Laura Espinoza set the
NCAA record by driving in 128
RBIs in 1995; Nina Lindenberg tallied the fewest RBIs in a non-injury season with 17 the same year. Christi Orgeron claims the junior class record with 101 RBIs in 2011. Leticia Pineda, as a sophomore in 1996, drove in 96 RBIs for that class record. Along with Espinoza in 1995 and Orgeron in 2011,
Jenny Dalton drove in 109 in 1996 and Leah Braatz 100 in 1998, are the only players to reach the 100 benchmark. Stephanie Best tied the record for single game RBIs by driving in 11 on March 9, 2003. Espinoza simultaneously set the season home run mark in 1995 with 37. Finally in 1996, Lindenberg also hit an NCAA record 29
doubles and drove in 60 RBIs. Along with Espinoza in 1995 & (95 in 1994), Orgeron in 2011 & (94 in 2012), Pineda in 1996, Topping in 2000, Dalton in 1996 (98 in 1995 & 91 in 1994), Braatz in 1998, Stacie Chambers (96 in 2009),
Stacey Nuveman (91 in 1999) and Angeline Quiocho (90 in 2010) all rank top-10 for RBIs in an NCAA season. Also with Espinoza in 1994 & 1995, Dalton in 1996, Braatz (78 in 1997) & 1998, Nuveman in 1999, Topping in 2000, Chambers in 2009, Quiocho in 2010, Orgeron in 2011 & 2012, Toni Mascarenas (84 in 2001), Jaime Clark (75 in 2002),
Lovieanne Jung (79 in 2003),
Samantha Findlay (77 in 2005), Ianeta Le'i (82 in 2006),
Samantha Ricketts (81 in 2007),
Charlotte Morgan (79 in 2008),
Lauren Chamberlain (84 in 2013), Maddie O'Brien (83 in 2014),
Chelsea Goodacre (86 in 2015), Tina Iosefa (87 in 2016), DJ Sanders (82 in 2017) and Hemphill (84 in 2019) led the NCAA in RBIs for those seasons. Finally, Espinoza (48 in 1993) & 1994, Pineda in 1996 & (56 in 1997), Dalton (30 in 1993) 1994 & 1996, Braatz (75 in 1993) & 1997, Nuveman in 1999, Mascarenas in 2001, Findlay in 2005, Chamberlain in 2013, Lindenberg (77 in 1998), Amanda Scott (72 in 1998), Julie Marshall (67 in 1999), Mackenzie Vandergeest (61 in 2001),
Tairia Flowers (70 in 2003),
Kristie Fox (66 in 2006 & 63 in 2007),
Kaitlin Cochran (51 in 2008), Katelyn Boyd (66 in 2011), Kalia Hunt (77 in 2012), Shelby Pendley (73 in 2013), Jessica Shults (45 in 2013),
Lauren Haeger (67 in 2014 & 71 in 2015),
Sydney Romero (39 in 2016 and 59 in 2017),
Jessica Warren (70 in 2018) and
Jocelyn Alo (89 in 2021) all won national championships those years. For their careers, Dalton (
Pac-12),
Sierra Romero (
Big Ten), Orgeron (
Sun Belt), Warren (
ACC),
Kasey Cooper (
SEC), Chamberlain (
Big 12), Jenna Cone (
A-10), Jennifer Gilbert (
MAC), Linda Rush (
CAA), Jessica Purcell-Fitu (
MWC), Vicky Galasso (
Big Sky), Hayley Norton (
NEC), Michelle Fuzzard (
Southern), Samantha Iuli (
Horizon), Morgan Noad (
Big South), Best (
A-Sun),
Erika Piancastelli (
Southland), Scott (
WAC), Michelle Chmielewski (
Summit), and Libby Sugg (
WCC) hold the RBI crowns for those conferences. ==References==