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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2026 Softball Roster

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25 Riley Laygo

25 Riley Laygo

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Whittier Christian
  • Hometown:
    Hacienda Heights, CA

Summary

Biography

At UR 2025: Capped off another tremendous campaign with First-Team All-Liberty League and NFCA Second-Team All-Region honors...Appeared in all 37 games, making 24 starts in right field, seven at DP and six at first base...Led UR in nearly every offensive category, batting .392 (49-for-125) with 17 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 39 runs scored, 35 RBI and 98 total bases...Drew nine walks and one hit-by-pitch while striking out 14 times...Had one sacrifice fly and went 13-for-15 in stolen base attempts...Compiled a .437 on-base percentage and a .784 slugging...Hit .426 against Liberty League foes with 20 hits, four doubles, five home runs, 14 runs scored and 17 RBI...Led the Liberty League in doubles, doubles per game (0.46), runs scored and total bases...Also ranked second in the conference in home runs and home runs per game (0.27), runs per game (1.05) and slugging, as well as fifth in RBI and RBI per game (0.95)...Nationally, ranked 19th in NCAA Division III in doubles per game, 21st in doubles, 29th in home runs per game, 35th in home runs, 41st in slugging, 54th in total bases and 83rd in runs per game...Tied for the third-most doubles in a single season in program history...Also posted the sixth-best slugging percentage and eight-most bases in a single season in UR softball history...Fell one game short of tying the program record with a 17-game hit streak from March 14 to April 24...Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak and eight-game on-base streak...Selected to the NFCA's Player and Pitcher of the Year Watch List midseason...Had a team-high 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games...Went 3-for-4 with a double, triple, walk, run scored and three RBI against No. 13 Salisbury on March 2...Earned Liberty League Performer of the Week honors following her efforts against Salisbury and Swarthmore in UR's season-opening weekend...Tied the single-game record for doubles with three in game one against Southwestern (TX) on March 11, going 3-for-4 with three doubles, two runs scored and two RBI...Hit home runs in back-to-back contests against Oswego on March 27 at RIT on April 4...Combined to go 4-for-6 with three home runs, three runs scored and seven RBI in UR's doubleheader sweep of RPI on April 18, hitting a go-ahead, three-run blast in game one of the doubleheader...Drew three walks and scored twice against Hamilton on April 30...Crushed a go-ahead, three-run homer against RPI in UR's opening game of the Liberty League Tournament on May 8...Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored the following day against the Engineers in an elimination game.

At UR 2024: First-year put together a sensational rookie campaign, earning NFCA Second-Team All-America, NFCA First-Team All-Region, First-Team All-Liberty League and Liberty League Player of the Year honors...Was also one of 10 finalists selected for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award...The lone Yellowjacket to appear in and start all 41 games...Batted .463 (63-for-136) with 16 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 47 runs scored and 42 RBI...Drew six walks and five hit-by-pitches...Slugged .875 and had a .493 on-base percentage...Made five appearances in the circle with a 0.75 ERA and 1.82 WHIP, combining for one shutout and earning one save in 9.1 innings pitched...Led the 'Jackets and the Liberty League in nearly every hitting category, leading the conference in batting average, slugging, hits, doubles, home runs and RBI while ranking second in on-base percentage...Nationally-ranked in several categories, finishing seventh in Division III in total bases, ninth in slugging, 17th in home runs, 30th in doubles, 32nd in home runs and 40th in average...Set the UR single-season record with her .463 batting average...Also compiled the second-most total bases, the second-highest slugging, the fourth-most hits, tied for the fourth-most doubles and runs, tied for the fifth-most RBI, tied for the sixth-most home runs and the seventh-best on-base percentage in a single season in program history...Named to the Tucci/NFCA Division III Player of the Year Watchlist midway through the year...Four-time Liberty League Performer of the Week and a two-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week...Led the Yellowjackets with 19 multi-hit games, including nine games with three-plus hits, and 11 multi-RBI performances, including three four-plus RBI games...Reached base in 22-straight contests from April 7 to May 17...Burst onto the scene with a home run and four RBI against Messiah on Feb. 24, going 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and four RBI...Notched three hits in game two against No. 2 Salisbury on Feb. 25...Stole two bases and went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI vs. Wisconsin Lutheran on March 10...Blasted a pair of home runs a day later against Hamline, going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and six RBI...Hit a triple and went 3-for-4 vs. Wisconsin-Platteville on March 13...Nailed down the save against the Pioneers, pitching three scoreless frames to close out the 8-1 victory...Smacked another home run in the 'Jackets' home opener vs. St. John Fisher on March 26, going 4-for-6 with two doubles, a home run, four runs scored and two RBI over UR's two wins against the Cardinals...Swiped three bags and went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI in Rochester's first conference win at RIT on April 7...Hit home runs in both games of UR's doubleheader vs. Fredonia on April 9...Pitched scoreless frames outings against both Fredonia on April 9 and Clarkson on April 12...Turned in another three-hit day, scoring two runs and legging out a triple at Alfred on April 25...Blasted three home runs in two games against Union on May 4, combining to go 5-for-8 with two doubles, three home runs, five runs scored and six RBI vs. the Garnet Chargers...Earned Most Outstanding Performer honors at the Liberty League Tournament, going 5-for-9 with three doubles, four runs scored and three RBI over UR's three contests...Drove in runs in three of UR's four NCAA Regional contests en route to Medford Regional All-Tournament honors.

HS: Attended Whittier Christian where she was a four-year varsity softball player for the Heralds...Pitched and played first base...Team Captain as a Senior...Finished her last season hitting .483 with 14 homers, 29 doubles, 8 triples and 72 RBI...2023 All State Honorable Mention…2023 Olympic League Pitcher of the Year...Three-time First-Team All Olympic League selection (2021, 2022, 2023)…2020 Second Team All Olympic League…Team Co-MVP as a senior…CAL Hi Sports Player of the Week…Rotary Club of La Habra Female Athlete of the Month…CIF Division 2 leader in RBI (52)... Also led CIF Division 2 with a 20-4 record in the circle and a 2.32 ERA...Played club softball with Nemesis...Four-year member of 18u Gold.
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