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2026 Softball Roster

8 Cierra Yamamoto

  • Position:
    Catcher/Outfield
  • Height:
    5-4
  • B/T:
    L/R
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mililani, O‘ahu
  • Highschool:
    Mililani HS

Summary

Biography

Junior (2025)
2025 Academic All-Big West 
  • Appeared in 41 games with 34 starts in leftfield
  • Hit .198 (16-for-81) for the season with three doubles, two triples and a home run
  • Scored a career-high 16 runs while racking up a career-high 16 hits for the season
  • Launched first career home run at Cal State Fullerton  (March 28) to help UH open series vs. the Titans with an 11-6 win
  • Was 2-for-2 in stolen bases
  • Recorded a pair of multiple-hit and two multiple-RBI games
2024 (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in 28 games with 20 starts--12 in leftfield and eight in rightfield
  • Hit .182 (8-for-44) with a double, six runs scored and four RBI
  • On defense, made 45 putouts with three assists and an error for a .980 fielding percentage
  • Was 1-for-1 in stolen bases
2023 (Freshman)
2023 Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award
  • Made 41 appearances with 35 starts--30 in leftfield, four in rightfield and one at DP
  • Recorded a .203 batting average (13-for-64) with nine runs scored, four doubles, a triple and nine RBI. 
  • Posted two sacrifice flies and two sac bunts
Prep:
  • A 2022 graduate of Mililani High School 
  • Lettered four years in softball
  • Began prep career playing two seasons at Moanalua HS before transferring to Mililani HS
  • Helped lead the Trojans to a fourth place finish at the 2022 state tournament 
  • Four-year starter in high school and led the Trojans with a .750 batting average in 2021
  • Earned all-league honorable mention honors as a freshman and all-state honorable mention honors as a senior
  • As a junior, hit .750 with 10 runs scored and four RBI
  • In her senior season, posted a .381 batting average with nine RBI and 16 runs scored.
  • In the classroom, made the honor roll all four years of high school
Personal:
  • Hometown is Miliani, O’ahu.
  • Played two years with CA Bombers fastpitch club.
  • Plans to study psychology.
  • Has one older brother.
  • Niece of former UH baseball assistant coach David Murakami who who served on staff under his cousin, legendary UH head coach, Les Murakami
  • Parents are Lisa Fujihara of Pearl City, O’ahu and Jody Yamamoto of Mililani, O’ahu.
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Offensive Career Game Highs
  • At-Bats: 4(5x), UC San Diego (5/3/25-GM1)
  • Runs Scored: 3, vs. Long Beach State (5/7/25)*
  • Hits: 2(3x), last UC San Diego (5/2/25)
  • RBI: 2 (5x), last at Cal State Bakersfield (4/12/25-GM2)
  • Doubles: 2, Niagara (3/9/23)
  • Triples: 1(3x), at Cal State Bakersfield (4/12/25-GM2)
  • Home runs: 1, at Cal State Fullerton (3/28/25)
  • Walks: 2(3x), last Long Beach State (5/7/25)*
  • Strikeouts: 2 (5x), last at CSUN (4/23/25)
  • Sacrifice bunts: 1(7x), last UC San Diego (5/2/25)
  • Sacrifice flies: 1(4x), last Southern Indiana (2/8/25)
  • Hit by Pitch: 1(6x), last at Cal State Bakersfield (4/12/25)
  • Stolen bases: 1(3x), UC Riverside (4/5/25)
Defensive Game Highs
  • Put-Outs: 8, at Long Beach State (4/27/24)
  • Assists: 1(4x), last at UC Riverside (4/13/24)
  • Errors: 1(2x), at CSUN (4/23/25)
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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2023Freshman

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2024Sophomore

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    17
  • 8

    2025Junior

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2026Senior

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    8