High School
A 2012 graduate of Charter Oak High School in Covina, Calif…a four-year member of both the softball and volleyball squads…in softball, she was a four-year starter for the varsity team, primarily at shortstop…a three-time all-Sierra League selection, she was selected to the first team as a sophomore, and second team during both her freshman and senior seasons…also selected to play in the San Gabriel Valley All-Star game as a senior…hit better than .350 three times during her four years with the Chargers, including .477 as a freshman, .354 as a sophomore, and .351 as a senior…during that freshman season (2009), she batted .477 with 22 RBIs in 20 games, and followed up that effort a year later with 29 runs and 16 RBIs in 29 games…named the Chargers’ defensive player of the year three times, and was named a scholar-athlete every year of her career in both softball and volleyball…set the school’s single-game record with three doubles against Wilson High School in 2011…finished her career 16-for-21 in stolen base attempts.

Personal
Parents are Scott and Kimberly Papez…a criminal justice major…played five years for ASA’s Lakewood Firecrackers of Downey, Calif.