Rylee Bayless

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.