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Sydney Romero

University of Oklahoma '19

Hometown: San Diego, California

2019 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year

Sydney Romero is a 5-foot-7 professional softball middle infielder from San Diego, California. She was acquired in the 3rd Round of the 2026 Expansion Draft following a collegiate career at Oklahoma.

Personal Life

Hobbies: Enjoys working out, listening to music, watching sunsets and trying new coffee shops. She has a goldendoodle named Saige.

Career: Named assistant coach at the University of Oregon in 2023 after spending the 2023 campaign at Duke. Won two NCAA championships as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma.

Background: Has dual citizenship in Mexico and the United States. Wears No. 2 in honor of Derek Jeter.

Family: Sister, Sierra, is also a professional softball player. Brother, Michael, was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2022 MLB Draft. Sister, Sophia, plays softball at Boise State.

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Softball League (2021–)

2026 AUSL Regular Season (Oklahoma City Spark): Romero finished as the fourth-leading hitter in the AUSL with a .376 average, tying for first in the league in hits (32), total bases (67), and plate appearances (93). She shared second place on the league's runs scored (21) and doubles (6) charts, and also ranked second in the circuit with 28 runs batted in. She placed third in the AUSL with nine home runs, logging seven of them during the season's final 13 games. Romero authored a .788 slugging percentage to rank fifth in the league and posted a .409 on-base percentage, good for ninth in the AUSL. She registered 12 multi-hit games, tying for first in the league, and posted five consecutive multi-hit efforts from June 13 to June 19. She closed out the season by hitting safely in 11 of her final 13 games. Romero tallied a season-high three hits against Carolina on July 1. On July 4, against Portland, she went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run while driving in a season-high five runs. She belted a three-run home run against Chicago on June 28, and earlier, on June 19, slugged a two-run home run in the second inning of a 6-1 victory at Portland. On June 29, against Carolina, Romero collected two hits, including a home run, with two runs scored and two runs batted in. On July 15, against Texas, she went 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs batted in.

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Collected 678 leaderboard points. Ranked fourth among all hitters with a .345 average, tallying 10 hits, 16 total bases, and a .958 OPS. Hit safely in 9-of-10 games.

2025 AUSL Regular Season (Talons): Logged a starting assignment in 19 games, helping the Talons win the first AUSL title. Posted a .308 batting average with 16 hits, six doubles, one home run, and seven RBIs.

2024 Championship Season: Authored a ninth-place finish with 1,436 leaderboard points. Posted a 10-5 game record and hit .217 with a league-high six doubles.

2023 Championship Season: Closed the season in sixth place with 1,600 points. Named Game MVP four times, hit three home runs, and drove in 11 runs (second in the league).

2022 Championship Season: Tallied 1,252 leaderboard points. Set an AU single-season record with eight doubles, batting .412 with a league-high 21 hits.

2022 AUX Season: Accumulated 1,260 points for a sixth-place finish. Batted .326 with two home runs and nine RBIs.

2021 Championship Season: Registered 932 leaderboard points during her rookie season.

Other Professional Experience (2019)

NPF: No. 3 overall selection in the 2019 NPF Draft by the USSSA Pride. Earned All-NPF honors after leading the Pride to the league championship.

International Experience

Team Mexico: Member of Team Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hit .222 with four hits, including a home run.

College Experience: Oklahoma (2016–2019)

Career Statistics: Oklahoma’s all-time leader in at-bats (853), doubles (58), and sacrifice flies (13). Ranks second in school history with 320 hits and 121 extra-base hits.

Awards & Honors

All-America: Two-time First-Team NFCA All-America selection.

Conference Honors: Four-time NFCA All-Region and All-Big 12 Conference honoree. Honored as the 2019 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year.

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	24	20	.150	.261	.250	.511	2	3	2	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	5	-	1	-	-
2026 Spark	25	25	93	85	.376	.409	.788	1.197	21	32	6	1	9	28	3	3	7	-	67	2	-	1	-
2025 All-Star Cup	10	10	32	29	.345	.406	.552	.958	3	10	1	1	1	5	2	1	1	-	16	-	-	1	-
2025 AUSL Postseason	2	2	6	5	.200	.200	.800	1.000	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	4	-	1	-	-
2025 Talons	19	19	60	52	.308	.383	.481	.864	8	16	6	-	1	7	4	3	8	11	25	1	-	-	-
2024 Championship*	15	8	55	46	.217	.315	.348	.663	3	10	6	-	-	8	5	2	-	-	16	1	1	-	-
2022 AUX Softball	12	-	49	43	.326	.396	.535	.931	7	14	1	1	2	9	2	3	2	-	23	-	1	-	-
2023 Championship*	15	6	51	40	.225	.380	.525	.905	5	9	1	1	3	11	3	7	3	-	21	-	1	1	-
2022 Championship*	15	-	56	51	.412	.455	.608	1.063	14	21	8	1	-	9	3	1	5	-	31	-	1	1	-
2021 Championship*	15	-	47	41	.220	.283	.293	.576	1	9	1	1	-	3	1	3	5	-	12	1	1	-	1
Career Totals	135	77	473	412	.303	.373	.534	.907	65	125	32	6	17	82	25	24	32	567	220	5	7	4	1

*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
8/28/2026	Team Flippen	Team Klingler	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8/23/2026	Team Palacios	Team Klingler	3	2	-	.333	-	.333	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8/22/2026	Team Klingler	Team Landry	4	2	-	.333	-	.333	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
8/16/2026	Team Brown	Team Ricketts	4	3	.333	.500	.667	1.167	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
8/14/2026	Team Ricketts	Team Klingler	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8/10/2026	Team Garcia	Team Ricketts	4	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
8/9/2026	Team Ricketts	Team Corrick	3	3	.333	.333	.667	1.000	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-

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

Highlights

Jordan Woolery wins MLBx Atlanta competition alongside former Braves star Kevin Pillar

Utah infielder Jordan Woolery has hoisted not one but two trophies in the last month. After clinching the 2026 Athletes Unlimited Softball League Championship with the Talons, the slugger can now add winning MLBx in Atlanta to her list of accomplishments. MLBx was one of the events during the Atlanta Braves’ annual Alumni Weekend, and […]

Awards & Honors

2019 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year

2026 AUSL Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner

Member of Team Mexico at 2020 Olympics

2026 All-AUSL Team

Oklahoma All-Time Leader in doubles

2025 AUSL Champion (Talons)

Four-Time All-Big 12 Conference

Two-Time WCWS All-Tournament Team

Two-Time First-Team NFCA All-American

12/2/2025Spark
Spark drafted Sydney Romero in the expansion draft: [Round 3, Pick 1 (5)]
7/4/2025-
Sydney Romero was reinstated from the injury reserve list
6/20/2025-
Sydney Romero placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 6/20/2025
1/30/2025Talons
Talons drafted Sydney Romero in the inagural draft [Round 11, Pick 1(41)]

DATE	TEAM	TRANSACTION
12/2/2025	Spark	Spark drafted Sydney Romero in the expansion draft: [Round 3, Pick 1 (5)]
7/4/2025		Sydney Romero was reinstated from the injury reserve list
6/20/2025		Sydney Romero placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 6/20/2025
1/30/2025	Talons	Talons drafted Sydney Romero in the inagural draft [Round 11, Pick 1(41)]