2018 (Junior): Appeared in 39 games with 35 starts at second base…hit .135 for the season (10-for-74) with seven runs scored, one double and two home runs with seven RBI…recorded two sacrifice flies, two sacrifice bunts and was 1-for-1 in stolen bases…posted 61 putouts with 45 assists and eight errors at second base…hit first home run as a Rainbow Wahine against Cal Poly (4/7)…scored a career-high two runs against East Carolina (3/7)…twice drove in a pair of RBI vs. Weber State (2/24) and against Cal Poly (4/7)…hit what proved to be game-winning, solo home run at CSUN (5/4) in the sixth inning for a 3-2 win over the Matadors…named a UH Scholar-Athlete with honors.
Prior to UH: Attended and played two years at Santiago Canyon College…helped the Hawks win the state championship in 2016…earned the State Golden Glove Award…was named Best Defensive Player both seasons…transferred to Hawai‘i to reunite with former teammate and current Rainbow Wahine Jordian Hicks
Prep: A 2015 graduate of Marina High School…lettered all four years in softball…helped to lead the Vikings to three league championships from 2012-14…earned all-league second team honors in 2014…named to the all-league first team in 2015…tabbed Best Defensive player three seasons from 2012-14 and named Best Offensive Player in 2015…had a .524 overall average in 2015.
Personal: Born in Huntington Beach, Calif. …intends to major in sociology……a member of the Firecrackers club team for two years...has two brothers…parents are Mary and John Sojka of Huntington Beach, Calif.
Sojka Game Highs
At Bats: 4 (2x) last at UNLV (2/19/18)
Runs Scored: 2, East Carolina (3/7/18)
Hits: 1 (10x), last at UC Davis (5/11/18)
RBI: 2 (2x) last Cal Poly (4/7/18)
Doubles: 1, at UC Davis (5/11/18)
Home Runs: 1 (2x) last CSUN (5/4/18)
Walks: 2, at UC Riverside (4/27/18)
Strikeouts: 2 (7x), CSUN (5/4/18)
Sacrifice Bunts: 1 (2x) last CSUN (5/5/18)
Sacrifice Flies: 1 (2x), last at Long Beach State (5/31/18)
Stolen bases: 1, vs Boise State (Las Vegas, Nev.) (2/18/18)
Hit by Pitch: 1(2x), last at UC Davis (5/12/18)
Putouts: 6, Cal State Fullerton (4/21/18)
Assists: 8, at Long Beach State (3/31/18)
Errors: 2, at UC Santa Barbara (4/13/18)
2018 Sojka Game-by-Game Statistics