2026 Softball Signing Class
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Ava Twilley
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Salisbury, Md.
- High School:
- Mardela HS
High School
Attended Mardela High School where her team won the 2025 Maryland State Championship for the first time since 1980 along with three straight Regional Championships from 2023-25 … school also won the Bayside Championship in 2023 and 2024 … three-time NFCA High School All-Region selection and Bayside South Softball Player of the Year while earning First Team honors … named team MVP every season … posted a 0.48 ERA as a freshman with 178 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .079 batting average … improved to a 0.19 ERA and .034 batting average against as a sophomore while striking out 144 in 74.0 innings … struck out 182 batters over 88.0 innings as a junior while posting a 0.72 ERA and 0.78 batting average against … at the plate, hit above .500 in her first two seasons … also played soccer, winning three regional titles and reaching the state finals in 2024 … also played basketball for Mardela … earned Bayside South Honorable Mention awards in both soccer and basketball and was the Motion Scholar-Athlete each season with those teams … played travel ball for EC Bullet Gold … posted a 1.55 ERA on the travel circuit as a freshman with 168 strikeouts while holding batters to a .067 average … recorded an ERA under 3.00 in each of her final three years playing travel ball.Â
Community Service / Academics
Logged more than 500 service hours in high school … member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … served as her Senior Class Historian.Â
Personal
Born Ava Twilley on Sept. 19 in Salisbury, Maryland … daughter of Chris and Nicole Twilley … has a sister, Ella … intends to major in mechanical engineering to pursue a career designing softball equipment.SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Texas Tech
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Raelin Chaffin ESPN2 Postgame Interview
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Friday, May 16
