The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023 Softball Roster
Roster
Baylea Brandon
- Position:
- UTL
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Leander
- Prev School:
- LSU
- Hometown:
- Leander, Texas
- Major:
- Marketing
2023
Slashed .300/.421/.667 in 30 official plate appearances throughout 23 games played that included seven starts ... of her nine hits on the season, five went for extra bases: two doubles, three home runs ... drove in eight runs, scored nine runs, drew seven walks and totaled 20 bases ... concluded the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage on 28 defensive opportunities ... was credited with 10 defensive assists at first base in the Longhorns' win over UIW (2/19) ... connected for home runs against McNeese (3/4), UTA (3/8) and Kansas (5/12) ... drove in a season-high two runs on a two-run single to right field in the bototm of the third inning against Texas Southern (2/26) ... was credited with a run batted in (RBI) off a sacrifice fly in Texas' win over Seton Hall (5/19) to open the NCAA Austin Regional ... finished the season with a pair of two-hit games ... of her seven starts, four came at four different positions: first base (1), left field (1), right field (2) and designated player (3) ... hit .667 (4-6) with a runner on third base and less than two outs ...
Prior to Texas (LSU, 2022)
Earned playing time in 15 games for the Tigers in 2022 with seven starts, hitting .280 overall with four runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 10 runs batted in (RBI), while slugging .640 with a .973 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) ... for the year, Brandon made four of her starts in right field and three starts at designated player, including one at each position during LSU’s three-game series at Texas (3/18 - 3/19) ... she reached base safely in seven contests, hit safely in five games and drove in at least one RBI in five match-ups ... her first career start came during an 8-6 loss to Notre Dame at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational as the designated player went 1-for-3 ... her finest effort came in an 11-2 (5 inn.) rout of Southeastern Louisiana (3/15) as Brandon went 3-for-3 with two runs scored, a double, a home runs and five RBIs ...
Travel Ball
Played club ball for the Texas Bombers Gold, hitting 18 total home runs in 2018 while also helping guide her squad to the Texas Gold Cup title ... during a 2019 club campaign that saw the Bombers post a fifth-place finish at Triple Crown, Brandon blasted 15 home runs ...
High School
Listed No. 27 overall in the 2021 release of the Extra Inning Softball Elite 100, Brandon was named the Austin American-Statesman’s 2021 All-Centex Player of the Year after hitting .495 overall with 16 home runs and 60 runs batted in (RBI) ... during that standout 2021 campaign, she helped power Leander High School to a No. 1 national ranking before falling in the Class 5A Region IV finals ... a three-time Texas Sports Writers Association (TXSWA) All-State selection, as well as a multiple-time all-district most valuable player, all-district and all-academic selection, Brandon put up a .500 batting average with 10 doubles and 11 home runs during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season ...
Personal
Daughter of Chad and Brandi Brandon … has an older sister named, Shaylea ...
