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 and 2026 Maryland State Championships … the 2025 title was the school's first since 1980 … also won four straight Regional Championships from 2023-25 … school won the Bayside Championship in 2023 and 2024 … three-time NFCA High School All-Region selection and four-time 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.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.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.Friday, May 29
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