2025: Played in 40 games with 34 starts, batting .309 with 29 hits, 14 RBI, 13 runs, and eight doubles…drove in 14 runs and added defensive versatility with 75 assists…started the season with eight hits in nine at-bats in the first four games…career-high three hits on 2/2 against Montana St. Billings…reached base safely in 10 of the last 13 games of the season.
2024: Hit .320 in 59 games played with 58 games started. She had 48 base hits with 24 runs scored, 14 doubles, two home runs, 26 RBI, 17 walks and was 2-of-2 stealing bases. Had 11 multi-hit games on the season, which included a season-high three hits against Adams State. In that game she went 3-for-5, with three runs scored, two RBI and a double. Connected on home runs against New Mexico Highlands and against Colorado Mesa in the RMAC Tournament. Had a fielding percentage of .928 with only 12 errors in 106 attempts.
2023: True freshman was MSU Denver's regular third baseman. ... Batted .286 with two homers and 26 RBIs while starting all 56 of the team's games. ... Had seven doubles and a triple while compiling a .429 slugging percentage. ... With a .369 on-base percentage that included 11 walks, compiled an OPS of .798. ... Went 4-for-6 (2-for-3 in each game) in a doubleheader split at Colorado Mesa on April 2. ... Launched her second career homer in a 9-7 win over Fort Lewis in the second game of a March 26 doubleheader, capping an eight-game hitting streak in which she batted .458 (11-for-24), with three doubles, two homers and eight RBIs. ... Hit .455 (5-for-11) with a double, a triple, a homer and six RBIs in a four-game sweep of Black Hills State on March 18-19. ... Went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a 9-6 loss to Chadron State in the second game of a March 12 twinbill. ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in a 12-5 win over CSU Pueblo in the first game of a March 5 doubleheader. ... Had back-to-back two-hit games, going 4-for-6 with two doubles for the day, in a 9-6 win over Texas Woman’s and a 4-1 loss to No. 3 Texas-Tyler on Feb. 4. ... Made her collegiate debut as MSU Denver’s starting third baseman in an 11-5 win over Texas A&M International on Feb. 3, going 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.
Club: Played for Colorado Stars 18U Gold -- Sakomoto. ... Helped team to runner-up finish at PGF Platinum Bracket Nationals. ... Coached by Soctt Sakamoto.
High School: Three-time All-JeffCo League first team selection. ... Played in CCGS Senior All-State Showcase. ... Helped team to the Class 4A state tournament all four seasons, including one semifinal appearance. ... Career totals: .443 batting average (145-for-327) with 40 doubles, 23 homers and 137 RBIs while compiling an .825 slugging percentage and .496 on-base percentage. Career OPS was 1.322. Scored 109 runs in 100 career games. ... As a senior in 2021, batted .506 (44-for-87) with four homers and 28 RBIs in 27 games. Hit .477 as a junior and .489 as a sophomore. ... Starter for every game of her four-year high school career. ... Two-year captain. ... Coached by Dave Thies. ... Also played golf.
Personal: Born Aaliyah Jessica Arellano. ... Birthday is July 15. ... Parents are Lino and Jolene Arellano. ... Has a brother, Steve. ... Majoring in biology.
