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University of Illinois Athletics

2026 Softball Roster

13 Eden Echevarria

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Antioch, Ill.
  • High School Antioch Community HS
  • Prev School Wisconsin
  • Instagram eden.echevarria
  • Twitter eden_echevarria

Biography

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."

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