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East Tennessee State University

2025 Softball Roster

1 Riley Nayadley

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Ringgold HS
  • Hometown Chattanooga, Tenn.

Biography

2024 (Junior): Landed spots on the SoCon Spring All-Academic Team and SoCon Honor Roll … Started 46 games for the Bucs – all coming at shortstop … Hit .321 with five doubles, three home runs, eight runs scored and 27 RBI … Ranked second on the team in home runs, and was third in doubles and hits … Totaled 10 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games, including a five-RBI game at Mercer on April 14 … Had a 10-game hit streak from Feb. 11-March 5, which tied the longest hit streak of the season by a Buccaneer player.

2023 (Sophomore): Named to SoCon All-Tournament Team … Named to the SoCon Honor Roll … Hit .306 with 55 hits, five doubles, five home runs, 24 RI and 10 runs scored in 54 starts for the Blue & Gold … Ranked third on the team in batting average, tied for second in hits and was second in home runs and RBI … Posted 13 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games … Had a season-high four hits with a home run and three RBI vs. Penn on Feb. 26 … Opened the season going 3-for-4 with a double and a home run vs. Campbell on Feb. 10 … Had a 3-RBI game with a home run in game two of a doubleheader vs. Furman on April 2 … Totaled seven hits, including three multi-hit games with a pair of doubles and driving in three runs at the conference tournament.

2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 55 games on the year with 54 starts in her freshman campaign … Batted .191 on the year with 29 hits and eight RBIs … Posted a .217 slugging percentage and a .226 on-base percentage … Finished the year with 12 stolen bases in 15 attempts and led the team in sacrifice flies (4) and sacrifice hits (4) … Paced the team in assists with 86 and had 74 putouts on the year … Had five multi-hit games on the season, including a season-high three hits against Radford on Feb. 12.

High School: Lettered in softball, basketball and soccer at Ringgold High School in Ringgold, Ga. … Four-time All-Region in softball ... 2019 and 2020 First Team All-State ... 2019 & 2020 Georgia Dugout Club 3A Player of the Year ... 2019 & 2020 Catoosa County Co-Player of the Year ... First Team All-Max Preps in 2020 ... First Team All-Region in basketball in both 2020 and 2021 ... 2021 Catoosa County Co-Player of the Year ... Catoosa County Girls Athlete of the Year in 2021.

Personal: Daughter of Jesse and Jan Nayadley … Mother, Jan, played softball at Tennessee Tech ... Father, Jesse, played basketball at Tennessee Tech ... Brother, Cade, is an offensive lineman at Jacksonville State … Born June 18, 2002 ... Majoring in Human Services.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2021-22Freshman

    IF
    5'9"
    5
  • 1

    2022-23Sophomore

    IF
    5'9"
    1
  • 1

    2023-24Junior

    IF
    5'9"
    1
  • 1

    2025Senior

    INF
    5'9"
    1