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Jersey Number 11
Soo-Jin Berry
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- L/R
- High School:
- Clayton Valley Charter HS
- Hometown:
- Pittsburg, Calif.
- Previous School:
- Iowa
Career Highlights
• NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team (2025)
Career
Berry has started all 88 games played over the first two seasons of her collegiate career at Iowa (2024-25) … has started 67 games at shortstop, 17 at third base and four as the designated player … owns a career .330 batting average (91-for-276), .395 on-base percentage and .533 slugging percentage … has hit 10 home runs, 18 doubles and four triples … has totaled 59 runs batted in and 54 runs scored … has recorded 29 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games … career-long hitting streak is 12 games, set in 2025 … has one multi-homer performance, coming against UCLA in 2025 … has recorded one walk-off hit, coming against Michigan State in 2024 (single to the pitcher).
2025 (Iowa)
Berry was named to the NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team in her sophomore season at Iowa … started all 52 games played at shortstop, missing only one contest … led Iowa in RBIs (33), slugging percentage (.589), home runs (9), doubles (11) and extra-base hits (21) … recorded a .335 batting average (53-for-158), .418 on-base percentage and .589 slugging percentage … her nine home runs ranked 10th in Hawkeye single-season history … recorded the first two-homer game of her career in an upset victory over No. 5 UCLA (March 23) … led Iowa with 17 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games … posted a career-best 12-game hitting streak, which was the longest by a Hawkeye in 2025 … recorded a .958 fielding percentage (81 assists, 79 putouts and seven errors).
2024 (Iowa)
Berry started all 36 games played in her freshman season at Iowa ... started 17 games at third base, 15 at shortstop and four as the designated player … recorded a .322 batting average (38-for-118), .362 on-base percentage and .458 slugging percentage … led Iowa with seven doubles … hit one home run and three triples … totaled 26 RBIs and 23 runs scored … led the team with seven multi-RBI performances despite missing 10 games … recorded multiple hits in 12 games … logged the first walk-off hit of her career against Michigan State with a single to the pitcher (March 30) … fielded for a .916 percentage (52 assists, 35 putouts and eight errors).
High School
Berry was a four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball at Clayton Valley Charter High School (Concord, Calif.) … dual-sport athlete also playing basketball … named to the All-Bay Area News Group Second Team by the Mercury News as a senior in 2023 after hitting .451 with 26 RBIs, five triples and six home runs en route to the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Championship … earned All-DAL First Team in softball her junior year in 2022 … also earned All-DAL First Team in girls’ basketball her senior year in 2023 … finished her high school softball career with a .500-plus batting average, 16 home runs and 58 RBIs … played for Clayton Valley Charter head coach Dave Cooney.
Personal
Born Soo-Jin Berry in Martinez, Calif. … parents are Ron and Lorena Berry … has two sisters, Ayana and Maya … sister, Maya, played softball at NCAA Division II Franklin Pierce University … sister, Ayana, played basketball at Diablo Valley College … states her greatest athletic thrill was hitting two home runs in one game against UCLA while attending Iowa in 2025 … favorite professional sports teams are the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Golden State Valkyries … majoring in sociology.
Soo-Jin Berry’s Career Highs (2024-25 at Iowa)
Soo-Jin Berry’s Career Statistics (2024-25 at Iowa)
• NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team (2025)
Career
Berry has started all 88 games played over the first two seasons of her collegiate career at Iowa (2024-25) … has started 67 games at shortstop, 17 at third base and four as the designated player … owns a career .330 batting average (91-for-276), .395 on-base percentage and .533 slugging percentage … has hit 10 home runs, 18 doubles and four triples … has totaled 59 runs batted in and 54 runs scored … has recorded 29 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games … career-long hitting streak is 12 games, set in 2025 … has one multi-homer performance, coming against UCLA in 2025 … has recorded one walk-off hit, coming against Michigan State in 2024 (single to the pitcher).
