Sacramento State softball head coach Lori Perez announced on April 16, a fourth player will join the Hornets for the 2015 season.

Pleasant Grove High school senior pitcher Celina Mathias will join her teammate shortstop Marissa Maligad, after signing her letter of intent to play at Sac State

Mathias will also accompany two other players that signed in early November to become the new members of Sac State, including third baseman Cassidy Martin and second baseman Zamari Hinton.

All four members of Sac State’s 2015 roster are teammates for the Lady Magic of Elk Grove travel ball team in the Amatuer Softball Association of America.

Perez will most likely fill the spot in which Hornets senior pitcher Taylor Stroud will leave after this season.

“She has some pretty bit shoes to fill when Taylor leaves,” Perez said. “She has a lot of the same qualities and characteristics that Taylor has as well.”

But Perez added that Mathias, may not immediately assume the role that Stroud had because there is two other upper class pitchers next season in Jennifer Hartman and Kaitlyn Yerby.

During her senior year of high school, Mathias has gone 8-4 with a 1.45 ERA for the Eagles. In 82.1 innings pitched, she has struck out 88 opponents, which leads all pitchers in the Delta River League.

Mathias was a first-team all-league selection last season as a junior, along with Maligad, she helped her team to a 22-11 and league best 8-2. As a junior, she struck out a league high 161 batters and was 15-8 with a 2.51 ERA in 153.2 innings of work.

“With her experience with the competitive travel ball schedule and what she has done in high school,” Perez said. “We are getting a very experienced pitcher as a freshman next year.”

While at Pleasant Grove, Mathias finished each season with a 2.68 ERA or better. She will most be a relief pitcher.

Mathias will be joining a very seasoned upper class group that has been together for three seasons including the 2014 season, senior Caitlin Brooks, Hartman and Yerby.