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2026 Triton Softball Roster

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Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

26 Maalia Cherry

  • Position First Base
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Hayward, Calif.
  • High School Vanden High School
  • Prev School Cal State Bakersfield
  • Major Urban Studies
  • College Sixth

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
UC San Diego
Named to D1Softball Mid-Major Preseason Top 100 (2026)
Big West Field Player of the Week (Feb. 16, 2026)

Cal State Bakersfield
All-Big West First Team (2025)
Big West All-Freshman Team (2025)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2026
Selected to the D1Softball Mid-Major Preseason Top 100 list (Jan. 19) ... Named Big West Field Player of the Week (Feb. 16).

AS A FRESHMAN AT CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD IN 2025
Named to All-Big West First Team and Big West All-Freshman Team ... Started in all 47 games in which she appeared ... Led the team in home runs (13), RBI (37), SLG% (.680), OBP (.449), hits (41), walks (24) and tied for first in batting average (.336) ... Recorded 176 put outs and five assists while playing a perfect first base for the Roadrunners ... Had three multi-home run games ... Her 13 homers were the most in a single season by a Big West player since 2022 (Nawai Kaupe, Hawai'i) ... Named Big West Player of the Week once and Big West Freshman of the Week three times ... Also earned D1 Softball's National Freshman of the Week after her incredible performance in the Hawai'i Spring Fling Tournament where she hit .545, slugged 1.273, had 12 hits, 5 home runs, 15 RBI, and 28 total bases, helping CSUB go 5-1 over the weekend.

PERSONAL 
Born: April 26th in Hayward, Calif.
Major: Urban studies
College: Sixth
Bats/Throws: R/R
Parents: Mother Pole Vaulted and Father played Football for UC Berkely
Sibling: Jamaal Cherry plays football at Texas Southern University
Most memorable softball moment: Making it to the last tryouts for the USA national team in Florida and playing against amazing competition.
Career plans: To go to law school to become a patent lawyer
Hobbies: Baking, Crocheting, Drawing, Arts and crafts
Roots for: SF Giants, SF 49ers, Golden State Warriors 
Favorite athlete: Stephen Curry 
Listens to: The Hate U Give
Favorite food: Ying Yang Twins, Kehlani, Tate McRae
Did you know? "I have an 85mph exit velo for hitting" 

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