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Jersey Number 23
Taylor Tinsley
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/R
- High School:
- George Walton Academy
- Hometown:
- Lawrenceville, Ga.
Bio
Career Highlights
• NFCA Third Team All-American (2025)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2025)
• All-Pac-12 First Team (2024)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2023)
• 2-time NFCA All-West Region First Team honoree (2025, 2024)
• NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (April 23, 2024)
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (March 17, 2025)
• 2-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (last April 22, 2024)
• D1Softball National Pitcher of the Week (April 23, 2024)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)
Career
Tinsley has made 89 appearances (59 starts) in the circle through three seasons … owns a career 39-15 record and 2.04 earned run average … has totaled 342.1 innings and 373 strikeouts … owns a .226 opponent batting average and 1.01 WHIP … has recorded six saves … has totaled 26 complete games and eight shutouts … has allowed 130 runs (100 earned), 297 hits and 59 walks … has given up 35 home runs … has thrown two no-hitters … has recorded eight double-digit strikeout performances … NCAA Tournament statistics: 6-2 record, 2.01 ERA, 12 appearances (seven starts), four complete games, 48.2 innings, 38 strikeouts, 17 runs allowed (14 earned), .212 opponent batting average and 1.05 WHIP.
2025
Tinsley was named an NFCA Third Team All-American and selected to the All-Big Ten and NFCA All-West Region First Teams in her junior season … led the Bruins’ pitching staff in ERA for a second consecutive season with a 2.44 mark … recorded an 18-1 record with 159 strikeouts over 137.2 innings, 24 starts and 11 relief appearances … recorded a .210 opponent batting average and 0.95 WHIP … allowed 56 runs, including 48 earned, 107 hits and 24 walks …ranked fourth in the nation and led the Big Ten with a 6.63 K/BB ratio … ranked second in the Big Ten in WHIP (0.95) and sixth in both strikeouts (159) and K/7 (8.08) … posted five double-digit strikeout performances … earned three saves … totaled 11 complete games and two complete-game shutouts … pitched the second no-hitter of her collegiate career at San Diego State, striking out nine Aztecs and allowing one baserunner via walk (March 8) … named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week following 6.0 shutout innings, 11 strikeouts and two baserunners allowed over two games in the Purdue series (March 17) … in NCAA Tournament play, led UCLA with a 2.10 ERA and posted a 3-2 record with 18 strikeouts and two complete games over 26.2 innings, four starts and two relief appearances … earned a save in the NCAA Super Regional title game at No. 14 South Carolina with 1.1 scoreless innings and two strikeouts (May 25) … allowed one run and struck out four in 3.1 innings of relief versus No. 7 Tennessee at the Women’s College World Series (June 1) … punched out a season-high 14 batters and threw a one-hitter in UCLA’s season opener versus IU Indianapolis (Feb. 7) … struck out eight and allowed one unearned run in a complete-game victory over No. 16 Nebraska at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 20) … struck out seven and allowed one run in a complete-game losing effort to No. 11 Duke (Feb. 23) … struck out 13 in a complete-game victory at Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 28) … struck out 10 hitters over 5.0 scoreless innings in a game one win versus Purdue (March 14) … threw 5.0 scoreless frames, allowed three hits and recorded seven strikeouts in a win in game one at Iowa (March 22) … struck out nine and allowed two hits and one run over 6.0 innings in her game two win at Maryland (March 29) … tossed a one-hit, complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts in a game one victory over No. 21 Ohio State, the nation’s home runs leader, earning Tinsley Softball America “Star of the Week” honors … the performance marked Ohio State’s first time being shut out and was the team’s fewest hit total in 2025 … allowed one run and totaled six strikeouts over 6.1 innings in game two versus Northwestern (May 4) … recorded a complete-game victory against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (May 8) … provided two solid starts in games one and three of NCAA Regionals against UC Santa Barbara, pitching 4.0 innings of one-run ball in both outings to help UCLA to a pair of mercy-rule wins (May 16 & 18) … threw a complete-game and allowed three runs to No. 10 Texas Tech at the WCWS.
