Escobedo with Arizona State during the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | American/Mexican |
Born |
Phoenix, Arizona |
April 12, 1992
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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Country | Mexico |
Sport | Softball |
College team | Arizona State Sun Devils |
Team | Pennsylvania Rebellion |
Turned pro | June 2014 |
Dallas Jade Escobedo (born April 12, 1992) is an American softball player. She pitched for the Arizona State Sun Devils and in 2015 she plays with the Pennsylvania Rebellion National Pro Fastpitch Softball team.
Escobedo is the daughter of Richard Escobdeo and Jodi Goch, and has three siblings. She attended St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, Arizona from 2007 to 2011, and won letters in softball and basketball. She pitched for the school's softball team, the Knights, was captain of the team for two seasons, and in 2010 her led her team to win the State Championship as well as the MaxPreps Tournament. That year she was named Softball Player of the Year by the Varsity Extra Tribune. She then attended the Arizona State University majoring in special education and continuing to play softball from 2011 to 2014.
In 2011, Dallas played for the USA Softball Women’s Junior Team, which won the gold medal at the Pan American Championships.
At Arizona State University she was the starting pitcher for the Sun Devils in her freshman year and helped lead the Sun Devils to the 2011 NCAA Division I national softball title. She also played with the Sun Devils as the team went to the Women's College World Series her sophomore and junior year. She was chosen for the WCWS All-Tournament Team and was voted WCWS co-Most Outstanding Player.
She finished her Sun Devil career with a 115-26 win–loss record and a total of 1,222 strikeouts.
Dallas Escobedo was the National Pro Fastpitch No. 1 draft pick. She joined the Pennsylvania Rebellion, a professional softball team, and helped give the team their first victory in June 2014. That season she pitched 69 innings in 16 games.
Escobedo pitched for Mexico in the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship.