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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2026 Softball Roster

Diego Zubieta-Soto

33 Ella Utschig

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool White Plains
  • Hometown White Plains, N.Y.

Biography

2025 (Game-by-Game in PDF): Played in 38 games for the Quakers, making 37 starts ... Made 30 starts in the outfield ... Hit her first collegiate home run against Brown (3/29) ... Smacked her second home run against Dartmouth (4/11) ... Collected 26 hits and 8 RBI on the year ... Ranked second on the team with a .358 on-base percentage, third with a .274 batting average, and fourth with a .705 OPS ... Slashed .300 BA / .410 OB% / .440 SLG% in conference play, leading Penn with the highest batting average against Ivy League opponents ... Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.

2024 (Game-by-Game in PDF): Made two starts in eight appearances for the Quakers … Held a 2-1 record in 19 innings with nine strikeouts … Picked up the win against Morgan State tossing the final three innings, striking out two  in Penn’s 8-7 extra-inning victory to begin the season (2/23) … Earned the win against Lamar, going five innings and adding two strikeouts (3/3) …  Saw limited action due to an early season injury.

High School: Played varsity softball as an eighth grader ... All-State honoree freshman year … League Pitcher of the Year … All-Section and All-District honoree … Played club softball for the Rhode Island Thunder for three years … Played club softball for Virginia Glory during her senior year … Finished fifth at PGF with Rhode Island Thunder 16u … National Honor Society member … Presidential Award … Student Athlete Award.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? "I chose Penn because it's an amazing school, in my favorite city. I loved the atmosphere of the University and all that it has to offer."
 
Career Highs
Innings pitched: 5 (at Lamar 3/3/24)
Strikeouts: 2, twice (Last: at Lamar 3/3/24)

Hits: 5 (at Villanova (4/2/25)
Runs: 3 (at Villanova (3/26/25)
RBI: 2, twice (Last: at Cornell (4/19/25)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2024Freshman

    RHP
    5'4"
    33
  • 33

    2025Sophomore

    P/U
    5'4"
    33
  • 33

    2026Junior

    UTIL/RHP
    5'4"
    33