2024
Tinsley was named to the All-Pac-12 and NFCA All-West Region First Teams her sophomore season … led the Bruins’ pitching staff with a 1.90 ERA and 166 strikeouts … recorded an 18-8 record and pitched 147.1 total innings over 22 starts and 12 relief appearances … ranked second in the Pac-12 in ERA (1.90) and K/7 (7.88) and third in strikeouts (166) … ranked second in the Pac-12 and ninth in the NCAA with a 6.38 K/BB ratio … earned three saves … recorded a .239 opponent batting average … named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week twice and the NFCA National Pitcher of the Week once on April 23 … posted three double-digit strikeout performances … earned wins in all three games of a season-turning sweep at then-Pac-12 leader and fifth-ranked Stanford … went the distance for a 9.0-inning shutout and struck out a career-high 15 batters in a game one win at Stanford (April 19) … came on in relief in games two and three at Stanford, allowing just two hits over 6.2 innings in the wins (April 20-21) … over the three games, limited Stanford to just seven hits and struck out 20 batters over 15.2 scoreless innings while holding the Cardinal to 0-for-17 with RISP, earning her NFCA National Pitcher of the Week honors … posted a 3-0 record and 1.91 ERA over 22.0 innings and six appearances in her postseason debut … earned back-to-back complete-game victories against Grand Canyon in the NCAA Regional final and No. 14 Georgia NCAA Super Regional final after a two-week stretch in which she was limited due to injury … 98 days after surrendering a career-high in earned runs to Georgia, Tinsley limited its offense to just one run to punch UCLA’s ticket to the Women’s College World Series … allowed one earned run or fewer in four of her eight losses … pitched a complete game, struck out eight and allowed just one earned run in a loss to No. 8 Texas (Feb. 9) … allowed just two earned runs across three complete-game performances and 22.0 total innings at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 23-25) … among all pitchers from the 30 teams competing at the Mary Nutter, Tinsley ranked first in innings pitched (22.0) and strikeouts looking (10) and tied for first in strikeouts (30) … struck out nine and allowed just three hits in a shutout against No. 24 Northwestern (Feb. 23) … allowed no earned runs and struck out 11 in a complete-game loss to Baylor (Feb. 24) … struck out nine in a complete-game victory over No. 5 Tennessee (Feb. 25) … struck out seven and allowed just one run in a complete-game loss to No. 13 Florida (March 1) … struck out nine batters and allowed just two hits and no runs in a win over Utah (March 8) … struck out seven batters over 4.0 innings in game two against Utah (March 9) … struck out 12 batters and allowed just one run on three hits and one walk in a complete-game victory against Oregon State (April 5) … struck out nine and allowed just one run against No. 20 California (April 12) … made three relief appearances and totaled 8.2 innings pitched at the Women’s College World Series … allowed just one run at the WCWS and struck out five batters.
2023
Tinsley was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, posting a 6-1 record with a 1.47 ERA over 57.1 innings in her first season … made 13 starts and seven relief appearances … pitched three complete-game shutouts … totaled 48 strikeouts … allowed 53 hits and 19 runs, including 12 earned … became the first Bruin since Amanda Freed in 1999 to pitch a no-hitter in their first career pitching appearance, tossing a no-no versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 11) … earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors (Feb. 13) … pitched four solid innings versus Iowa at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, striking out six batters and allowing just one run (Feb. 24) … pitched a complete-game shutout with eight strikeouts versus Texas A&M the next day (Feb. 25) … threw three scoreless innings in her start and win against Cal Poly at the Judi Garman Classic (March 4) … followed that with five more scoreless innings in her next start versus Howard, striking out seven and allowing just two hits (March 7) … pitched two innings of shutout relief at No. 19 Oregon (March 26) … tossed four innings of shutout ball to earn the win versus No. 6 Stanford (April 2) … was one out away from a no-hitter in her start at Long Beach State, finishing with a five-inning, complete-game shutout (April 19).
