Rylee Slimp Season 2025

Career Highlights
- NFCA Third Team All-American (2026)
- All-Big Ten First Team (2026)
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2025)
- 2-time NFCA All-West Region honoree (First Team - 2026; Second Team - 2025)
- D1Softball Second Team Freshman All-American (2025)
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2026)

Career
Slimp has played in 131 games and made 130 starts through two seasons … has started 122 games in left field, five as the designated player and three in center field … holds the UCLA and Big Ten single-season runs scored records with 99 in 2026 … her 99 runs scored in 2026 are second-most in NCAA Division I single-season history … owns a career .404 batting average (157-for-389), .501 on-base percentage and .635 slugging percentage … has totaled 83 runs batted in and 138 runs scored … has hit 19 home runs, including five leadoff blasts, 25 doubles and four triples … has robbed one home run in the outfield, coming against Duke in 2025 … has recorded one walk-off hit, coming against Indiana in 2025 … has recorded 42 multi-hit performances and 24 multi-RBI performances … in NCAA Tournament play (17 games), owns a .283 batting average (15-for-53), .397 on-base percentage, .509 slugging percentage, nine RBIs, 16 runs scored, three home runs and three doubles … owns a career .949 fielding percentage (161 putouts, six assists, nine errors).

2026
Slimp was named an NFCA Third Team All-American in her sophomore season … selected to the All-Big Ten and NFCA All-West Region First Teams … started all 63 games as UCLA’s leadoff hitter … started 55 games in left field, five as the designated player and three in center field … scored the second-most runs in a season in NCAA Division I history with 99 … led the NCAA and set UCLA and Big Ten records for runs scored in a season (99) … broke Natasha Watley’s UCLA record of 75 runs in the 2001 season … also ranked 10th nationally in base hits (87) and 16th in total bases (161) … ranked eighth in UCLA single-season history in base hits (87) and total bases (161) … recorded a .422 batting average (86-for-206), .528 on-base percentage and .782 slugging percentage … hit 17 home runs, including five leadoff blasts, 15 doubles and four triples … totaled 58 RBIs … ranked second on the team with 25 multi-hit performances … recorded 17 multi-RBI performances … never went hitless in consecutive contests or without a run scored in consecutive contests … recorded a career-long 17-game hitting streak (April 5-May 8) … also reached base in 23 straight games (March 28-May 8) … in NCAA Tournament play (eight games), recorded a .250 batting average (7-for-28), .400 on-base percentage, .607 slugging percentage, seven RBIs, 11 runs scored, three home runs and one double … tied a UCLA single-game record with five runs scored at Long Beach State (April 15) … tied another UCLA single-game record with three hit-by-pitches versus No. 11 Texas A&M at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 22) … hit the mercy-rule walk-off three-run homer versus No. 23 UCF in the NCAA Super Regional opener (May 22) … hit a two-run homer against No. 3 Alabama at the Women’s College World Series (May 28) … went 2-for-5 with a double versus No. 4 Texas Tech at the WCWS (May 31) … led off UCLA’s season opener versus UC Santa Barbara with a home run in the first at-bat of the year and later tripled, finishing with RBIs and three runs scored (Feb. 6) … went 3-for-3 with a double, homer, two RBIs and two runs scored versus Utah at the Mark Campbell Invitational (Feb. 7) … scored three runs and went 2-for-3 in a win over No. 12 LSU at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 15) … hit a two-RBI double and scored three runs in a win over No. 20 Duke at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 20) … drew a walk and scored a run in UCLA’s five-run seventh-inning rally to defeat No. 13 South Carolina (Feb. 21) … went 3-for-6 and scored a run in a win over No. 4 Florida at the Judi Garman Classic (Feb. 27) … went a combined 4-for-8 with four runs scored, two RBIs and a double in wins over BYU and Seattle U (Feb. 28) … went 2-fo-r 3 with a triple and three runs scored in the series opener versus Wisconsin (March 6) … recorded a season-high four RBIs and hit a double versus Michigan State (March 14) … homered in back-to-back games against Michigan State and Rutgers (March 15-21) … went 3-for-3 with a four runs scored in the series finale at Rutgers (March 23) … homered and finished 2-for-4 in the series finale at No. 9 Nebraska (March 29) … went 4-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs and two runs scored in the series opener versus Indiana (April 3) … logged a second three-hit performance against the Hoosiers in the series finale (April 5) … went 4-for-5 with a double, triple, two RBIs and two runs scored in the series opener at Illinois (April 10 ) … had a stretch with six homers in nine games from April 18-May 7 … went a combined 4-for-6 with a homer and four runs scored in a double-header sweep over California (April 18) … homered twice during a series sweep over No. 25 Washington (April 24-26) … hit a three-run homer and RBI double in the series finale win versus the Huskies (April 26) … went 3-for-4 with a homer, double, two RBIs and two runs scored against No. 11 Oregon (May 2) … homered again in the series finale win against the Ducks (May 3) …. went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs and three runs scored against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (May 8) … was 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts … recorded a .952 fielding percentage (77 putouts, two assists, four errors).

