Taylor Tinsley Season 2026

Career Highlights
• NFCA Third Team All-American (2025)
• WCWS All-Tournament Team (2026)
• 2-time All-Big Ten honoree (First Team - 2025; Second Team - 2026)
• All-Pac-12 First Team (2024)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2023)
• 3-time NFCA All-West Region First Team honoree (2026, 2025, 2024)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2026)
• 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 made 137 appearances, including 92 starts, in the circle over her four-year career at UCLA … ranks seventh in UCLA history in appearances (137) and saves (6) and is tied for 11th in wins (72) … finished with a career 72-23 record and 2.50 earned run average … totaled 566 strikeouts over 577.1 innings pitched … owned a career .238 batting average and 1.19 WHIP … recorded six saves … totaled 57 complete games and 14 shutouts … threw two no-hitters, one each in her freshman and junior seasons … recorded nine double-digit strikeout performances … allowed 260 runs, including 206 earned, and 531 hits … gave up 68 home runs … NCAA Tournament statistics: 11-4 record, 3.14 ERA, 11 complete games, one shutout, 75 strikeouts, 98.0 innings, 20 appearances (15 starts), .245 opponent batting average and 1.27 WHIP … Women’s College World Series statistics: 2-4 record, 3.23 ERA, four complete games, one shutout, 21 strikeouts, 39.0 innings, eight appearances (four starts), .272 opponent batting average and 1.44 WHIP ... selected in the second round with the 12th overall pick by the Utah Talons in the 2026 AUSL College Draft.

2026
Tinsley was selected to the NFCA All-West Region First Team and All-Big Ten Second Team in her senior season … named to the Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team after pitching all 20.0 of UCLA’s innings over a span of three games in four days … led UCLA’s pitching staff in ERA for a third consecutive season with a 3.16 mark … posted a 33-8 record with 193 strikeouts over 235.0 innings, 33 starts and 15 relief appearances … recorded a .255 opponent batting average and 1.40 WHIP … allowed 130 runs, including 106 earned, 234 hits and 94 walks …tied for the national lead in victories (33) … ranked second nationally in appearances (48) and complete games (27) and fourth in innings (235.0) … also ranked 10th nationally in games started (33), 15th in shutouts (6) and 24th in strikeouts (193) … tied for third in UCLA single-season history in wins (33) and appearances (48) … also tied for ninth in UCLA single-season history in games started (33) and is 10th in innings pitched (235.0) … logged 27 complete games for the most by a Bruin pitcher since 2006 … led the Big Ten in victories (33), innings pitched (235.0), complete games (27), appearances (48) and starts (33) and ranked third in shutouts (6) and fourth in strikeouts (193) … threw 61.6% of her team’s total innings for the seventh-highest workload percentage in UCLA history and highest since 2006 … threw 3,998 pitches over the course of the season, which was 2,622 more than the next-closest pitcher on staff … recorded UCLA’s first 30-win campaign since 2015 … was the first UCLA pitcher to start every NCAA Tournament game since 2015 (must have advanced to WCWS) … closed the year with 18 straight appearances, the most by a Bruin pitcher since 2012 … threw 49.1 of her team’s 52.0 innings during the NCAA Tournament (94.9%) … in NCAA Tournament play, posted a 5-2 record with a 4.26 ERA, 38 strikeouts, seven complete games over 49.1 innings and eight starts … pitched in all three games of four Big Ten series, in addition to tall three games of the Big Ten Tournament … recorded one double-digit strikeout outing, sending 11 batters down on Ks in the NCAA Super Regional title game win over No. 23 UCF (May 23) … earned wins over 10 Top-25 opponents … matched her career high in innings with a 9.0-inning complete game versus No. 4 Texas Tech at the Women’s College World Series (May 31) … her 181 pitches against the Red Raiders were the most by a UCLA pitcher at the WCWS since 2015 and the most by a UCLA pitcher, in any game, since 2017 … pitched a complete-game shutout and allowed just three hits in a win over No. 10 Arkansas at the WCWS (May 29) … allowed just one run in a complete-game victory over No. 23 UCF in the Super Regional opener (May 22) … struck out six and allowed two runs in a complete-game win over South Carolina in NCAA Regionals (May 15) … recorded another complete-game victory against South Carolina the next day in the Regional final, allowing just one earned run and two hits (May 17) … struck out nine and allowed one unearned run over 7.0 innings in a complete-game victory over Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (May 7) … pitched a complete-game shutout with four strikeouts and only three hits allowed over 6.0 innings versus No. 12 LSU at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 15) … struck out seven and took a no-hitter into the fifth inning in a complete-game shutout win over Utah at the Mark Campbell Invitational (Feb. 7) … struck out eight over 7.1 innings in an extra-inning loss versus Oklahoma State in Clearwater (Feb. 13) … later that evening, struck out eight over 4.2 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win versus Missouri (Feb. 13) … struck out two over 3.0 scoreless innings to earn the win over Auburn at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 19) … struck out four and allowed four unearned runs in a complete-game victory against No. 13 South Carolina (Feb. 21) … earned wins in all three games of the Wisconsin series (March 6-8) … struck out five in a complete-game shutout versus Wisconsin (March 7) … struck out three in a 5.0-inning complete-game shutout win over Michigan State (March 13) … threw 6.0 innings of relief and limited No. 9 Nebraska to three runs to earn the win (March 28) … tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts in her third appearance of the series versus the Huskers (March 29) … pitched a pair of 7.0-inning complete-game victories during the Indiana series (April 3 & 5) … threw a shutout in the series finale against the Hoosiers (April 5) … took over in the circle with UCLA trailing at Cal State Fullerton and threw 3.1 scoreless innings to seal the victory (April 7) … struck out six in a complete-game shutout victory at Illinois (April 10) … took over with UCLA trailing at Long Beach State and threw 3.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts to earn the win (April 15) … logged a pair of complete-game victories in the series sweep at No. 25 Washington (April 24 & 26) … struck out seven and allowed one run in a 5.0-inning complete-game victory in the series finale over the Huskies (April 26) … struck out three in 2.1 shutout innings of relief to earn the win over No. 11 Oregon in the series finale (May 3) … fielded her position exceptionally well with a .974 fielding percentage (34 assists, three putouts, one errors).