High School
Tinsley was a three-sport star at George Walton Academy (Lawrenceville, Ga.) … played four years of softball, two years of basketball and two years of golf … ranked as the No. 1 pitcher and No. 2 overall recruit in the 2021 class by Softball America … ranked as the No. 2 pitcher and overall recruit by Extra Inning Softball … two-time winner of the Walton Tribune Athlete of the Year award in 2019 and 2021 … awarded First Team All-State for Class-A Private, First Team All-Region 8A, First Team All-County and George Walton Academy Best of the Best Award four times in her high school career for each accolade … three-time Region 8A Pitcher of the Year … named Georgia Dugout Club Pitcher of the Year in 2021 … compiled a 49-18 record, 0.72 ERA, 842 strikeouts in 449.2 innings pitched in her high school career … led George Walton Academy to a Region 8-A Private championship her junior season in 2021 … in her sophomore year in 2019, she struck out 21 batters in an 11-inning game to defeat Tattnall Square Academy in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Championship Tournament … coached by Kathrine Meeks … played club ball for the GA Bombers under coach Patrick Lewis … named to the 2021 PGF All-American Team after two impressive showings at the PGF National Tournament in Summer 2021 for the Georgia Impact … struck out 100 batters in 57.2 innings with just four walks and a 1.40 ERA with Georgia Impact.
Personal
Born Taylor Nicole Tinsley in Snellville, Ga. … parents are Denise and Keith Tinsley … has one sister, Patrice … decided to attend UCLA because “I wanted to be in an environment that would push me to be the best version of myself” … greatest athletic thrill was striking out 21 batters to defeat Tattnall Square Academy in extra innings of the GHSA State Championship Tournament … famous athlete she admires most is Serena Williams … hobbies include traveling, journaling, doodling and painting … favorites include the Atlanta Braves, actor Chadwick Boseman, the movies Lion King and Lion King 2 and the show Stranger Things … majoring in psychobiology … pursuing a career in physical therapy.
Taylor Tinsley's Career No-Hitters (2)
2/11/23 vs. CSU Bakersfield (5.0 IP, 0 R, 4 SO, 0 BB, 1 E) | Box Score | Recap
3/8/25 at San Diego State (7.0 IP, 0 R, 9 SO, 1 BB, 1 E) | Box Score | Recap
Taylor Tinsley’s Career Highs
• NFCA Third Team All-American (2025)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2025)
• All-Pac-12 First Team (2024)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2023)
• 2-time NFCA All-West Region First Team honoree (2025, 2024)
• NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (April 23, 2024)
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (March 17, 2025)
• 2-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (last April 22, 2024)
• D1Softball National Pitcher of the Week (April 23, 2024)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)
Career
Tinsley has made 89 appearances (59 starts) in the circle through three seasons … owns a career 39-15 record and 2.04 earned run average … has totaled 342.1 innings and 373 strikeouts … owns a .226 opponent batting average and 1.01 WHIP … has recorded six saves … has totaled 26 complete games and eight shutouts … has allowed 130 runs (100 earned), 297 hits and 59 walks … has given up 35 home runs … has thrown two no-hitters … has recorded eight double-digit strikeout performances … NCAA Tournament statistics: 6-2 record, 2.01 ERA, 12 appearances (seven starts), four complete games, 48.2 innings, 38 strikeouts, 17 runs allowed (14 earned), .212 opponent batting average and 1.05 WHIP.
