Career Highlights
- NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team (2025)
Career
Berry has played in 126 games and made 109 starts over three seasons at UCLA (2026) and Iowa (2024-25) … has started 67 games at shortstop, 25 at designated player and 17 at third base … owns a career .325 batting average (112-for-345), .395 on-base percentage and .542 slugging percentage … has totaled 78 runs batted in and 73 runs scored … has hit 15 home runs, 22 doubles and four triples … has recorded 33 multi-hit games and 22 multi-RBI games … has hit one grand slam, coming against Wisconsin 2026 … has one multi-homer performance, coming against UCLA in 2025 … career-long hitting streak is 12 games, set in 2025 … has one pinch-hit home run, coming against Long Beach State in 2026 … has one walk-off hit, coming against Michigan State in 2024 (single to the pitcher) … in NCAA Tournament play (8 games), owns a .350 batting average (9-for-25), .407 on-base percentage, .760 slugging percentage, nine RBIs, seven runs scored, three home runs and one double … owns a career .943 fielding percentage (133 assists, 113 putouts, 15 errors).
2026
Berry played in 38 games and made 21 starts as the designated player in her debut season at UCLA … carved out a role in the back half of the season, starting each of the final 13 games … recorded a .304 batting average (21-for-69), .395 on-base percentage and .580 slugging percentage … totaled 19 RBIs and 19 runs scored … hit five home runs, including four in the final 10 games of the season … also hit four doubles … recorded four multi-hit performances and five multi-RBI performances … hit one grand slam, coming against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (May 8) … in her first NCAA Tournament, recorded a .360 batting average (9-for-25), nine RBIs, seven runs scored and four home runs over eight games … led UCLA during NCAA Regionals in batting average (.667), hits (6), total bases (13) and was tied for the lead in home runs (2) over three games … hit a three-run homer versus No. 10 Arkansas at the Women’s College World Series (May 29) … went 3-for-3 with a home run and walk in the NCAA Regional opener versus California Baptist (May 15) … singled in the seventh inning to set up Jolyna Lamar’s game-tying homer against California Baptist … hit a two-RBI double versus South Carolina (May 16) … went 2-for-4 with a home run the next day in the Regional final against the Gamecocks (May 17) … recorded an RBI single against No. 23 UCF in Game 1 of NCAA Super Regionals (May 23) … first hit as a Bruin was a single against Oklahoma State at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 13) … recorded a pinch-hit double against Wisconsin (March 6) … notched a pinch-hit RBI single the next day against the Badgers (March 7) … went 2-for-2 with an RBI in the series finale at Illinois (April 12) … went 2-for-2 with a pinch-hit home run at Long Beach State (April 15) … doubled and drew a walk in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals versus Penn State (May 7) … was 0-for-1 on stolen base attempts … made three appearances in the field, but did not make a play.
2025 (Iowa)
Berry was named to the NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team in her sophomore season at Iowa … started all 52 games played at shortstop, missing only one contest … led Iowa in RBIs (33), slugging percentage (.589), home runs (9), doubles (11) and extra-base hits (21) … recorded a .335 batting average (53-for-158), .418 on-base percentage and .589 slugging percentage … her nine home runs ranked 10th in Hawkeye single-season history … recorded the first two-homer game of her career in an upset victory over No. 5 UCLA (March 23) … led Iowa with 17 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games … posted a career-best 12-game hitting streak, which was the longest by a Hawkeye in 2025 … recorded a .958 fielding percentage (81 assists, 79 putouts, seven errors).
2024 (Iowa)
Berry started all 36 games played in her freshman season at Iowa ... started 17 games at third base, 15 at shortstop and four as the designated player … recorded a .322 batting average (38-for-118), .362 on-base percentage and .458 slugging percentage … led Iowa with seven doubles … hit one home run and three triples … totaled 26 RBIs and 23 runs scored … led the team with seven multi-RBI performances despite missing 10 games … recorded multiple hits in 12 games … logged the first walk-off hit of her career against Michigan State with a single to the pitcher (March 30) … fielded for a .916 percentage (52 assists, 35 putouts, eight errors).
High School
Berry was a four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball at Clayton Valley Charter High School (Concord, Calif.) … dual-sport athlete also playing basketball … named to the All-Bay Area News Group Second Team by the Mercury News as a senior in 2023 after hitting .451 with 26 RBIs, five triples and six home runs en route to the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Championship … earned All-DAL First Team in softball her junior year in 2022 … also earned All-DAL First Team in girls’ basketball her senior year in 2023 … finished her high school softball career with a .500-plus batting average, 16 home runs and 58 RBIs … played for Clayton Valley Charter head coach Dave Cooney.
Personal
Born Soo-Jin Berry in Martinez, Calif. … parents are Lorena and Ron Berry … has two sisters, Ayana and Maya … sister, Maya, played softball at NCAA Division II Franklin Pierce University … sister, Ayana, played basketball at Diablo Valley College … states her greatest athletic thrill was hitting two home runs in one game against UCLA while attending Iowa in 2025 … favorite professional sports teams are the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Golden State Valkyries … majoring in sociology.
Soo-Jin Berry’s Career Highs (2024-25 at Iowa)
| At-Bats | 5, Three Times (last vs. UCF, 5/23/26) |
| Runs Scored | 3, Three Times (last vs. East Texas A&M, 2/15/25) |
| Hits | 3, Six Times (last vs. California Baptist, 5/15/26) |
| Runs Batted In | 4, Two Times (last vs. Wisconsin, 5/8/26) |
| Doubles | 1, 22 Times (last vs. South Carolina, 5/16/26) |
| Triples | 1, Four Times (last at Maryland, 4/12/25) |
| Home Runs | 2 vs. UCLA (3/23/25) |
| Grand Slams | 1 vs. Wisconsin (5/8/26) |
| Total Bases | 8 vs. UCLA (3/23/25) |
| Walks | 2, Six Times (last vs. Oregon, 5/2/26) |
| Sacrifice Flies | 1, Three Times (last at Washington, 4/26/26) |
| Sacrifice Hits | 1 vs. St. Thomas (3/12/25) |
| Stolen Bases | 2 at Harvard (2/25/24) |
| Hit-By-Pitches | 1, Three Times (last vs. Missouri State, 3/1/25) |