2025 (Iowa)
Berry was named to the NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team in her sophomore season at Iowa … started all 52 games played at shortstop, missing only one contest … led Iowa in RBIs (33), slugging percentage (.589), home runs (9), doubles (11) and extra-base hits (21) … recorded a .335 batting average (53-for-158), .418 on-base percentage and .589 slugging percentage … her nine home runs ranked 10th in Hawkeye single-season history … recorded the first two-homer game of her career in an upset victory over No. 5 UCLA (March 23) … led Iowa with 17 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games … posted a career-best 12-game hitting streak, which was the longest by a Hawkeye in 2025 … recorded a .958 fielding percentage (81 assists, 79 putouts and seven errors).
2024 (Iowa)
Berry started all 36 games played in her freshman season at Iowa ... started 17 games at third base, 15 at shortstop and four as the designated player … recorded a .322 batting average (38-for-118), .362 on-base percentage and .458 slugging percentage … led Iowa with seven doubles … hit one home run and three triples … totaled 26 RBIs and 23 runs scored … led the team with seven multi-RBI performances despite missing 10 games … recorded multiple hits in 12 games … logged the first walk-off hit of her career against Michigan State with a single to the pitcher (March 30) … fielded for a .916 percentage (52 assists, 35 putouts and eight errors).
High School
Berry was a four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball at Clayton Valley Charter High School (Concord, Calif.) … dual-sport athlete also playing basketball … named to the All-Bay Area News Group Second Team by the Mercury News as a senior in 2023 after hitting .451 with 26 RBIs, five triples and six home runs en route to the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Championship … earned All-DAL First Team in softball her junior year in 2022 … also earned All-DAL First Team in girls’ basketball her senior year in 2023 … finished her high school softball career with a .500-plus batting average, 16 home runs and 58 RBIs … played for Clayton Valley Charter head coach Dave Cooney.
Personal
Born Soo-Jin Berry in Martinez, Calif. … parents are Ron and Lorena Berry … has two sisters, Ayana and Maya … sister, Maya, played softball at NCAA Division II Franklin Pierce University … sister, Ayana, played basketball at Diablo Valley College … states her greatest athletic thrill was hitting two home runs in one game against UCLA while attending Iowa in 2025 … favorite professional sports teams are the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Golden State Valkyries … majoring in sociology.
Soo-Jin Berry’s Career Highs (2024-25 at Iowa)
| At-Bats | 5, Two Times (last vs. Illinois State, 4/8/25) |
| Runs Scored | 3, Three Times (last vs. East Texas A&M, 2/15/25) |
| Hits | 3, Five Times (last at Maryland, 4/13/25) |
| Runs Batted In | 4 vs. UCLA (3/23/25) |
| Doubles | 1, 18 Times (last vs. Rutgers, 5/4/25) |
| Triples | 1, Four Times (last at Maryland, 4/12/25) |
| Home Runs | 2 vs. UCLA (3/23/25) |
| Total Bases | 8 vs. UCLA (3/23/25) |
| Walks | 2, Five Times (last vs. Rutgers, 5/2/25) |
| Sacrifice Flies | 1, Two Times (last at Wisconsin, 3/29/25) |
| Sacrifice Hits | 1 vs. St. Thomas (3/12/25) |
| Stolen Bases | 2 at Harvard (2/25/24) |
| Hit-By-Pitches | 1, Three Times (last vs. Missouri State, 3/1/25) |
Soo-Jin Berry’s Career Statistics (2024-25 at Iowa)
| Season | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-SBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | .322 | 36-36 | 118 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | .458 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .362 | 1 | 0 | 5-6 |
| 2025 | .335 | 52-52 | 158 | 31 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 33 | .589 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 0 | .418 | 1 | 1 | 2-2 |
| Career | .330 | 88-88 | 276 | 54 | 91 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 59 | .533 | 28 | 3 | 43 | 1 | .395 | 2 | 1 | 7-8 |
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