2025
Tinsley was named an NFCA Third Team All-American and selected to the All-Big Ten and NFCA All-West Region First Teams in her junior season … led the Bruins’ pitching staff in ERA for a second consecutive season with a 2.44 mark … recorded an 18-1 record with 159 strikeouts over 137.2 innings, 24 starts and 11 relief appearances … recorded a .210 opponent batting average and 0.95 WHIP … allowed 56 runs, including 48 earned, 107 hits and 24 walks …ranked fourth in the nation and led the Big Ten with a 6.63 K/BB ratio … ranked second in the Big Ten in WHIP (0.95) and sixth in both strikeouts (159) and K/7 (8.08) … posted five double-digit strikeout performances … earned three saves … totaled 11 complete games and two complete-game shutouts … pitched the second no-hitter of her collegiate career at San Diego State, striking out nine Aztecs and allowing one baserunner via walk (March 8) … named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week following 6.0 shutout innings, 11 strikeouts and two baserunners allowed over two games in the Purdue series (March 17) … in NCAA Tournament play, led UCLA with a 2.10 ERA and posted a 3-2 record with 18 strikeouts and two complete games over 26.2 innings, four starts and two relief appearances … earned a save in the NCAA Super Regional title game at No. 14 South Carolina with 1.1 scoreless innings and two strikeouts (May 25) … allowed one run and struck out four in 3.1 innings of relief versus No. 7 Tennessee at the Women’s College World Series (June 1) … punched out a season-high 14 batters and threw a one-hitter in UCLA’s season opener versus IU Indianapolis (Feb. 7) … struck out eight and allowed one unearned run in a complete-game victory over No. 16 Nebraska at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 20) … struck out seven and allowed one run in a complete-game losing effort to No. 11 Duke (Feb. 23) … struck out 13 in a complete-game victory at Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 28) … struck out 10 hitters over 5.0 scoreless innings in a game one win versus Purdue (March 14) … threw 5.0 scoreless frames, allowed three hits and recorded seven strikeouts in a win in game one at Iowa (March 22) … struck out nine and allowed two hits and one run over 6.0 innings in her game two win at Maryland (March 29) … tossed a one-hit, complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts in a game one victory over No. 21 Ohio State, the nation’s home runs leader, earning Tinsley Softball America “Star of the Week” honors … the performance marked Ohio State’s first time being shut out and was the team’s fewest hit total in 2025 … allowed one run and totaled six strikeouts over 6.1 innings in game two versus Northwestern (May 4) … recorded a complete-game victory against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (May 8) … provided two solid starts in games one and three of NCAA Regionals against UC Santa Barbara, pitching 4.0 innings of one-run ball in both outings to help UCLA to a pair of mercy-rule wins (May 16 & 18) … threw a complete-game and allowed three runs to No. 10 Texas Tech at the WCWS.
2024
Tinsley was named to the All-Pac-12 and NFCA All-West Region First Teams her sophomore season … led the Bruins’ pitching staff with a 1.90 ERA and 166 strikeouts … recorded an 18-8 record and pitched 147.1 total innings over 22 starts and 12 relief appearances … ranked second in the Pac-12 in ERA (1.90) and K/7 (7.88) and third in strikeouts (166) … ranked second in the Pac-12 and ninth in the NCAA with a 6.38 K/BB ratio … earned three saves … recorded a .239 opponent batting average … named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week twice and the NFCA National Pitcher of the Week once on April 23 … posted three double-digit strikeout performances … earned wins in all three games of a season-turning sweep at then-Pac-12 leader and fifth-ranked Stanford … went the distance for a 9.0-inning shutout and struck out a career-high 15 batters in a game one win at Stanford (April 19) … came on in relief in games two and three at Stanford, allowing just two hits over 6.2 innings in the wins (April 20-21) … over the three games, limited Stanford to just seven hits and struck out 20 batters over 15.2 scoreless innings while holding the Cardinal to 0-for-17 with RISP, earning her NFCA National Pitcher of the Week honors … posted a 3-0 record and 1.91 ERA over 22.0 innings and six appearances in her postseason debut … earned back-to-back complete-game victories against Grand Canyon in the NCAA Regional final and No. 14 Georgia NCAA Super Regional final after a two-week stretch in which she was limited due to injury … 98 days after surrendering a career-high in earned runs to Georgia, Tinsley limited its offense to just one run to punch UCLA’s ticket to the Women’s College World Series … allowed one earned run or fewer in four of her eight losses … pitched a complete game, struck out eight and allowed just one earned run in a loss to No. 8 Texas (Feb. 9) … allowed just two earned runs across three complete-game performances and 22.0 total innings at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 23-25) … among all pitchers from the 30 teams competing at the Mary Nutter, Tinsley ranked first in innings pitched (22.0) and strikeouts looking (10) and tied for first in strikeouts (30) … struck out nine and allowed just three hits in a shutout against No. 24 Northwestern (Feb. 23) … allowed no earned runs and struck out 11 in a complete-game loss to Baylor (Feb. 24) … struck out nine in a complete-game victory over No. 5 Tennessee (Feb. 25) … struck out seven and allowed just one run in a complete-game loss to No. 13 Florida (March 1) … struck out nine batters and allowed just two hits and no runs in a win over Utah (March 8) … struck out seven batters over 4.0 innings in game two against Utah (March 9) … struck out 12 batters and allowed just one run on three hits and one walk in a complete-game victory against Oregon State (April 5) … struck out nine and allowed just one run against No. 20 California (April 12) … made three relief appearances and totaled 8.2 innings pitched at the Women’s College World Series … allowed just one run at the WCWS and struck out five batters.
