Is Janelle Meoño Arizona’s center fielder of the future? Her coach and potential predecessor answered that question with conviction.
“Yes, she will be Arizona’s center fielder,” sixth-year senior Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza said.
“Janelle could do that today,” Mike Candrea quipped.
Meoño, in left field for now, is off to a scintillating start to the 2021 season, doing what every good No. 9 hitter is supposed to do—get on base. The redshirt freshman has five hits, a stolen base and a walk in seven plate appearances.
It’s already a marked improvement from the 2020 campaign when Meoño had nine hits in 44 at-bats.