UNC Wilmington Athletics

2024 Season: Started all 56 games at shortstop for the Seahawks as a graduate student ... batted .256 with a team-high five home runs and 29 RBI ... worked a career-high 22 walks while striking out a career-low 21 times in 160 at-bats ... scored 24 runs ... recorded a career-long 17 game on-base streak that was the longest by a Seahawk in a decade ... led team with seven multi-RBI games, including a two-double, four RBI contest to polish off a sweep of Elon ... had a three-hit game and drove in two runs with a triple at Jacksonville ... hit a late go-ahead home run at North Carolina ... hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh to push UNCW to the winner's bracket final over top-seeded Campbell ... collected a hit at Georgia in NCAA Athens Regional. 

2023 Season: Started all 50 games at shortstop for the Seahawks ... hit .285 with team-highs in home runs (4) and RBI (29) ... collected 15 extra-base hits, scored 19 runs and stole four bases ... concluded season on an eight-game hitting streak ... matched team-high with eight multi-RBI games and ranked fourth with 11 multi-hit games ... homered vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in part of a two-hit game ... launched a grand slam vs. Drexel on Apr. 29 ... homered again against the Dragons the following day ... went 5-for-8 with a double and triple in CAA Championship games vs. Hofstra and Stony Brook ... fielded six double plays and led team with 92 assists.

2022 Season: Played in 45 games as Seahawks shortstop ... hit .236 with three home runs and 20 RBI ... hit a grand slam in win at East Carolina on Mar. 23 ... had a career-best three hits and drove in five runs against the Pirates ... went 4-for-10 in series win over James Madison, the first series win against the Dukes since 2006 ... stole nine bags, the 10th best mark in the Colonial Athletic Association ... recorded three straight multi-hit games from Apr. 2 to Apr. 9 ... went 1-for-2 with a grand slam, part of a decisive eight-run fifth inning, in the 2022 CAA Championship victory vs. Elon ... had a four RBI game and a five RBI game ... started both NCAA Regional games at shortstop vs. Clemson and Louisiana.

At Coastal Carolina: Two-year letter winner for the Chanticleers who played in 40 games with 26 starts ... authored .238 batting average with five home runs and 15 runs batted in ... started 21-of-31 games as a sophomore ... posted .215 batting average with four home runs and three doubles ... also scored 13 runs and tallied 14 runs batted in ... hit safely in four consecutive games from Mar. 24-Apr. 9 ... appeared in nine games during COVID-shortened freshman season with five starts at third base ... batted .333 with a double and a home run ... two-time Dean's List honoree ... 2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List selection. 

At West Rowan High School: Four-year letter winner who posted .391 career batting average ... belted 23 home runs with 105 runs batted in while stealing 39 bases in 95 games ... two-time All-District selection ... three-time All-Conference honoree ... earned All-Rowan County Player of the Year distinction twice in addition to being a four-time All-County pick ... two-sport athlete who also played basketball. 

Personal: Full Name: Mary Evelyn Sobataka ... born in Salisbury, N.C. ... daughter of Lisa and Sam Sobataka ... majored in Communication Studies ... pursing a graduate degree in Integrated Marketing Communications.