UC San Diego

MEDIA
-Tritoncast podcast (May 8, 2024)
-Physical Sciences Student Spotlight (Sept. 29, 2023)

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team ... UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (2/13) ... Made 29 appearances and started in 26, appearing in the outfield and middle infield … Compiling a .398 batting average, she earned 16 runs off 33 hits with five doubles, two triples, and a homerun … Batted in seven runs … Was walked seven times and earned two sac flies and five sac bunts … Went 14-for-15 on the base paths … Recorded a season-high four hits vs. SJSU (2/18) … Recorded 28 putouts and 31 assists this season ...season ended early due to injury.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
Big West All-Academic ... Played in 51 games and started in 44, appearing in the outfield and middle infield … Averaging .258 at the plate, she scored 20 runs off 33 hits with two doubles, three triples, and a homerun … Batted in 12 runs while slugging .344 percent … Was walked 10 times and posted one sac fly and four sac bunts … Went 14-for-15 on the base paths … Against Utah State, she went 2-for-3 scoring a run and hitting a double and triple (3/5) … Tied her career-high six putouts record against CSUN (5/7) … Recorded 48 putouts and 31 assists this season.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
Two-time Big West Conference Freshman of the Week (3/29, 5/17) ... Played in 30 games for the Tritons, starting in 22 of them, primarily in the outfield ... Batted .273 overall and led the team in average among conference play (.357) ... Tallied 18 hits with a double, a triple and a pair of home runs ... Scored 19 runs and totaled 27 bases with 11 RBIs to slug for .409 ... Was walked four times and hit by pitch six times yielding an on-base percentage of .364 ... 6-for-7 on the base paths ... Went 7-for-10 in the Tritons' Big West opening series against UC Santa Barbara including a 4-for-4 game just shy of the cycle with five RBIs (3/26). 

CLUB
Competed with Sorcerer Softball. 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Wilcox High School in Santa Clara ... Three-time First Team All-Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) honoree ... Earned SCVAL Offensive MVP in 2018 ... Named Wilcox's Offensive MVP (2017) ... Also competed in track and field and volleyball for the Chargers. 

PERSONAL
Born Feb. 23 in Mountain View ... Parents are Julie and Ted Pederson ... Both her mother and father attended UC Santa Barbara ... Has a younger sister Melody ... Computer science major at Muir College ... Wants to explore a career in math/computer science to make creative solutions that make the world a better place ... Enjoys drawing, painting, and hiking ... Roots for the San Francisco Giants ... Likes the movie Inception ... Favorite food are burritos.