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Dallas Escobedo

Current position
Title	Pitching coach
Team	Cal State Fullerton
Conference	Big West
Biographical details
Born	(1992-04-12) April 12, 1992 (age 33) Phoenix, Arizona
Playing career
2011–2014	Arizona State
2014–2016	Pennsylvania Rebellion
2017	Texas Charge
2018–present	Scrap Yard Fast Pitch
2019–present	Toyota Industries Shining Vega
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015–2017	Arizona State (grad. asst.)
2018–present	Cal State Fullerton (pitching)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As player: Women's College World Series (2011) As assistant coach: Big West (2018)
Awards
Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player (2011) 3× NFCA first-team All-West Region (2011–2013) NFCA first-team All-American (2011) NFCA second-team All-American (2013) 4× first-team All-Pac-10/12 (2011–2014) Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2011)

Escobedo with the Arizona State Sun Devils during the 2013 NCAA Tournament

Dallas Jade Escobedo (born April 12, 1992) is an amazing Mexican-American athlete. She was a top softball pitcher in college and professionally. Dallas also played in the Olympics!

She played college softball for Arizona State from 2011 to 2014. She helped her team win the 2011 Women's College World Series title. Today, she is a pitching coach at Cal State Fullerton.

Dallas was the very first player picked in the 2014 NPF Draft by the Pennsylvania Rebellion. She played for the Rebellion and the Texas Charge. She also played for both Team USA and Team Mexico. She helped Team Mexico finish fourth at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Dallas Escobedo's Early Life and School Days

Dallas Escobedo's parents are Richard Escobedo and Jodi Goch. She has three brothers and sisters. She went to St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, Arizona. This was from 2006 to 2010.

At high school, she was great at both softball and basketball. She was the captain of her school's softball team, the Knights, for two years. In 2010, she led her team to win the State Championship. They also won the MaxPreps Tournament. That year, she was named Softball Player of the Year. After high school, she went to Arizona State University. She studied special education and kept playing softball from 2011 to 2014.

Dallas Escobedo's College Softball Career

In 2011, Dallas played for the USA Softball Women's Junior Team. This team won the gold medal at the Pan American Championships.

At Arizona State University, Dallas was the main pitcher for the Sun Devils. In her first year, she helped her team win the 2011 NCAA Division I national softball title. The Sun Devils also went to the Women's College World Series in her second and third years. Dallas was chosen for the WCWS All-Tournament Team. She was also voted co-Most Outstanding Player of the WCWS.

She finished her college career with an amazing 115 wins and only 26 losses. She also had a total of 1,222 strikeouts.

Dallas Escobedo's Professional Softball Career

Dallas Escobedo was the first player chosen in the National Pro Fastpitch draft in 2014. She joined the Pennsylvania Rebellion team. She helped them get their first win in June 2014. That season, she pitched for 69 innings in 16 games.

Escobedo also pitched for Team Mexico in the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship.

In December 2017, Dallas signed a five-year contract with the Scrap Yard Dawgs. About a month later, the Dawgs left NPF. They changed their name to Scrap Yard Fast Pitch.

Representing Mexico at the Olympics

At the Tokyo Olympics, Dallas Escobedo played for Team Mexico. She won 2 games and lost 2 games. She pitched for 20 innings. She gave up 15 hits, 8 walks, and 7 earned runs. Her ERA (Earned Run Average) was 2.45. She also had 13 strikeouts.

Dallas made history as the first pitcher for Mexico in their first Olympic softball game. This was on July 20, 2021. She also earned Mexico's first Olympic win on July 25, 2021. Mexico lost the Bronze medal game on July 27, finishing fourth. Dallas did not play in that final game.

Dallas Escobedo's Coaching Career

From 2015 to 2017, Dallas Escobedo was a graduate assistant at Arizona State. On August 16, 2017, Dallas became the pitching coach at Cal State Fullerton. In her first year as coach, Cal State Fullerton won the 2018 Big West Conference championship. This earned them a spot in the NCAA Tournament. They even made it to the regional final after beating UCLA.

Dallas Escobedo's College Career Statistics