#6, Outfield, L/L

Bella Dayton

University of Texas '24

Hometown: Wylie, Texas

Bella Dayton is a 5-foot-6 outfielder from Wylie, Texas. She was acquired in the 12th round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft.

Personal Life

Hobbies: Enjoys being outside, working out, trying new foods and reading.

Background: Three-sport athlete in high school who also competed in basketball and track and field. Calls competing for Team Italy her proudest accomplishment and threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game on April 22, 2026. Wears No. 6 because it was the number she was given at Texas. Has a dog named Bud.

Family: Daughter of Alan and Denise Dayton, and has four brothers.

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Softball League (2025–)

2026 AUSL All-Star Cup: Collected 520 leaderboard points, hitting .300 over seven starts and hitting safely in her final four games.

2026 AUSL Postseason (Chicago Bandits): Dayton started in all three of the Bandits' postseason games. She collected five hits in 10 at-bats during the postseason, including a pair of two-hit outings against Utah in the AUSL Championship.

2026 AUSL Regular Season (Chicago Bandits): Dayton batted .321 with 17 hits, including one double, while scoring 12 runs. She tied for second in the AUSL with two sacrifice bunts. During a seven-game hitting streak from June 28 to July 10, she posted a .579 average, going 11-for-19. She recorded a season-high three hits in a June 30 victory over Portland while also scoring three runs. Dayton then posted back-to-back two-hit efforts against Texas on July 5 and July 6, scoring two runs in each contest. She closed out the regular season by recording a hit in three of her final four games, scoring two runs over that stretch.

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Secured a 20th-place finish with 880 leaderboard points. Compiled a .233 batting average with seven hits, including one home run.

2025 AUSL Regular Season (Bandits): Earned 21 starts for the Bandits, logging a .347 batting average with 25 hits and five doubles. Closed the season on a six-game hitting streak.

International Experience (2024)

Italy National Team: Hit .500 for Italy at the 2024 WBSC World Cup Finals and .520 at the 2024 European Championship. Batted .440 with nine RBIs at the 2026 WBSC World Cup Group Stage.

College Experience: Arizona & Texas (2020–2024)

Dayton appeared in 246 career games across Arizona and Texas, finishing with a .313 batting average and 160 hits.

Senior Campaign (2024, Texas): Started 61-of-62 games as a fifth-year senior, boasting a .378 batting average with 56 hits.

Junior Year (2022, Texas): Hit .350 at the Women’s College World Series and was named to the All-Tournament Team after guiding the Longhorns to the Championship Series.

YEAR	G	GS	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
2026 All-Star Cup	7	7	21	20	.300	.333	.300	.633	1	6	-	-	-	1	1	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-
2026 AUSL Postseason	3	3	11	10	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	-	1	-	-
2026 Bandits	19	18	58	53	.321	.357	.340	.697	12	17	1	-	-	-	1	2	6	15	18	-	2	1	2
2025 All-Star Cup	10	10	33	30	.233	.281	.333	.614	4	7	-	-	1	2	2	-	12	-	10	-	1	-	-
2025 AUSL Postseason	2	2	6	5	.200	.333	.200	.533	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
2025 Bandits	24	21	78	72	.347	.397	.417	.814	15	25	5	-	-	5	6	-	13	16	30	-	-	4	3
Career Totals	65	61	207	190	.321	.365	.368	.733	34	61	6	-	1	8	11	2	39	99	70	-	4	5	5

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Splits

DATE	HOME TEAM	AWAY TEAM	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
8/30/2026	Team Klingler	Team Kilfoyl	3	2	.500	.667	.500	1.167	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
8/29/2026	Team Kilfoyl	Team Flippen	3	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
8/21/2026	Team Landry	Team Palacios	3	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
8/16/2026	Team Brown	Team Ricketts	3	3	.667	.667	.667	1.334	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
8/14/2026	Team Ricketts	Team Klingler	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
8/9/2026	Team Ricketts	Team Corrick	4	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
8/8/2026	Team Corrick	Team Garcia	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Highlights

Sami Williams comes up clutch for Team Kilfoyl late for a 4-3 victory

Most of the 2025 AUSL All-Star Cup has been dominated by pitching, but the Saturday night matchup between Team Kilfoyl and Team Flippen was a hit fest. Sami Williams had the decisive swing in the bottom of the sixth, breaking up the tie-breaker with an RBI single to left field, scoring Skylar Wallace. Team Kilfoyl […]

Team Kilfoyl poses for a picture in Series 4 of the 2026 All-Star Cup

6/23/2026-
Bella Dayton was reinstated from the temporary inactive list
6/13/2026-
Bandits placed Bella Dayton on the temporary inactive list
12/2/2025-
Additional Protected Player: [Round 7]
1/30/2025Bandits
Bandits drafted Bella Dayton in the inagural draft [Round 12, Pick 2(46)]

DATE	TEAM	TRANSACTION
6/23/2026		Bella Dayton was reinstated from the temporary inactive list
6/13/2026		Bandits placed Bella Dayton on the temporary inactive list
12/2/2025		Additional Protected Player: [Round 7]
1/30/2025	Bandits	Bandits drafted Bella Dayton in the inagural draft [Round 12, Pick 2(46)]