2021 Softball Roster

1 Tayler Walker

  • Position Infielder
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Redding, Calif.
  • High School Foothill

Biography

2020: Named a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete and member of the Academic All-Cascade Conference team... Started 22 games on the shortened season and batted .281 with three home runs, three doubles, a triple, 23 RBIs and seven runs scored... Drove in eight runs in SOU's last six conference games.

2019: Selected to the All-Cascade Conference second team as a first baseman and named to the Academic All-CCC team... Started 50 games with a .354 batting average, five home runs, 14 doubles, 40 RBIs and 18 runs scored... Went 10-for-26 with nine RBIs over eight national postseason games -- hitting a home run in the NAIA Opening Round against Hope International, and another in a win over Oklahoma City that put the Raiders in the championship round at the NAIA World Series... Went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the title clincher against OCU... Drove in multiple runs on 11 occasions... Posted a .354 batting average in conference games.

2018: Earned a Cascade Conference Gold Glove at first base and received All-CCC honorable mention as a true freshman, making 51 starts and settling into the middle of the Raider lineup… Posted a .340 batting average and a .411 on-base percentage, recording 51 hits, 11 doubles, two home runs, two triples, 26 runs and 24 RBI… Committed just three errors with a .993 fielding percentage… Was third on the team in conference action with a .380 average (19-of-50) over 18 games… Hit safely in eight consecutive postseason games, a span in which she totaled eight RBI… Had four multi-hit games in the NAIA Opening Round and World Series combined… Hit her first collegiate home run on Feb. 11 against Marymount (Calif.).

High School: Graduated in 2017 from Foothill High… Lettered all four seasons in softball as a first baseman and catcher, earning all-league accolades three times and helping her team to two league championships… Batted .450 as a senior to make the NFCA All-Region Team and the All-Record Searchlight squad, earning a spot in the Lions All-Star Game.

Personal: Born on Jan. 8, 1999 in Redding, California… The daughter of Vanessa and Richard Walker… Has an older sister, Tonya (a former all-conference softball player at Humboldt State), and a younger sister, Lauren… Majoring in elementary education.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    Infield
    5'11"
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    2019Sophomore

    Infielder
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    2020Junior

    Infielder
    5'11"
    1
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    2021Senior

    Infielder
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