AS A SENIOR IN 2003: Named Bronco of the Year by her teammates... in single-season records, ties for fourth with fellow Bronco teammates Jenny Brown and Lacey Smale for doubles with nine and ties for fifth with four homeruns... in career record books, holds the fourth slot for RBI's with 51 and doubles with 17, is in first for triples with 14, fifth for homeruns with six, and third for slugging percentage with .423... saw action in all 55 games... totaled 41 hits, including nine doubles and two triples... recorded 21 RBIs... hit a solo homerun against Louisville on February 7 and drove in the game winning run in the eleventh inning with international tiebreakers rule in effect... went 4-5 in that game... went 2-for-3 against Louisville on February 9... had two hits, including a three run homer against Washington on February 9... was named to the Hawaii All-Tournament Team for outfield performance at the Chevron Paradise Classic... went 3-4 against Virginia Tech at the NIST including two doubles... recorded a double in the first game against UC Santa Barbara on March 25... went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs to lead the Broncos to an 8-2 victory over Western Washington, including a two-out triple into the right field fence... blasted a two-out three-run homer to left-center against Oregon State... went 3-for-7 against Sacramento State on April 27 with three RBIs... in the first game of the doubleheader hit her fourth homerun of the season in the ninth inning to give SCU the tie for most wins in a season at 26... managed a double in the second game... tripled against Saint Mary's on April 29.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2002: Picked up where she left off last season, leading the team with 61 hits, including six doubles, 10 triples, and one homerun ...at the WISL tournament held in Moraga, Calif., she went 4-for-4 against Loyola Marymount in the championship game with a double and a triple driving in four runs to seal the victory and first place...went 2-for-3 three times and 3-for-4 twice during the season...in the second game against UNC Greensboro on March 13th, she started the one run rally with a single that led to the Broncos 1-0 victory...had a hand in three of the Broncos' four runs scored against Miami (Ohio) on March 9th leading to their 4-0 win...maintained a .305 batting average and lead the team in individual runs scored with 27...she anchored the outfield starting all 63 games...named to the first team Independent All-American marking the first year that athletes from NCAA Division I Independent softball programs were recognized for their athletic accomplishments...in the career record books, took over the first slot with 12 triples...in single season records, tied for fifth in at-bats with former Bronco Angela Rotstein (1997-2000) tallying 200, moves into the second slot for hits with 61, takes over the triples category with 10, and places third on slugging percentage with .450.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2001: Produced offensively for the Broncos hitting .275 in 91 at bats...was the leader in RBI's on the team with 12...hit Santa Clara's sole homerun of the year against UC Santa Barbara on February 23rd...went 2-for-3 five times during the season...earned the highest slugging percentage on the team with .374...recorded two doubles and two triples...received the team's Ms. Clutch award...had a .417 batting average with runners in scoring position...named to the All-WISL tournament team.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2000: As a pitcher, made eight appearances, including three starts... finished with a 1-0 record and a 1.50 ERA in 9.1 innings... recorded first collegiate win in a 4-3 victory over BYU-Hawaii on March 27... hit .250 with one hit in four at bats.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Aptos High School where she pitched for coach Kurt Talley... batted .469 her senior year and hit nine career home runs... set school records for lowest ERA, most RBI, most home runs, highest batting average, most runs scored and most triples... also set a school record by tossing two no-hitters... named first-team All SCCAL league and All-County all four years... earned team and league MVP honors... also lettered in volleyball.
PERSONAL: Full name is Coresta Lynn Salas... parents are Joe Sr. and Leila Salas... has two older brothers and two younger brothers... born January 14, 1981... majoring in psychology.
Salas's Career Statistics
| Year | Avg. | GP/GS | AB | R | H | 2B/3B/HR | RBI | BB/K | SB/SBA |
| 2000 | .250 | 5/3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0/0/0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| 2001 | .275 | 45/32 | 91 | 10 | 25 | 2/2/1 | 12 | 9/24 | 3/5 |
| 2002 | .305 | 63/63 | 200 | 27 | 61 | 6/10/1 | 18 | 13/55 | 8/14 |
| 2003 | .261 | 55/54 | 157 | 20 | 41 | 9/2/4 | 21 | 12/48 | 1/2 |
| Career | .283 | 168/152 | 452 | 57 | 128 | 17/14/6 | 51 | 34/127 | 12/21 |
