Mikayla Ramos

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
King HS
Hometown:
Riverside, Calif.

Awards & Honors
NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team (2022)
NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team (2021)
2x Second Team All-Big 12 (2021, 2022)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021)
2x Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2020, 2022)
All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2019)

2023 (Senior)
Ramos wrapped her historic Cyclone career in 2023, slashing .292/.468/.362 … initially the team’s catcher, Ramos resorted to playing DP as a knee injury hindered her behind the plate … she started 51 games across 53 appearances, earning 45 hits in 154 at-bats … recorded 26 RBI and scored 16 runs … notched six doubles and seven homers – Ramos ends her career fourth in school history in doubles (38) and home runs (35) … Ramos’ name can be found littered all over the record book, as the Riverside, Calif. native is second all-time in RBI (158), fourth in hits (201), fifth in at-bats (661) and second in games played (232).

2022 (Senior)
Started all 55 games, splitting time between DH and catcher … All-Big 12 Second Team and NFCA All-Region selection … hit .301 with 14 home runs, 10 doubles and a triple … registered 53 RBIs which ranked fifth in the Big 12 and were the third most in a season in program history … became the only Cyclone to record two seasons of 50-plus RBIs in her career … her 14 home runs tied for the third most in a season in school history and ranked fifth in the Big 12 this season … also registered six sacrifice flies on the year, the sixth-most nationally … slugged .627 and notched a .387 on-base percentage … finished the year with 11 multi-hit games and a team-best 11 multi-RBI games … batted in a career-high five runs against Coppin State, aided by two home runs … scored a career-best four times against San Diego … registered a hit in 10 of 12 games to open the year … went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBIs to clinch a crucial series victory at Baylor.

2021 (Junior)
Appeared in and started all 57 games ... primarily played catcher ... set a new single-season school record with 57 RBI ... hit .365 with 65 hits, 39 runs, 15 doubles and 13 home runs ... tied for the team lead with 15 doubles ... her 13 home runs are fifth-most in a single season in Iowa State history ... had a .991 fielding percentage behind the plate ... drew a team-high 29 walks, tied for second-most in a single season in ISU history ... went 3-for-3 with RBI and three runs vs. Portland State ... went 3-of-4 at the plate with two home runs vs. Saint Louis ... tied a season-high with five RBI vs. Kansas City ... broke Iowa State's single-season RBI record vs. UIC at the NCAA Columbia Regional.

2020 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 24 games as a sophomore ... made 23 starts, primarily appearing at catcher ... hit .219 with 16 hits on the season ... tallied four doubles, one home run and five RBI ... logged a .984 fielding percentage on the season behind the plate ... caught eight runners attempting to steal ... went 2-for-3 at the plate with her first career home run on Feb. 8 in a win over Hawaii.

2019 (Freshman)
Appeared in 43 games as a true freshman, making 21 starts … was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman team … hit .281 on the season, including .353 in Big 12 play … tallied 25 hits, 17 RBI, 11 runs and four doubles on the season … had a .347 on-base percentage to rank No. 4 on the team … scored a season-high three runs while going 2-of-4 at the plate vs. Dartmouth … tied a season-high with three hits, an RBI and a double vs. Texas Tech … went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in the NISC Ames Regional vs. South Dakota State.

High School
Came to Iowa State from Riverside, Calif., where she excelled as a prep for Martin Luther King HS ... hit .355 with 13 home runs in ASA during the 2017 season.

Personal
Majoring in Kinesiology.