Long Beach State University Athletics
2027 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 20
Nina Sepulveda
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Palmdale, Calif.
- High School:
- Quartz Hill HS
2026 Honorable Mention All-Big West
2026 Big West All-Freshman Team
2026 Puerto Vallarta College Challenge MVP
2026 Big West Championship All-Tournament Team
Long Beach State (2026): Had a breakout season as a true freshman with the Beach … An Honorable Mention All-Big West selection, and was named to the Big West All-Freshman Team … Big West Player of the Week once, and Big West Freshman of the Week three times … Missed only one game on the year, starting 53 games at third base … Hit .365, second best on the team, and set a team-high with 13 stolen bases … Finished the year with 11 doubles and three home runs … Debuted in the starting lineup against Oregon State, hitting a double … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Northern Colorado … Named the MVP of the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge where LBSU went 4-1 … Hit .385 with 11 RBI in the tournament … Finished the tournament with 6 RBI against Eastern Kentucky, hitting a grand slam and a two-run single … Repeated as Big West Player of the Week after six hits at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic … Had two hits each against BYU and Bethune-Cookman and went 1-for-3 with an RBI in Long Beach State’s upset of No. 4 Oklahoma … Hit .341 in Big West action … Opened league play by going 3-for-4 with two runs scored against Cal State Bakersfield … Earned Big West Player of the Week after the UC Riverside series … Went 8-13 against NDSU and the Highlanders as the Beach swept UC Riverside … Went 3-for-3 with a double in the series finale … Singled in all three games of the UCSB series, including a walkoff hit in the second game to claim a third Big West Freshman of the Week honor … Hit safely in in 10 of the last 11 games of the season … Went 2-for-4 in a win over UC Davis at the Big West Championship … Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a double in the season finale against UCSB … Named to the Big West Championship All-Tournament Team.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in softball playing shortstop at Quartz Hill High School … A two-sport athlete, also playing flag football … Won four straight Golden League championships in softball … Hit .554 as a senior with nine home runs to earn the Golden League MVP and a first-team all-league selection … Hit .440 as a junior, again earning first-team all-league honors … Hit .433 as a sophomore with six home runs … A quarterback in flag football, was a two-time all-league selection … Named the MVP of the Golden League as a senior with 3,224 passing yards … Made the Honor Roll as a sophomore, junior and senior.
Personal: Majoring in Criminology … Brother Esteban plays baseball at UC Riverside.
Career Highs:
At-Bats: 5, vs. UC Davis, 4/3/26
Hits: 3, 3x, last vs. UC Santa Barbara, 5/8/26
Runs: 2, many times
RBI: 6, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2/14/26
Home Runs: 1, 3x, last vs. Howard, 2/27/26
Stolen Bases: 2, vs. Cal State Bakersfield, 3/7/26
2026 Big West All-Freshman Team
2026 Puerto Vallarta College Challenge MVP
2026 Big West Championship All-Tournament Team
Long Beach State (2026): Had a breakout season as a true freshman with the Beach … An Honorable Mention All-Big West selection, and was named to the Big West All-Freshman Team … Big West Player of the Week once, and Big West Freshman of the Week three times … Missed only one game on the year, starting 53 games at third base … Hit .365, second best on the team, and set a team-high with 13 stolen bases … Finished the year with 11 doubles and three home runs … Debuted in the starting lineup against Oregon State, hitting a double … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Northern Colorado … Named the MVP of the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge where LBSU went 4-1 … Hit .385 with 11 RBI in the tournament … Finished the tournament with 6 RBI against Eastern Kentucky, hitting a grand slam and a two-run single … Repeated as Big West Player of the Week after six hits at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic … Had two hits each against BYU and Bethune-Cookman and went 1-for-3 with an RBI in Long Beach State’s upset of No. 4 Oklahoma … Hit .341 in Big West action … Opened league play by going 3-for-4 with two runs scored against Cal State Bakersfield … Earned Big West Player of the Week after the UC Riverside series … Went 8-13 against NDSU and the Highlanders as the Beach swept UC Riverside … Went 3-for-3 with a double in the series finale … Singled in all three games of the UCSB series, including a walkoff hit in the second game to claim a third Big West Freshman of the Week honor … Hit safely in in 10 of the last 11 games of the season … Went 2-for-4 in a win over UC Davis at the Big West Championship … Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a double in the season finale against UCSB … Named to the Big West Championship All-Tournament Team.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in softball playing shortstop at Quartz Hill High School … A two-sport athlete, also playing flag football … Won four straight Golden League championships in softball … Hit .554 as a senior with nine home runs to earn the Golden League MVP and a first-team all-league selection … Hit .440 as a junior, again earning first-team all-league honors … Hit .433 as a sophomore with six home runs … A quarterback in flag football, was a two-time all-league selection … Named the MVP of the Golden League as a senior with 3,224 passing yards … Made the Honor Roll as a sophomore, junior and senior.
Personal: Majoring in Criminology … Brother Esteban plays baseball at UC Riverside.
Career Highs:
At-Bats: 5, vs. UC Davis, 4/3/26
Hits: 3, 3x, last vs. UC Santa Barbara, 5/8/26
Runs: 2, many times
RBI: 6, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2/14/26
Home Runs: 1, 3x, last vs. Howard, 2/27/26
Stolen Bases: 2, vs. Cal State Bakersfield, 3/7/26
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Wednesday, May 31
Saturday, May 20
Monday, July 11
