Grace Lopez

Montana plays Idaho State on Sunday, April 26, 2026.

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The University of Montana Grizzly softball team takes on Portland State at a home game on Saturday, March 28, 2026 in Missoula, Montana.

Photo by: Casandra Evans/University of Montana

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The Montana Softball team opens practice at the indoor practice facility on Jan. 11, 2025 in Missoula, Mont.

Photo by: Tommy Martino/University of Montana

Scenes from Softball Media day on September 29, 2025 in Missoula, Mont.

Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Corona, Calif.

2026 (sophomore season):

College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Second-team All-Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
One-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week
Played in 51 of 54 games, made 51 starts at second base
Missed midseason three-game home series against Seattle
Batted .368, best average by second baseman in program history
Led team with 47 runs scored, third-most in program history
Led team with 60 hits, 18 doubles
Had 25 extra-base hits, with two triples and five home runs
Tied for fifth on team with 24 RBIs
Drew 22 walks, second-most on team
Had team’s best on-base percentage (.449), second-best slugging percentage (.595)
Went 11 for 13 in stolen base attempts
Led team with 17 multiple-hit games
Opened season going 10 for 17 at UC San Diego’s tournament
Went 19 for 30 between March 14 and March 29 to raise batting average from .348 to .438
Scored four runs in 7-6 home win over Idaho State to match single-game program record
Had four hits in 10-5 road win at UC San Diego
Totaled six three-hit games
Drove in four in Big Sky tournament win over Northern Colorado
Hit seven doubles in five-game stretch in March

2025 (freshman season):

Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Played in 27 of 50 games
Made 18 starts at second base
Batted .200, going 9 for 45
Scored four runs, drove in one
Had a pair of doubles
Went 3 for 3 in stolen base attempts
Made two errors in 66 attempts for a .970 fielding percentage
Had first collegiate hit against NCAA tournament qualifier Grand Canyon
Opened collegiate career going 4 for 10
Had lone RBI in road win at CSU Bakersfield
Hit doubles against NCAA tournament qualifier Nebraska and CSUB

Career Highs (entering the 2027 season)
At-bats: 6 (UTEP, 2.14.26)
Hits: 4 (UC San Diego, 2.7.26)
Doubles: 3 (Pacific, 3.22.26)
Triples: 1, two times
Home runs: 1, five times
Runs: 4 (Idaho State, 4.25.26)
RBIs: 4 (Northern Colorado, 5.6.26)
Walks: 3, three times
Steals: 3 (Saint Louis, 2.6.26)

Longest hitting streak: 10
Longest reached-base streak: 10
Career multiple-hit games: 17
Career multiple-RBI games: 5

Prep: A 2024 graduate of Centennial High … An All-Big VIII League selection as a senior … Three times named to the Big VIII All-Academic Team, a three-time winner of the league’s Scholar-Athlete Award … Twice played in the CIF-SS Division 1 Playoffs … First-team all-tournament at the 2022 Triple Crown Colorado Sparkler after finishing top 10 in hits … Placed fifth at the 2024 Supplemental Power Pool with Athletics Mercado Cook 18U, tied for ninth at Premier Girls Fastpitch in the Platinum Bracket.

Personal: The daughter of Joe and Maggie Lopez … Has an older brother, Brandon … A psychology major.