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2026 Softball Roster

Profile

  • RHP
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Mesa, Ariz.
    Hometown
  • 5'6
    Height
  • Desert Ridge HS
    High School
  • | Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
    Previous School
Denay Smith
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Denay Smith
RHP
Position
Senior
Class
Mesa, Ariz.
Hometown

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Biography

2025 - JUNIOR
Made 28 appearances on the year with nine starts... Pitched 66.0 innings, third-most on the team, while posting a 3-5 record... Recorded one save... Threw 33 strikeouts with 45 walks, allowing 99 hits and 64 earned runs... Opposing hitters posted a .352 batting average... Pitched one complete game, a seven-inning victory at Colorado State (3/27)... Threw a season-high four strikeouts in back-to-back games at Colorado State (3/27 and 3/28).

2024 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Made 28 appearances in the circle, including a team-high 15 starts... Led the team with 83.0 innings pitched, with a team-best 3.71 ERA... Posted a 6-8 record with one save... Threw 39 strikeouts with 29 walks, allowing 60 hits and 44 earned runs... Opposing hitters posted a .321 batting average... Pitched three complete games, going 3-0 with wins versus Weber State (Feb. 16), at UC Davis (March 1) and versus Idaho State (March 19)... Threw a season-high five strikeouts at Sacramento State (March 2)... Allowed more than two earned runs just eight times... Had eight at-bats with one hit. 

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Spent the last two seasons at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, redshirting the 2023 campaign... Made 24 appearances in the circle with 13 starts as a freshman... Threw five complete games, including a 2-1 victory against Baylor (March 5, 2022)... Pitched 73.1 innings for a 4.30 ERA... Struck out 33 batters and finished the season with a 5-9 individual record.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Desert Ridge High School in Mesa, Arizona, where she was a two-time all-district first-team selection... Reunites with head coach Todd Judge after having played club softball under his coaching with the Oro Valley Suncats... Led the Suncats to a third-place finish at the National SO and California A's invite, a fifth-place finish at TCS Nationals, and a ninth-place finish at both Fireworks Colorado and PGF top-16.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Jason and Shannon Smith... Has one sister.
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