Dallas Escobedo

Dallas Jade Escobedo (born April 12, 1992) is a Mexican-American, former collegiate All-American, professional right-handed softball pitcher and coach originally from Glendale, Arizona.< She played college softball for the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Pac-12 Conference beginning in 2011-14, where she led them to the 2011 Women's College World Series title and ranks in several pitching categories for both institutions. She is currently the pitching coach at Cal State Fullerton. She was selected number one overall by the Pennsylvania Rebellion in the 2014 National Pro Fastpitch draft, Escobedo played for the Rebellion from 2014 to 2016 and the Texas Charge in 2017, currently ranking in career strikeout ratio for the league. She played softball for both Team USA and Team Mexico, leading the latter to qualify for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early life and education.
Escobedo is the daughter of Richard Escobedo and Jodi Goch, and has three siblings. She attended St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, Arizona from 2007 to 2011, and won letters in softball and basketball. She pitched for the school's softball team, the Knights, was captain of the team for two seasons, and in 2010 her led her team to win the State Championship as well as the MaxPreps Tournament. That year she was named Softball Player of the Year by the Varsity Extra Tribune. She then attended the Arizona State University majoring in special education and continuing to play softball from 2011 to 2014.
College career.
In 2011, Dallas played for the USA Softball Women's Junior Team, which won the gold medal at the Pan American Championships.
At Arizona State University she was the starting pitcher for the Sun Devils in her freshman year and helped lead the Sun Devils to the 2011 NCAA Division I national softball title. She also played with the Sun Devils as the team went to the Women's College World Series her sophomore and junior year. She was chosen for the WCWS All-Tournament Team and was voted WCWS co-Most Outstanding Player.
She finished her Sun Devil career with a 115-26 win–loss record and a total of 1,222 strikeouts.
Professional career.
Dallas Escobedo was the National Pro Fastpitch No. 1 draft pick in 2014. She joined the Pennsylvania Rebellion and helped give the team their first victory in June 2014. That season she pitched 69 innings in 16 games.
Escobedo pitched for Mexico in the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship.
On December 20, 2017, Escobedo signed a five-year contract with the Scrap Yard Dawgs. About a month later, the Dawgs left NPF and renamed as Scrap Yard Fast Pitch.
Coaching career.
From 2015 to 2017, Escobedo was a graduate assistant at Arizona State. On August 16, 2017, Escobedo became pitching coach at Cal State Fullerton. In her first season on staff, Cal State Fullerton won the 2018 Big West Conference championship with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and qualified for the regional final after an upset win over regional host UCLA.