Headlined by two familiar opponents, Arizona softball landed a trio of players in the transfer portal.
The Wildcats landed former Ole Miss outfielder Addison Duke and Iowa State infielder Sereneti Trice, who was a second-team All-Big 12 selection this season, along with former San Diego outfielder Tele Jennings.
The aforementioned players are the first non-pitching additions in the transfer portal for Arizona. The Wildcats signed former Iowa pitcher and second-team All-Big Ten choice Jalen Adams and former Indiana pitcher Jenae Berry.
Iowa State infielder Sereneti Trice was a second-team All-Big 12 selection this season.
Trice, a San Diego, California native, could conceivably start at second base, alongside standout third baseman Jenna Sniffen and shortstop Tayler Biehl. A unanimous All-Big 12 Freshman Team selection, Trice started 53 games for the Cyclones and had the 16th-best batting average (.354) in the Big 12 last season. Trice ended the season with 63 hits, 44 runs and five RBI. Her .979 fielding percentage was the best at Iowa State this season.
The Wildcats beat Iowa State in the semifinals of the Big 12 Softball Tournament in Oklahoma City last month.
Duke signed with Ole Miss out of Gila Ridge High School in Yuma last year and returns to her home state following one season in Oxford. Duke was rated by D1Softball.com as the 16th-best prospect for the 2024 recruiting class. In 15 at-bats as a true freshman, Duke had five hits and two RBI. Duke and Ole Miss ended Arizona’s season at the NCAA Regionals in Tucson last month.
Jennings has played in 90 games over two seasons at USD. In 230 career at-bats, Jennings has 55 hits, 35 runs, 29 RBI, three home runs, 20 doubles and a .239 batting average.
Jennings and Duke will be a part of an Arizona outfield that recently lost Gold Glove Award winner and All-American Dakota Kennedy and second-team All-Big 12 selection Kaiah Altmeyer, who both entered the transfer portal.
Trice, Duke and Jennings join Arizona’s nucleus of standout catcher Sydney Stewart, center fielder Regan Shockey, Sniffen and Biehl.
Arizona is returning just eight of the 22 players from this past season. The Wildcats have added five players in the transfer portal.