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 … posted a 15-6 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 nationally 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 Classic (Feb. 20) … struck out seven and allowed one run in a complete-game loss 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 the series opener at Iowa (March 22) … struck out nine and allowed two hits and one run over 6.0 innings in a win at Maryland (March 29) … tossed a one-hit, complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts in a victory over No. 21 Ohio State, the nation’s home runs leader, earning Tinsley Softball America “Star of the Week” honors (April 4) … the performance marked Ohio State’s first time being blanked and was the team’s fewest hit total in 2025 … allowed one run and totaled six strikeouts over 6.1 innings 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 1 and 3 of NCAA Regionals against UC Santa Barbara, pitching 4.0 innings of one-run ball in each outing to help UCLA to two mercy-rule wins (May 16 & 18) … threw a complete-game and allowed three runs to No. 10 Texas Tech at the WCWS (May 31).

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 … posted 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) … entered 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 … in NCAA Tournament plate, posted a 3-0 record and 1.91 ERA over 22.0 innings and six appearances … 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 six 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 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 and allowed just two hits over 6.2 scoreless innings in a win over Utah (March 8) … struck out seven over 4.0 innings in the series finale against the Utes (March 9) … struck out 12 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 in her debut season … posted a 6-1 record with a 1.47 ERA and 48 strikeouts over 57.1 innings, 13 starts and seven relief appearances … pitched three complete-game shutouts … allowed 19 runs, including 12 earned, and 53 hits … became the first Bruin since Amanda Freed in 1999 to pitch a no-hitter in their first career appearance, tossing a no-no versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 11) … earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors (Feb. 13) … struck out six and allowed one run over 4.0 innings versus Iowa at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 24) … pitched her first career 7.0-inning complete-game shutout with eight strikeouts versus Texas A&M the next day (Feb. 25) … threw 3.0 scoreless innings in her start and win against Cal Poly at the Judi Garman Classic (March 4) … followed that with 5.0 scoreless innings, seven strikeouts and two hits in her next start versus Howard (March 7) … pitched 2.0 innings of shutout relief at No. 19 Oregon (March 26) … tossed 4.0 shutout innings with three strikeouts and three hits in a win over No. 6 Stanford (April 2) … was one out away from a no-hitter in her start at Long Beach State, finishing with a 5.0-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 … favorite sports team is the Atlanta Braves … earned her undergraduate degree in sociology in Spring 2026.

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