The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023 Fall Softball Roster
Roster
Joley Mitchell
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Rose Bud
- Prev School:
- Notre Dame
- Hometown:
- Rose Bud, Ark.
- Major:
- Strategic Communication
Career Accolades
- 1x Softball American Postseason Top 100 Ranking (No. 51 - 2025)
- 1x SEC Community Service Team (2025)
- 1x Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
- 1x NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Third Team (2022)
- 1x NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team (2023)
- 1x NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2023-24)
- 1x NCAA Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team (2025)
- 1x D1Softball Preseason Utility/DP Ranking (No. 6 - 2025)
- 1x D1Softball Preseason Top 100 Ranking (No. 83 - 2025)
- 1x All-SEC First Team (2025)
- 1x All-ACC First Team (2023)
- 1x ACC Player of the Week (1x - 2023)
2025, Graduate
Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team ... All-SEC First Team ... SEC Community Service Team ...
2024, Redshirt Senior
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team ... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... one of five different Texas players to record both 10-or-more multiple hit and multiple runs batted in (RBI) games ... finished the season with 16 multiple hit games: 14 two-hit, two three-hit ... concluded her first season on the Forty Acres with 11 multiple RBI games: seven two-RBI, four three-RBI ... slashed .378/.489/.629 in 143 official trips to the dish throughout 59 games as a Longhorn ... her eight home runs, 11 stolen bases were the second most home run-stolen base combo (Kayden Henry, 9-28) by a Texas player in 2024 ... ended the season with a 17-game on-base streak, the longest by any Texas play at the end of the season ... also had an 18-game on-base streak throughout the seaosn, the third longest streak by any UT player ... finished her first game in the Burnt Orange by going 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, two walks, three runs scored and a double against San Diego (2/9) ... connected for her first home run of the season while going back-to-back-to-back with Katie Stewart and Reese Atwood against San Diego (2/10) ... drove in four runs across three games at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship ... posted a 3-for-3, two RBI, one home run and three runs scored line against Northwestern (5/18) in the NCAA Austin Regional ...
Prior to Texas (Notre Dame, 2020-23, Freshman - Redshirt Junior)
As a redshirt-junior in 2023, NFCA Mid-Atlantic First Team All-Region ... First Team All-ACC ... ACC Player of the Week (March 14) ... led the team with a .382 batting average (58-for-152) starting all 50 games at third base ... hit 21 extra-base hits with 11 doubles and 10 home runs ... third on the team with 40 RBI ... earned a .438 on-base percentage and a .651 slugging percentage (1.089) ... recorded 14 multi-hit games ... drove in multiple runs in 10 games ... ended the season with a 15-game hitting streak ... concluded the season having reached base in 35 consecutive games, the most since Abby Sweet’s streak of 43 in 2021 ... recorded three games with four RBI ... hit her first home run of the year in the series finale against Duke (March 5) to put the Irish up in the seventh inning ... hit two home runs in a run-rule victory over NC State (March 11 – Game 2) ... went 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs scored and a home run in a win over Miami (Ohio) (March 21) ... 3-for-3 performance in the series opener against Syracuse (March 24) with a double, and two runs scored ... went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles, two runs scored in the run-rule victory over Virginia Tech (April 15 – Game 2) ... started the Boston College series 3-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base (April 21) ... hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to take the series against Boston College (April 22 – Game 2) ... started the NCAA Fayetteville Regional with a 2-for-4 effort with two runs scored and two doubles against #19 Oregon (May 19) ... moved to a lead-off role in the final two games of the season, finishing with a hit against both Harvard (May 20) and #13 Arkansas (May 20) at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional ... throughout her redshirt-sophomore season in 2022, NFCA Mid-Atlantic Third Team All-Region ... played in 47 games and started 33 as the designated player and third baseman ... hit for a .340 average with nine doubles, a triple and five home runs ... finished with 25 RBI and scored 23 runs ... was a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases ... had a 1:1 walk to strikeout ratio, one of six regulars to record an even or positive BB:K ratio ... finished with eight-multi hit games and drove in multiple runs in six contests ... had a season-long five-game hitting streak, reached base in 14 consecutive ... hit her first home run of the season while driving in three in the win over Bucknell (Feb. 12) ... credited with a season-high three hits against Indiana (April 19) and in the NCAA Evanston Regional against Oakland (May 21) ... drove in four runs with a double and a home run in an elimination game against Oakland in the NCAA Evanston Regional ... hit a walk-off three-run homer in a 15-13 nine inning win over Georgia Tech (April 3) ... ended the season hitting a home run in back-to-back games at the NCAA Evanston Regional ... did not see game action in 2021 ... in her first season of collegiate softball in 2020, in the first tournament of the season, Mitchell posted a .600 batting average over five games, including three runs and six hits (with a double) in 10 at-bats ... was walked seven times, including one intentional walk ... totaled eight bases (.800 slugging percentage), and stole four bases in as many attempts ... on defense, Mitchell forced five putouts and seven assists, starting all five games at third base ... as a freshman, Mitchell led Irish starters in batting average and walks ... she was intentionally walked against No. 21 Ole Miss, which loaded the bases and set up two Notre Dame scores with the next batter, then scored what proved to be the deciding run of the contest on the next play, a groundout ... batted as the leadoff hitter in one contest for the weekend ... in four starts at DH at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, logged a .364 batting average, .500 on base percentage and .909 slugging percentage with four hits, two home runs, three RBIs, three walks and five runs scored ... appeared in six games at the Mary Nutter Classic and recorded a hit, an RBI, a run scored, two walks and two stolen bases ... saw action in three games with two starts at Duke ... started two games at NC State ...
Travel Ball
Played on NJ Intensity Club Softball with former Notre Dame teammates Quinn Biggio, Karina Gaskins, Alex McManus, Leea Hanks and Molly Carney ...
High School
Named the 2019 Gatorade Arkansas Player of the Year while prepping at Rose Bud (Ark.) High School ... 2018 MaxPreps National Junior Player of the Year ... hit .717 with 55 RBI, scored 85 runs, stole 34 bases and was credited with 38 extra base hits, including 13 home runs ... for her prep career, finished with a .622 batting average with 58 home runs, 281 runs scored and 197 RBI ...
