Karla Chaparro Class: Junior Hometown: Pleasant Hill, CA High School: Alhambra HS Height: 5-2 Position: INF Experience: 1V B/T: R/R

Northridge - 2008 Chaparro started 26 games for Northridge and appeared in 35 contests in first season with the Matadors ... hit .190 for the season, but raised her average to .250 against Big West Conference opponents ... finished the year with 11 hits, four runs and five RBIs ... picked up six of those hits and two runs in games against Big West Conference opponents ... smacked only double of the season and drove in two runs against San Jose State on Feb. 17 ... also had two RBIs against Saint Mary's on Mar. 2 ... finished tied for third on the team with four sacrifice bunts ... provided Matadors with steady defense, finishing the season with a .978 fielding percentage, committing only two errors in 92 chances.

Alhambra High School Chaparro was a four-year letterwinner the Alhambra Bulldogs under head coach Dave Carter ... named MVP of the Diablo Foothills Athletics League following the 2006 season ... selected to All-DFAL First Team following 2004 season ... member of 2004 DFAL championship team ... graduated with a 3.8 GPA.

Personal Born on January 15, 1988 ... daughter of Shelly Chaparro has one brother, Michael ... also recruited by San Francisco State, Sacramento State, Illinois and Stanford ... chose Northridge because of the beautiful campus and the camaraderie of the softball team ... lists some of her favorites as actor Brad Pitt, the television show Friends" and baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn ... would want Natalie Portman to play her in a movie ... can't imagine going a week without text messaging ... undecided in a major.