JoJo Christiaens

The University of Montana Grizzly softball team defeats Portland State at a home game on March 29, 2026 in Missoula, MT.

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The University of Montana Grizzly softball team practices in the Grizzly Indoor Practice Facility on Monday, January 12, 2025 in Missoula, Montana.

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

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Montana vs Idaho State; Saturday October 26, 2024; Grizzly Softball Field, Missoula, Mont.

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Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Lakeside, Calif.

2026 (sophomore season):

College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Second-team All-Big Sky Conference
One-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week
Played in all 54 games, made 54 starts
Made 29 starts in left, 23 at first, one at third, one at designated player
Batted .309, second on team in RBIs (40), third in hits (51)
Had 27 extra-base hits
Seventeen doubles the sixth-most in program history
Had two triples, second on team with eight home runs
Finished with team’s third-highest slugging percentage (.582)
Tied for team lead with 11 multiple-RBI games
Tied for second with 15 multiple-hit games
Had three doubles, drove in five at season-opening tournament at UC San Diego
Hit grand slam against Northern Colorado
Hit go-ahead three-run home run as Montana won 11-6 at Weber State after trailing 6-0
Totaled eight hits in five Big Sky tournament games while driving in five
Had a pair of postseason home runs

2025 (freshman season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Played in 30 of 50 games
Made 21 starts, 12 at third base, eight in left field, one in right
Batted .185, going 10 for 54
Scored four runs, drove in three
Had three extra-base hits, all doubles
Posted a season-best four-game hitting streak
Had first collegiate hit against Wichita State
Had first extra-base hit, a double, against Manhattan

Career Highs (entering the 2027 season)
At-bats: 5, three times
Hits: 3, four times
Doubles: 2, three times
Triples: 1, two times
Home runs: 1, eight times
Runs: 3, two times
RBIs: 4 (Northern Colorado, 4.4.26)
Walks: 2, two times
Steals: n/a

Longest hitting streak: 5
Longest reached-base streak: 8
Career multiple-hit games: 15
Career multiple-RBI games: 11

Prep: A 2024 graduate of El Capitan High … First-team All-Grossmont Hills League as a junior and senior … Second-team All-CIF as a junior as Vaqueros finished state runner-up … Earned El Capitan Defensive MVP award as a senior … Hit 18 career home runs at El Capitan High … Part of three teams that placed first in the Grossmont Hills League … A four-time Grossmont Hills League Scholar-Athlete … Played club for Athletics Mercado San Diego and Firecrackers Brashear-Hicks.

Personal: Given name is Alanna Christiaens … The daughter of Brent and Casi Christiaens … Has an older brother, Malachi, an older sister, Kiana, and a twin sister, Peyton … An integrative physiology major.