Dejah Monique Mulipola (born February 19, 1998) is a Polynesian American, former collegiate All-American

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. She played

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from 2017 to 2021 where she was twice named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American. She has been a member of the

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since 2019 and helped them win a silver medal at the

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. She most recently played in the Athletes Unlimited Softball where she won the 2022 championship as the top individual points leader.

Playing career

College career

Mulipola began her career for the Wildcats setting personal bests in

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, doubles while also leading the team in triples. On February 19, Mulipola used a double and

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to knock in a career best 6

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to run-rule the

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. In a loss to the

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on April 14, she had a perfect day at the plate with four hits for another career highlight. As a sophomore Mulipola was named a Second Team All-Pac 12 performer, leading the team in triples, walks and fielding percentage. In a run-rule victory against the

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on March 4, Mulipola walked 3 times for another career high. Mulipola achieved First Team All-Pac 12 and National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American citations. She was also named NFCA Catcher of the Year. She had career highs in home runs and walks. Mulipola helped the Wildcats return to the 2019 Women's College World Series for the first time since 2010 before being eliminated by the

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on May 31. She had two hits including a home run in three games at the series. In her redshirt senior season, Mulipola earned First Team honors from the conference and NFCA. She was also named a finalist for the Honda Softball Award. She set career highs in

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, runs batted in and

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. On February 25, Mulipola hit her 50th career home run, a grand slam off Reggie Kanagawa to run-rule the

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. From April 18–May 8 she had her best hitting streak at 10 consecutive games. She hit .428 (12/28) with 9 RBIs, two home runs, three doubles and 4 walks before being shutout by the

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. On May 22 to defeat the

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, she became the 12th wildcat to join the 50 home run 200 RBI list by collecting 5 RBIs to reach the 200 milestone. Mulipola made her final collegiate appearance in a loss to the

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on June 5 at the 2021 Women's College World Series and managed only a walk. Mulipola currently ranks as the second best fielding catcher and overall player for the Wildcats in school history with a .996

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Professional career

Mulipola was drafted fourth overall in the Athletes Unlimited Softball draft. She won the 2022 championship as the top individual points leader with 1,782 points.

Team USA

Mulipola returned to Arizona for the 2021 season, after missing the 2020 season due to the Stand Beside Her Tour with USA Softball in preparation for the

. At the Olympics, Mulipola played in one game collecting a hit and walk. Mulipola did not play in the gold medal game, where Team USA was defeated by

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2–0.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulipola, Dejah 1998 births Living people Arizona Wildcats softball players Softball players from California People from Garden Grove, California Pan American Games medalists in softball Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Softball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in softball Olympic medalists in softball Olympic softball players of the United States Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2022 World Games World Games gold medalists World Games medalists in softball