2025
Slimp was selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and NFCA All-West Region Second Team in her debut season … named a D1Softball Second Team Freshman All-American … played in all 68 games and made 67 starts in left field … recorded a .383 batting average (70-for-183), .470 on-base percentage and .470 slugging percentage … ranked 18th among NCAA Division I freshmen and fifth among Big Ten freshmen in batting average (.383) … ranked fourth among NCAA Division I freshmen and led all Big Ten freshmen in hits (70) … totaled 25 RBIs and 39 runs scored … hit two home runs and 10 doubles … was 2-for-3 on stolen base attempts … posted 17 multi-hit games and was tied for the team lead with seven three-hit games … tallied seven multi-RBI performances … hit safely in 12 of her first 14 games … hit a two-run homer for her first career hit in the season opener versus IU Indianapolis (Feb. 7) … went 2-for-2 with a run scored versus No. 14 Alabama at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 15) … doubled in a run and scored twice versus No. 16 Nebraska at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 20) … went 3-for-3 with a run scored against Baylor (Feb. 22) … robbed a home run in left field versus No. 11 Duke (Feb. 23) … went 3-for-4 with an RBI single versus Utah at the Judi Garman Classic (Feb. 28) … went 3-for-3 with four runs scored, two RBIs and two doubles in a win over Weber State (March 1) … went 3-for-4 with three RBIs behind a two-run homer and single versus Sacramento State (March 7) … went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a double in the series finale at Iowa (March 23) … logged a pair of base hits and scored in both games versus No. 21 Ohio State (April 4-5) … recorded a two-RBI double in game two versus Washington (April 12) … went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, two RBIs and a double in the series finale at Michigan (April 28) … put up another three-hit, three-run day the next game versus Cal State Fullerton (April 30) … hit a walk-off infield single on a comebacker to the pitcher versus Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (May 8) … in NCAA Tournament play (nine games), hit for a .320 batting average (8-for-25) with five runs scored and two doubles … scored in all three games of NCAA Regionals (May 16-18) … went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored against San Diego State in Regionals (May 17) … scored twice and double in the Regional final versus UC Santa Barbara (May 18) … knocked in two insurance runs with a single to left field in the seventh inning of the NCAA Super Regional title game at No. 14 South Carolina (May 25) … singled twice off No. 10 Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady at the Women’s College World Series (May 31) … registered a .946 fielding percentage (84 putouts, four assists, five errors).

High School
Slimp was a three-year letterwinner at Liberty Hill High School from 2021-24 (Liberty Hill, Texas) … also attended Rouse High School in 2020-21 (Leander, Texas) … named Miss Austin Softball her senior year in 2024, awarded by the Austin Sports Journal to the Greater Austin Area’s player of the year … named Texas Softball Player of the Year by the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards in 2024 … honored as the Austin American-Statesman All-Central Texas Player of the Year in 2024 … named to the Austin American-Statesman All-Central Texas First Team in 2023 and 2024 … two-time District 25-5A Most Valuable Player in 2023 and 2024 … three-time First Team All-District 25-5A honoree … earned Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) 5A All-State honors in 2023 … named to the Texas High School Coaches Association (THCA) Class 5A Super Elite Team in 2024 … selected to the Austin Area All-Star Game in 2024 … finished her four-year career with a .480 batting average (207-for-431), 117 runs scored, 142 RBIs, 96 stolen bases and 24 home runs … as a senior in 2024, recorded a .521 batting average, 1.502 OPS, 42 RBIs, 66 runs scored, six home runs, 19 doubles, 10 triples and 49-for-49 on stolen bases … played for head coach Kristen Brewer at Liberty … was the starting center fielder all three years at Liberty … was the starting second baseman her freshman season at Rouse … earned District 25-5A Academic All-District honors in 2024 … played travel ball for the Texas Blaze 18U United under coach Caitlyn Cain … two-time Premier Girls Fastpitch All-American in 2023 and 2024 … competed in track and field in her junior year at Liberty in 2023, running the 100m and 200m dash, 4x100m and 4x200m relay and doing high jump … invited to the Texas Relays for high jump.

Personal
Born Rylee Makenna Slimp in Austin, Texas … parents are Tatyana and JB Slimp … has one brother, Jaxon … has one sister, Brittani … chose UCLA softball because of the program’s “rich culture and the importance of family that is instilled in the program” … famous athlete she admires most is Aaron Judge … favorite sports teams are the New York Yankees and Golden State Warriors … favorite UCLA athlete growing up was Natasha Watley ... sociology major.

Rylee Slimp’s Career Highs