Boston University

AWARDS
• 2019 Patriot League All-Conference First Team
• 2018 Patriot League All-Conference Second Team
• 1x Patriot League Player of the Week (2/19/19)

AS A SENIOR IN 2019
One of five Terriers to start all 57 games, primarily at second base, to help the Terriers repeat as both Patriot League regular season and tournament champions ... Claimed her second All-Conference award and first on the first team (at-large) after increasing her batting average by 23 points to a personal-best .310 with 53 hits, 26 runs scored, 25 RBIs, five doubles, three triples, two homers and 24 walks ... Added a .966 fielding percentage ... Increased batting average to .313 in conference play ... Earned a team-high 14 multi-hit performances and seven multi-RBI games ... Also scored two times apiece in three games ... Collected a career-high four hits in four at-bats with a double, RBI and two runs scored against UConn (Feb. 15) ... Performance helped her earn her first PL Player of the Week award on Feb. 19 ... Hit a walk-off two-run homer in eight-inning 2-0 victory over Holy Cross (March 31) and a walk-off two-run triple in the next game vs. Boston College on April 3 ... Added her second homer in a 4-3(9) win vs. UMass Lowell (April 17) ... Collected three hits vs. Rider (Feb. 8) and Army (April 28) ... Had two hits and run in the opening round of the PL tournament vs. Colgate (May 9) ... Had a hit and two runs scored in the PL title win vs. Lehigh (May 11) ... Added a hit vs. Stanford in the NCAA regionals on May 18.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2018
Appeared in all 59 games with 58 starts at second base to help the Terriers capture both the Patriot League regular season and tournament titles ... Claimed her first All-Conference (second team) award at the at-large position after increasing her batting average by 58 points from a year prior to .287 with four doubles, five triples, a homer, two stolen bases, 16 RBIs and 31 runs scored ... Finished as the 11th toughest player to strike out in the NCAAs, recording just five strikeouts in 157 at-bats ... Tallied 14 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI performances ... Collected an RBI in the 7-4 win over Duke (Feb. 10) ... Went 2-of-3 with a double and two runs scored for the 4-3 upset victory over then-No. 1 Oklahoma ... Hit 2-of-4 vs. UMass (March 18) with a triple and two runs scored in another 7-4 win ... Collected a season-high three hits against Central Connecticut State (April 11) in game two of a doubleheader sweep against the Blue Devils with a run scored ... Delivered a solo walk-off homer in a 1-0 win over Bucknell on April 28 ... Had an RBI triple with a run scored in the 8-0 PL title win over Lehigh (May 12) ... Finished the season 2-of-3 vs. Missouri (May 19) with three runs scored and a walk in the NCAA tournament.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017
Started in all 51 games played with 44 starts at second following seven at short ... Posted a .304 on-base percentage with a .229 batting average and 15 walks ... Tallied 32 hits, including three doubles, with two homers, 11 RBIs and 12 runs scored ... Finished as the eighth toughest player to strike out in the NCAAs, recording just three total strikeouts in 140 at-bats ... Posted a .965 fielding percentage ... Earned six multi-hit performances and one multi-RBI performance ... Recorded first-career homer against North Florida (Feb. 11) and added a second solo shot at Lafayette (April 22) ... Earned her lone stolen base at Lehigh (March 26) ... Drew two walks and scored a run against both Army (April 15) and Central Connecticut State (April 27) ... Went 1-of-4 with three RBIs and a run scored against Lehigh to help the Terriers reach the Patriot League championship round.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016
Started in 50 games, finishing fourth on the team with a .307 batting average that helped the Terriers win their second Patriot League title in three years and return to the NCAAs ... Added 21 RBIs, 20 runs scored, three stolen bases, a triple and a double ... Posted a strong fielding percentage of .982 with just three errors all season at second base ... Had 12 multi-hit games and two multi-RBI performances ... Went 3-of-4 with two RBIs at Loyola Marymount (March 10) ... Added two more RBIs with a run scored off two hits against Yale on March 12 a day after earning her first triple on March 11 at UC Riverside ... Went a combined 3-of-6 with two RBIs and three runs scored in the final two games of the PL tournament against Lehigh and Army ... Added a RBI double against Louisiana Lafayette in the opening game of the NCAAs.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
A four-year varsity letterman at Valley Christian … Batted a staggering .629 in 98 plate appearances as a sophomore, recording four triples and 21 RBIs … Received numerous awards, including Spring First Team All-Area Shortstop & Co-Player of the Year honors, All-Area Second Team and All-CIF SS Division 4 accolades … Helped lead squad to league title as a junior, earning All-League First Team honors ... Played travel ball for Phil Bruder’s Cal Raiders ... Played the libero position in volleyball ... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Born Aug. 21, 1997 ... Daughter of Charles and Paula Cardenas ... Has three siblings, Alese, Shaun and David ... Enrolled in Sargent College, majoring in health sciences.