High School:
    Oaks Christian

Summary

Biography

2025 (Graduate Student): An instrumental part of the Tufts offense, appeared in and started 43 of 44 games for the Jumbos...Sprayed the ball to all fields with 49 hits for a .331 average...Drove in 22 runs and worked 12 walks...Went 4-4 on stolen base attempts...Struck out only six times all season for the fewest sit-downs of any qualified Tufts hitter...Drove in a season high four runs in a win against Wesleyan in April...Named to the All-NESCAC Second Team...Part of the 2025 NESCAC Championship Winning Tufts Softball Team

2024 (Senior): Was once again a big part of the lineup for the Jumbos in 2024, starting all 49 games while having a strong NCAA Tournament at the plate...hit .252 for the season while adding five doubles and a triple...was 7-of-8 on stolen base attempts...was very strong in the field, posting a fielding percentage of .963...was perfect in the field over the last eight games, including making 11 plays in an NCAA Championships elimination win over Virginia Wesleyan...made her final 37 plays of the year...made just five errors in the entire regular season...was 3-for-3 with a run and double in a win over Western New England in the NCAA Regional...was 2-for-4 with two runs against Rochester on May 18...went 3-for-3 against Wesleyan on April 20...had six multi-hit games on the season...earned NESCAC All-Academic Team...Tufts was 39-10 overall while winning the Medford, MA regional, Salisbury Super Regional and advancing to the NCAA Championships in Marshall, Texas. 

2023 (Junior): Lit the spark at the top of a Tufts batting order that produced one of Division III's top 10 scoring offenses ... Selected to the NFCA All-America third team  … Hit .386 and was on base at a .438 mark .. Also played a good second base with a .934 fielding percentage … Was an NFCA first-team All-Region choice … Earned her first All-Conference award with a first-team accolade … Finished the season with 51 hits, 35 runs scored and nine stolen bases in 42 games … Her 51 hits were sixth-most in NESCAC … Was 4 for 4 with four rbis and three runs against Westminster (Mo.) in Florida … Voted to the 2022-23 Academic All-District® Softball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators … Achieved the second NESCAC All-Academic Team (3.50 GPA+) award of her career.

2022 (Sophomore): Made third-team NFCA All-Region at the DP spot … Hit third for the Jumbos as the season went along … Was third on the team with a .353 batting average and stole six bases in 36 games … Finished with three hits including a home run at Brandeis on April 27 … Had two hits with a run and an rbi in Game 3 of the NCAA Regional versus Rowan … Earned an NCAA Regional All-Tournament nod … Achieved NESCAC All-Academic Team honors.

2021 (Freshman): Appeared in two games for the Jumbos.

Before Tufts: Was on the softball, soccer, water polo and swim teams at Oaks Christian High School...was on the varsity softball team...winner of the Coaches Award for softball in 2018 and 2019...was a Lions Scholar in 2017, 2018 and 2019 for cumulative GPA...was on the honor roll all four years...was on the Deans List in 2018, 2019, 2020...winner of the Global Leadership Award in 2020.

Personal: Daughter of Jessica and Chris...has two siblings, Leo and Jagger.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2021Freshman

    INF
    5'2"
    10
  • 10

    2022Sophomore

    INF
    5'3"
    10
  • 10

    2023Junior

    INF
    5'3"
    10
  • 10

    2024Senior

    INF
    5'3"
    10
  • 10

    2025Graduate Student

    INF
    5'3"
    10