Youngstown State Softball

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Rising sophomore Ayla Ray posted an impressive freshman campaign in 2025:

🔴 .321/.400/.408
⚪️ 25 R/23 RBIs
🔴 5 2B/2 HR/.808 OPS

Please help us welcome 3B/UT Tai Turner to the Penguins Softball Family!

🔴 2025 All-MAAC Second Team
⚪️ .352/.517/.412 with 11 2B, 3 HR, 32 RBIs in 2025
🔴2023 MAAC All-Rookie Team
⚪️ Career: .350 BA, 8 HR, 73 RBIs

Please help us welcome our new Assistant Softball Coach Erin Pond to the Penguins Family.

Erin spent the last 4 years at Cleveland State and helped the Vikings to the 2025 regular-season championship and a NCAA Regional berth in 2024.

Erin Pond Named Youngstown State Assistant Softball Coach

Erin Pond Named Youngstown State Assistant Softball Coach - Youngstown State University Erin Pond, a native of northeast Ohio and a nine-year college softball coaching veteran, has joined the Youngstown State softball program as an assistant coach, Head Coach Brian Campbell announced on Thursday.

Outfielder Macy Littler posted a 🔥 sophomore campaign in 2025!

Littler Stat Lines:
🔴.346 AVG - 9th in HL
⚪️ 56 Hits - t-5th in HL
🔴 29 Runs - Team High

Please help us officially welcome C/INF Emma Gilkerson to the Penguins Softball Family!

🔴 2⃣-time All-HL selection
⚪️ 2025 First-Team All-HL
🔴 .339/.718/.411
⚪️ 12 HR/38 RBIs/1.129 OPS
🔴 .340 BA/18 HR/58 RBIs the last 2 seasons

Four Named to Academic All-District Softball Team

🔴 Autumn Behlke
⚪️ Kennedy Dean
🔴 Taylor Truran
⚪️ Lydia Wilkerson

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Four Named to CSC Academic All-District Softball Team

Four Named to CSC Academic All-District Softball Team - Youngstown State University Four Youngstown State softball players were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Softball team, the association announced on Tuesday.

Please help us welcome pitcher Isabella O'Brien to the Penguins Softball Family!

🔴 Owned an 11-1 record in 2024-25
🔴 2.51 ERA
🔴 100 Ks and .227 opponent batting average

Really proud of our outstanding work in the classroom during the spring semester!📚

🐧 3.79 semester GPA
🐧 3.71 cumulative GPA
🐧 10 with 4.0 GPA
🐧 20 with 3.00-or-higher GPA in the spring semester

Congratulations to Lydia Wilkerson on being named All-Horizon League Second Team.

She led the with 66 hits, ranked third with a .384 batting average, fourth with 85 total bases, eighth with a .427 on-base percentage, and tied for 10th with 28 RBIs.

PENGUINS WIN!!

Series Finale Canceled, Penguins Awarded 5-1 Win from Suspended Game

🔴 Autumn Boyd allowed just 2 hits in CG Win
🔴 Lydia Wilkerson went 3-for-4
🔴 Kennedy Dean went had two hits and Bree Kohler drove in 2 runs

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