2025 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 33
Yazzy Avila
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- El Paso, Texas
- High School:
- Pebble Hills HS
- Prev School:
- New Mexico State
REDSHIRT Sophomore - 2025
- Played and started 48 games
- Slashed .305/.467/.447
- Third on the team in batting average
- Tallied 32 hits and 25 runs
- Added 10 extra base hits including six doubles, three homers and a triple
- Posted nine RBI and was hit by a pitch 11 times
- Went 10-for-12 in stolen bases
- Logged seven multi-hit games
- Scored a season-high three runs against Saint Louis (3/7/25)
- Posted two stolen bases in three different games
REDSHIRT Sophomore - 2024
- Played and started in 14 games at second base before season-ending injury
- Slashed .133/.143/.226
- Scored a run on three separate occasions
- Posted a hit in four games
- Logged a base on balls in three games
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN - 2023
- Played in 36 games, making 28 starts at centerfield
- Slashed .148/.148/.220 for the season
- Logged eight hits and six runs for the season
- Recorded an RBI against Ohio State (April 15)
- Logged a walk on four separate occasions
- Posted her first hit with the Illini against Georgia Tech (Feb 18)
- Scored her first run of the season against Southern. (Feb. 10)
FRESHMAN - 2022 (New Mexico State)
- Started first 15 games before season-ending injury
- Slashed .404/.315/.426
- Six multi-hit games, one multi-RBI outing
- Season-best eight-game reached base streak
- Went 6-for-7 in stolen bases, including 3-for-3 against UTEP
- Four games scoring multiple runs, two three-run performances
- Fielding percentage of .958 with 21 putouts and two assists
HIGH SCHOOL
- First female student-athlete to sign an NLI to attend an NCAA Division I school in the history of Pebble Hills High School
- Finished career with a .664 batting average, 63 stolen bases, 44 walks, 118 runs scored
- FRESHMAN: Named the Newcomer of the Year for District 1-6A, earned a TGCA All-State Honorable Mention as well as a Second Team All-State laurel by TSWA. Second Team All-City, the PHHS Female Athlete of the Year and earned All-Academic awards from both the district and state
- SOPHOMORE: Captured Second Team All-State honors from the TSWA while serving as the Spartans' shortstop. District 1-6A Offensive Player of the Year honor, a First Team All-City citation and All-Academic awards by the district and state. MaxPreps All-American selection.
- JUNIOR: At the time of the Spartans' unexpected season finale due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, was leading the state of Texas and ranked fourth among all prep players in the nation in batting average
- SENIOR: Posted a .684 batting average as a senior and stole 27 bases that same season to help PHHS move on to the 6A state playoffs. Earned TGCA All-State acclaim as a senior in 2021
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