The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023 Fall Softball Roster
Roster
Leighann Goode
- Position:
- SS/2B
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- Major:
- Applied Movement Science
Career Accolades
- 1x NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist (2023)
- 1x NFCA All-Central Region Second Team (2023)
- 1x D1Softball Freshman All-American (2023)
- 1x All-Big 12 Second Team (2023)
- 1x All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2023)
- 1x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2024)
2024, Sophomore
Recorded five multi-hit performances at the plate in 78 official plate appearances throughout 42 games played as a sophomore ... set a season high with five runs batted in (RBI) during a 3-for-4 outing against Tarleton State (3/1) ... also drove in four runs with a 2-for-4 performance at Texas Tech (5/3) ... plated two runs against Northwestern State (3/1) ... made at least one appearance at four different positions: first base (4), second base (16), third base (1) and right field (1) ... had a six-game hitting streak from 2/25 vs. Louisiana to 3/3 vs. Hofstra ... scored multiple runs in the same game on four different occasions ... hit .421 (8-19) when leading off an inning ... 10 of her 18 RBI came with two outs ... had a .532 success advancing runners clip (25-47) ... batted .393 (11-28) with runners in scoring position ... registered a .667 (4-6) batting average with runners on third and less than two outs ... drew a walk in 11 different contests ...
2023, Freshman
Was one of three Longhorn softball student-athletes (Mia Scott, Viviana Martinez) to appear in and start all 61 games throughout the 2023 season ... All-Big 12 Freshman Team selection ... All-Big 12 Second Team honoree ... D1Softball Freshman All-American ... appointed to the NFCA All-Central Region Second Team ... selected to the TUCCI/NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year Top 25 Watch List ... in 203 official at bats, finished her first collegiate softball season with a .325/.392/.552 slash line ... was second on the team in hits (66), runs scored (52), home runs (8) and stolen bases (10) ... finished with a .986 fielding percentage while seeing time at six different positions: first base (4), second base (44), shortstop (2), left field (1), center field (5) and right field (5) ... batted out of the leadoff position in the starting lineup on 46 different occasions en route having 41 runs batted in (RBI) ... recorded 18 multiple hit games: 12 2-hit, four 3-hit and two 4-hit ... the only Longhorn softball student-athlete to record not just one 4-hit game (Loyola Chicago, 2/17) but accomplish the feat multiple teams (at South Florida, 3/19) ... recorded 10 multiple RBI games: seven 2-RBI, two 3-RBI and one 6-RBI ... was credited with a 10-game hitting streak to begin her collegiate softball career, becoming the first freshman student-athlete in program history to begin their career with a double-digit hit streak ... set a new program record with five runs scored in a single game in Texas' win over Texas Southern (2/26) ... scored at least one run in the Longhorns' first 16 consecutive games to begin the season ... her home run streak of four consecutive games (2/25 - 3/3) was the longest by any Longhorn student-athlete ... hit a solo home run in her first career plate appearance against Oklahoma (3/31) in a game played at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City ... returned to the same venue for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Championships and hit a home run against Kansas to help the Longhorns advance to the conference championship game ... drove in a season-high six RBI against Texas Southern (2/26) ... went 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base in her collegiate softball debut against Missouri (2/10) ... batted .395 (30-76) when leading off an inning ... had a .733 batting average (11-15) with a runner on third base and less than two outs ... was credited with 18 two-out RBI ... had a successful advancing runners rate of .505 (56-111) ...
Travel Ball
Played for the club program Bombers Gold Smith … was named the squad’s 2018 defensive most valuable player ...
High School
Listed at No. 17 (tie) overall and No. 3 (tie) in the nation among infielders in Extra Inning Softball’s 2022 Extra Elite 100 as well as No. 40 in Softball America’s 2022 Top 100 Recruiting Rankings … was tabbed by NCAA.com as one of its “Top 55 Freshman to Know” entering the 2023 season … while helping lead her O’Connor Panthers squad to its first Texas Class 6A State Championship in 2022 (with a 7-6 win over Mansfield at McCombs Field), Goode was named a MaxPreps First-Team All-American, SBLive Texas’ All-South Texas Most Valuable Player, Texas Sports Writers Association (TXSWA) Collin Street Bakery First-Team All-State, the San Antonio Express News’ All-Area Player of the Year and earned UIL State All-Tournament honors after batting .495 with 49 runs scored, 48 hits, 30 extra-base hits, 26 steals, 30 RBIs and a 1.592 OPS while posting a .977 fielding percentage over 31 games … she finished at a .482 hitting clip over her interscholastic career with 126 runs scored, 132 hits, 70 extra-base hits, including 20 home runs, and 97 runs batted in … during a 2021 season that saw Goode earn TXSWA Honorable Mention All-State, All-Region 4 and All-District 29-6A First Team and District Most Valuable Player honors as well as her second San Antonio Express News Area Super Team nod, the 5-7 middle infielder batted .494 with 42 hits, 42 runs scored, 22 extra-base hits and 17 stolen bases … as a rookie back in 2019, Goode began her career with All-Region 4 and All-District 29-6A First Team accolades to go with freshman of the year honors while hitting .515 with 35 hits, 35 runs scored, 13 extra-base hits and nine steals ...
Personal
Daughter of Travis and Shannon Goode ... has two older brothers, Brandon and Justin ... her mother, Shannon, played softball at UTSA from 1992-96 … cites former Washington standout Sis Bates as the athlete who’s most inspired her because of her impressive success and strong mentality … chose Texas over a list of schools that included Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Purdue and Houston ...
