Baylee Klingler

Photo by: Bethany Hocker

Photo by: Josh Gateley

Photo by: Josh Gateley

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Emily Johnson

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Reann Huber

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

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Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Dickinson
Hometown:
Dickinson, Texas

2019 SEC All-Freshman Team

2019 (FRESHMAN): Started all 55 games in her first season in Aggieland ... Posted a .289 batting average with five home runs, seven doubles and 29 RBI ... Batted .280 in SEC action with a team-best five home runs and 16 RBI ... Recorded 11 multi-hit games ... Belted her first career home run to propel the Aggies to victory against No. 10 LSU (3/10) ... Went 4-for-4 with five RBI and a homer at Auburn (3/15) ... Slugged the fifth homer of her career at No. 11 Tennessee, plating three runs (5/5).

Previous Athletic Background: Four-year letterwinner at Dickinson High School under Timi Radicioni … an Under Armor All-American, MaxPreps All-American and FloSoftball All-American … posted a .569 career batting average and .638 OBP with 31 home runs, 18 triples, 41 doubles and 144 RBI … ranked as the No. 4 recruit in the 2018 class by FloSoftball and No. 5 by Extra Inning Softball … led the USA Junior Women’s National Team to the gold medal at the 2017 WBSC Junior World Championship, where they defeated Japan, 13-4, in the championship game ... during the tournament, batted .393 with 10 runs scored, two home runs and 12 RBI … hit .500 at the World Cup of Softball XII with a home run and six RBI … member of the All-State team as a junior and senior… named the 2018 Galveston County Offensive MVP … a two-time Galveston County Female Athlete of the Year Finalist … earned First Team All-Galveston County honors all four years… a four-time First Team All-District honoree … nominated Dickinson High School MVP in 2017 and the Offensive MVP in 2015 and 2016 … played club ball for Texas Impact Gold … recognized as the 2018 Louisville Slugger Hit Club MVP … named to the PGF Nationals All-Tournament Team in 2018 ... also lettered in volleyball four times, earning First Team All-District and All-Galveston County honors.

Personal: Comes from an athletic family where her sister, Courtney (24), played softball at the University of Houston and her brother, Cory (21), plays football at Rice University … her father, Jimmy, was a quarterback at the University of Houston and led the NCAA in total offense (3,768 yards) and passing touchdowns (32) in 1992 ... her Uncle, David Klinger, was an All-American quarterback at the University of Houston before being drafted in the first round of the 1992 draft to the Cincinnati Bengals … majoring in Communication and Journalism … hopes to become a sports broadcaster after graduation … volunteers for the MLB Play Ball Initiative.

5/23/19