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Maija Louko Season 2024
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5-7Height
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Reston, Va.Hometown
2024 All-ACC Third Team
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2024: Appeared in 40 games and made 19 starts as the designated player... Posted 19 hits and four home runs... Had hit in win against Illinois (2/9).... Hit grand slam and first career home run in win against Notre Dame (3/3)... Went 3-for-3 in win versus Louisville (3/10)... Hit two-run home run in win against Pitt (3/16)... Hit home run in win against Liberty (4/3)... Went yard in game two win against NC State (4/6)... Hit RBI single in game three win against BC (4/14)... Had pinch hit single in victory against San Diego State (5/17)
2023: Appeared in 34 games for the Hokies, mostly as a pinch runner… Scored 14 runs and stole a base… Scored a run in back-to-back appearances against South Florida (2/19) and Abilene Christian (2/24), also stole a base against USF… Scored a pivotal run in the ACC win over No. 13 Duke (4/2)… Posted two runs scored in the series at Virginia (4/6-4/8)… Scored two runs in the Athens regional, both against Boston U. (5/19, 5/20).
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2024: Appeared in 40 games and made 19 starts as the designated player... Posted 19 hits and four home runs... Had hit in win against Illinois (2/9).... Hit grand slam and first career home run in win against Notre Dame (3/3)... Went 3-for-3 in win versus Louisville (3/10)... Hit two-run home run in win against Pitt (3/16)... Hit home run in win against Liberty (4/3)... Went yard in game two win against NC State (4/6)... Hit RBI single in game three win against BC (4/14)... Had pinch hit single in victory against San Diego State (5/17)
2023: Appeared in 34 games for the Hokies, mostly as a pinch runner… Scored 14 runs and stole a base… Scored a run in back-to-back appearances against South Florida (2/19) and Abilene Christian (2/24), also stole a base against USF… Scored a pivotal run in the ACC win over No. 13 Duke (4/2)… Posted two runs scored in the series at Virginia (4/6-4/8)… Scored two runs in the Athens regional, both against Boston U. (5/19, 5/20).
2022: Appeared in 17 games this season as a pinch runner… scored 10 runs on the year and went 1-for-3 in stolen base attempts… Scored against No. 12 Florida in Game 1 of the Blacksburg Super Regional (5/28).
2021: Appeared in 26 games, 24 as a pinch runner and two as a pinch hitter… Pinch ran in two of the three games in the Los Angeles Super Regional and scored a run in Game 1… Appeared in the first two games at the Tempe Regional as a pinch runner and scored a run vs. BYU (5/20)… Made her first ACC Tournament appearance as a pinch runner vs. Notre Dame (5/13)… Scored a run in two of the three games she appeared as a pinch runner at Syracuse… Scored a run as a pinch runner vs. Notre Dame [2] (4/23)… Earned a walk againt Longwood (4/7)… Off the bench came in as a pinch runner at No. 12/14 Duke (4/3)… Came in as a pinch runner and scored a run against Virginia (3/24)… Stole a base and scored a run as a pinch runner vs. Pitt (3/19)… Scored her first two runs and had her first stolen base in the NC State series.
High School: Four-year letterwinner… Coached by Carlos Soto at South Lakes High School… Played travel ball for Lady Lightning Gold, coached by Ryan Buchanan… 2019 All-District Player of the Year… Two-time first team all-district and region… 2019 Washington Post All-Met first team… Played four years at the USA Softball Gold Nationals… Led travel team in home runs in 2018 and 2019… National Honor Society member… Graduated high school with a 4.0 grade point average.
Personal: Maija Beth Louko… Born December 25, 2001… Daughter of Mike and Jan Louko… Sister to Tony Scudieri… Her mother, Jan, ran track and cross country at both Catholic University and George Mason and was a Maryland indoor track state champion… Her father, Mike, was a three-sport high school athlete, playing football, basketball and baseball… Plans to major in business.
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