AUSL

Rylee Bayless

Oklahoma State University '19

Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri

Two-time NFCA All-Region selection

Personal: Joined softball coaching staff at Kansas City on Sept. 9, 2022, after spending 2022 campaign at Morehead State … earned her bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State in 2018 … also received her Master’s degree in leisure studies at Oklahoma State in 2020 … started playing softball when she was seven years old … three-sport athlete in high school who also played basketball and soccer. 

2022 Championship Season: First-year performer who appeared in 10 games … accumulated 866 leaderboard points … scored two runs and drew two walks … tallied a run with a walk against Team Chidester during Week Four … also collected a walk against Team McCleney during Week Three. 

At Oklahoma State: Played three seasons at Oklahoma State after transferring from Northeastern Oklahoma … compiled .321 batting average with the Cowgirls while starting 130 games … tallied 15 home runs with 72 runs batted in … two-time NFCA All-Region selection, including First-Team honors as a redshirt senior … earned First-Team All-Big 12 Conference recognition as a junior and redshirt senior … led Oklahoma State to NCAA Women’s College World Series appearance in 2019 … batted .307 with eight home runs and 34 runs batted in … started five games during 2018 campaign before missing remainder of the season due to injury … tallied seven home runs with 38 runs batted in while starting 63 games in first year at Oklahoma State … became fourth player in program history to earn an NCAA statistical title when she led the country with school-record 71 walks during 2018 campaign … set school record with a .596 batting average over two seasons at Northeastern Oklahoma … two-time selection as NJCAA Player of the Year … also claimed pair of NJCAA All-America commendations … belted school-record 42 home runs with 160 runs batted in … also accumulated NJCAA-record 251 hits, including school-record 52 doubles and seven triples … finished time at Northeastern Oklahoma owning career records in runs scored (208) and total bases (443) … set school single-season records in hits (133), runs scored (111), runs batted in (90), batting average (.621), on-base percentage (.703) and slugging percentage (1.163) as a sophomore … also matched Northeastern Oklahoma single-season record with 23 home runs, a mark that ranked fourth nationally … also ranked second in the country with 55 walks, which established a new school record … ranked second in NJCAA during freshman season with .624 on-base percentage … also received NJCAA District B Marucci Elite Hitter award in 2015.

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Career Stats

YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2022 Championship*
7
1
6
4
-
.333
-
.333
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
Career Totals
7
1
6
4
-
.333
-
.333
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
-
-
-
-
-

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

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
8/28/2022
Team MulipolaTeam Chidester
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/27/2022
Team ChidesterTeam McCleney
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/26/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Denham
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/20/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Chidester
1
-
-
1.000
-
1.000
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/19/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Jaquish
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/14/2022
Team JaquishTeam Chidester
4
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
8/13/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Chidester
1
-
-
1.000
-
1.000
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/12/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Mulipola
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/7/2022
Team EberleTeam Jaquish
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/6/2022
Team EberleTeam Mulipola
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/5/2022
Team HarshmanTeam Eberle
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7/31/2022
Team EberleTeam Zerkle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7/30/2022
Team OcasioTeam Eberle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7/29/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Eberle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

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

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Two-time NFCA All-Region selection

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