2026 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 13
Eden Echevarria
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Antioch, Ill.
- High School:
- Antioch Community HS
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
Sophomore - 2026
- Appeared in 34 games, starting 13 in the outfield
- Notched eight hits, including two doubles two RBI, and 12 runs on the season
- Posted season-high two hits in game one against Iowa (3/13/26)
- Recorded season-high three runs in game two at Minnesota (3/28/26)
- Tallied first home run in the Orange and Blue against Bradley (2/14/26)
- 4-for-6 on stolen base attempts
Wisconsin - 2025
- Appeared in six games as a pinch runner
- Played in 34 games while starting in eight her freshman year
- Finished the season 8-for-28 with a home run
- Appeared multiple times as a pinch-runner, scoring ten runs on the season
- Collected her first career hit on February 15 against Georgia, and hit her first-career home run against UMBC on March 15
- Split time between outfield and second base
High School
- In high school, named First Team All-State twice and Second Team All-State once
- Three-time All-Conference Team
- ACHS Female Athlete of the Year
- Slashed .500/.512/.881/1.393 her senior year in 36 games with 11 HRs, 36 RBI, 56 runs, and 20 stolen bases
- Team was state runner-up in Illinois 3A
- Puerto Rico International Challenge, Gold Medal Winner in 2023
- Played softball in high school with current Illini teammate Gabrielle Debevec
Personal
- Daughter of Saul & Yesenia Echevarria
- Has one brother, Hayden
- Hidden talent includes solving Rubix Cubes
- Chose Illinois because "the Fighting Illini are awesome, Big Ten softball team pushes me to be my best, and the university's top-notch academics and lively campus make it the perfect place to grow—both as a player and a person."
Illini Softball | Ava Moore Media Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
Illini Softball | Karley Yergler Media Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
Illini Softball | Head Coach Tyra Perry Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
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