CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• 2013 Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team
• 2015 Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team
• 2015 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
CAREER GAME HIGHS (LAST)Hits: 4 (at North Dakota, 4/17/15)
Runs: 2-3x (at North Dakota, 4/18/15)
RBI: 3-2x (at Seattle, 4/1/15)
2015 (AS A JUNIOR)Brianna Celaya (Seh-lie-yuh) played in 36 games, making 25 starts, primarily as the designated player … Hit .303 (23-for-76) for the season … Scored 10 runs, drove in 16 … Tallied eight extra base hits (5 doubles, triple, 2 home runs) … Walked 10 times and hit by a pitch once … Tallied six multi-hit games … Tallied a career-high four hits going 4-for-4 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored at North Dakota (4/17) ... Went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk against Northern Colorado (4/4) ... Drove in three runs going 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored at Seattle (4/1) ... Doubled and scored a run going 1-for-4 at Weber State (3/28) ... Went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run for first career home run against Southern Utah (3/22) ... Drove in a run with a pinch hit walk against Cal State Fullerton (3/1) ... Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI in her season debut against Nevada (2/6).
2014 (AS A SOPHOMORE)played in 19 games making 10 starts … Hit .219 going 7-for-32 at the plate … Tallied two doubles, three runs scored, and three runs batted in … Picked up Portland State’s first pinch hit of the season going 1-for-1 with a run scored at Southern Utah (4/5) ... Recorded first career multi-hit game going 2-for-3 with a career-high 2 RBI and a double against UC Davis (3/8) ... Went 1-for-2 with a run and a double at Stanford (3/8) ... Went 1-for-3 with first career RBI against BYU (3/7) ... Made 2014 debut going 0-for-2 with a walk as the designated player against BYU (2/14).
2013 (AS A FRESHMAN)Earned Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team honors … Played in 38 games, making two starts, as a true freshman … Made 25 appearances as a pinch hitter … Hit .133 going 2-for-15 in limited action … Both hits were doubles … Scored seven runs … Scored a run as a pinch runner at Idaho State (4/20) … Pinch ran in each of the Vikings’ three games against Northern Colorado (4/5-4/6) scoring a run each time ... Pinch ran and scored a run against Weber State (3/29) ... Scored first career run against Utah State (3/16/13) ... Hit a double for first career hit against Indiana (2/10) going 1-for-1 ... Made Portland State debut against No. 20 Stanford (2/8) as a pinch runner.
AT RUBEN S. AYALA HIGH SCHOOLA three-year letterwinner at Ayala High for head coach John Ameluxen ... Earned first team All-Sierra League honors as a junior and second team recognition as a sophomore ... Named to the Academic All-League team both years as well ... Hit .441 as a junior, including .511 in league games to lead all players ... Batted .444 as a sophomore ... A three-time scholar athlete award winner ... Named to the 2010 Nike Faster to First All-Tournament team ... In 2010, Ayala was ranked No. 1 in the state by ESPN Rise while winning the Sierra League title and the CIF SS Division III championship ... The 2010 team also won the Nike Faster to First tourney ... Played three years of summer ball for the California Cruisers and helped the team to the 2011 Louisville Slugger Independence Day Tournament 18-U title.
PERSONALDaughter of Ron and Lisa Celaya ... Has one younger sister, Adrianna, and one younger brother, Joseph ... Had a 3.77 GPA at Ayala High ... Named the Ayala High Spanish 3 H Student of the Month in Oct. 2010 ... Named the Ayala High Earth Science Student of the Month in Oct. 2011 ... Enjoys listening to music ... Signed her National Letter of Intent with Portland State on Nov. 10, 2011 … Majoring in Speech and Hearing Science … Aspires to be a speech therapist.