2023
Tinsley was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, posting a 6-1 record with a 1.47 ERA over 57.1 innings in her first season … made 13 starts and seven relief appearances … pitched three complete-game shutouts … totaled 48 strikeouts … allowed 53 hits and 19 runs, including 12 earned … became the first Bruin since Amanda Freed in 1999 to pitch a no-hitter in their first career pitching appearance, tossing a no-no versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 11) … earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors (Feb. 13) … pitched four solid innings versus Iowa at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, striking out six batters and allowing just one run (Feb. 24) … pitched a complete-game shutout with eight strikeouts versus Texas A&M the next day (Feb. 25) … threw three scoreless innings in her start and win against Cal Poly at the Judi Garman Classic (March 4) … followed that with five more scoreless innings in her next start versus Howard, striking out seven and allowing just two hits (March 7) … pitched two innings of shutout relief at No. 19 Oregon (March 26) … tossed four innings of shutout ball to earn the win versus No. 6 Stanford (April 2) … was one out away from a no-hitter in her start at Long Beach State, finishing with a five-inning, complete-game shutout (April 19).
High School
Tinsley was a three-sport star at George Walton Academy (Lawrenceville, Ga.) … played four years of softball, two years of basketball and two years of golf … ranked as the No. 1 pitcher and No. 2 overall recruit in the 2021 class by Softball America … ranked as the No. 2 pitcher and overall recruit by Extra Inning Softball … two-time winner of the Walton Tribune Athlete of the Year award in 2019 and 2021 … awarded First Team All-State for Class-A Private, First Team All-Region 8A, First Team All-County and George Walton Academy Best of the Best Award four times in her high school career for each accolade … three-time Region 8A Pitcher of the Year … named Georgia Dugout Club Pitcher of the Year in 2021 … compiled a 49-18 record, 0.72 ERA, 842 strikeouts in 449.2 innings pitched in her high school career … led George Walton Academy to a Region 8-A Private championship her junior season in 2021 … in her sophomore year in 2019, she struck out 21 batters in an 11-inning game to defeat Tattnall Square Academy in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Championship Tournament … coached by Kathrine Meeks … played club ball for the GA Bombers under coach Patrick Lewis … named to the 2021 PGF All-American Team after two impressive showings at the PGF National Tournament in Summer 2021 for the Georgia Impact … struck out 100 batters in 57.2 innings with just four walks and a 1.40 ERA with Georgia Impact.
Personal
Born Taylor Nicole Tinsley in Snellville, Ga. … parents are Denise and Keith Tinsley … has one sister, Patrice … decided to attend UCLA because “I wanted to be in an environment that would push me to be the best version of myself” … greatest athletic thrill was striking out 21 batters to defeat Tattnall Square Academy in extra innings of the GHSA State Championship Tournament … famous athlete she admires most is Serena Williams … hobbies include traveling, journaling, doodling and painting … favorites include the Atlanta Braves, actor Chadwick Boseman, the movies Lion King and Lion King 2 and the show Stranger Things … majoring in psychobiology … pursuing a career in physical therapy.
Taylor Tinsley's Career No-Hitters (2)
2/11/23 vs. CSU Bakersfield (5.0 IP, 0 R, 4 SO, 0 BB, 1 E) | Box Score | Recap
3/8/25 at San Diego State (7.0 IP, 0 R, 9 SO, 1 BB, 1 E) | Box Score | Recap
Taylor Tinsley’s Career Highs
| Innings Pitched | 9.0 at Stanford (4/19/24) |
| Strikeouts | 15 at Stanford (4/19/24) |
| Hits Allowed | 11, Two Times (last at Washington, 3/23/24) |
| Runs Allowed | 7 vs. Oklahoma State (2/11/24) |
| Earned Runs Allowed | 6 vs. Georgia (2/16/24) |
| Walks Allowed | 4, Four Times (last vs. Tennessee, 6/1/25) |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 vs. Oklahoma State (2/11/24) |
| Pitches | 143 vs. Baylor (2/24/24) |
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