2023 Softball Roster
Wiggins, Rylen
Jersey Number 2
Rylen Wiggins
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Wylie
- Hometown:
- Wylie, Texas
Bio
Season & Career Highs
SEASON
- Hits: 2, 11x, last vs. Texas State (5/19/24)
- Runs: 2, 9x, last vs. Texas State (5/19/24)
- HRs: 2 vs. North Dakota State (2/24/24)
- RBI: 4 vs. North Dakota State (2/24/24)
- Walks: 2 vs. LMU (2/17/24)
- SB: 2 vs. Weber State (3/1/24)
CAREER
- Hits: 3, 2x, last at Ole Miss (4/23/23)
- Runs: 3 at No. 17 Georgia (3/27/22)
- HRs: 2, 3x, last vs. North Dakota State (2/24/24)
- RBI: 4, 4x, last vs. North Dakota State (2/24/24)
- Walks: 3, 2x, last vs. No. 12 Florida (5/11/22)
- SB: 2, 2x, last vs. Weber State (3/1/24)
ACCOLADES
- 2024 SEC All-Defensive Team (2B)
- 2023 All-SEC First Team
- 2021 All-SEC Freshman Team
- 2021 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Hit 3-for-7 in the regional, including a home run, 2 RBI and scored three runs ... Is one of two Aggies to have started every game this season, making starts at second base, third base and shortstop ... One of three Aggies on the team to have played over 225 career games ... Was 4-for-10 in the series at No. 9 Florida, including a home run and two RBI ... Filled the stat sheet against Ole Miss on April 19 hitting 2-for-2 with a double, walk, stolen base and two runs ... Batted 2-for-2 with a double, two RBI and two runs in the series clinching win over Kentucky ... Was 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in the series finale to sweep No. 25 Auburn ... Hit 7-of-15 with a home run, three doubles, four RBI and three stolen bases in five games at the Judi Garman Classic ... Matched a career game hitting two home runs and driving in four RBI in the win over North Dakota State on Feb. 24 ... Went 2-for-2 with a home run, double and two runs on opening day against Valpo.
2023 (JUNIOR)
Named to the 2023 All-SEC First Team after batting .349 in league play and had an .453 on-base percentage. She started all 24 SEC games at third and led the conference in assists with 61 and had a .955 fielding percentage ... Made the move from second base to third and started every game ... Went 2-for-3, while scoring a run in the win against Tarleton on Feb. 10 ... Had one hit, one run and an RBI in the win over A&M-Commerce on Feb. 12 ... Smashed her first home run of the season against USF on a 1-1 count to left field ... Stole her first base of the season against No. 2 Oklahoma ... Recorded her third multi-hit game of the season with a single and double, while driving in one run and scoring a run in the run-rule win over No. 7 Arkansas, 9-1 ... Hit her second home run of the season, a two-run shot, against LA Tech on March 22 ... Was 3-for-4 scoring two runs and had an RBI in the first game of a doubleheader win at No. 11 Kentucky ... Had a stolen base in back-to-back games in the series against No. 3 Tennessee ... Registered a .538 average at the plate in the Ole Miss series that included her first career grand slam in Sunday’s win ... Had an extra innings triple and later scored the walk-off run at the Austin Regional against Texas State to win 2-1.
2022 (SOPHOMORE)
Started in all 59 games of the season, playing second base in all but one ... Recorded six hits, 5 RBI and one home run in Aggie Classic ... Recorded seven hits, including two home runs and five runs, while driving in seven RBI in Texas A&M Invitational ... Recorded three runs and five RBI on four hits in Judi Garman Classic with two home runs, both against Utah (3/5) ... Contributed two runs and two RBI on two hits, including one home run in Auburn series ... Recorded five assists in the Aggies win over Sam Houston (3/15) ... Drew a total of four walks and contributed two runs and an RBI against No. 5 Florida ... Had an RBI double and scored a run against Houston Baptist (3/23) ... Drew a career-high three walks in the Aggies' run-rule victory over No. 17 Georgia (3/27) ... Contributed four runs and 5 RBI on four hits in the three-game series against the Georgia Bulldogs ... Smashed a home run and accounted for two runs in game one of the Abilene Christian series (4/1)...Launched two home runs, her ninth and tenth of the season, against No. 21 (4/9), tallying four RBI against the Tigers ... Launched a home run and tallied 3 RBI in the opening game against No. 25 Missouri (4/29) ... Finished with 10 multi-RBI games. .. Owned a .224 batting average, ranking second on the team in walks (36) and third on the team in runs (38) and home runs (11).
2021 (FRESHMAN)
Started in 54 games at shortstop for the Aggies… Recorded first collegiate hit at Sam Houston State (3/3)… Tallied an RBI and double against Montana (3/13)… Went 1-for-2 against No. 12 LSU (3/21)… Went 1-for-2 against No. 23 South Carolina… Delivered a hit against No. 4 Alabama (4/3)… Went 2-for-2 with an RBI against Auburn (4/10)… Roped a double against Sam Houston (4/14)… Recorded a hit against Ole Miss (4/16)… Notched a single against Mississippi State (4/25)… Slugged first career home run against No. 4 Florida (5/9)… Collected three hits in series against No. 4 Florida (5/7-5/9)… Had two hits and two RBI at the Norman Regional (5/21-22)... Finished with 20 hits and 16 runs on the season.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
Was a four-year letterwinner in softball coached by Heath Damron at Wylie High School…Graduated in the top seven percent of her 2020 class…Earned Academic All-District in 2017-19…Also a member of the track did and did triple jump during her junior year…Played shortstop all four years in softball…Named the Wylie High School Defensive MVP all three years…Named to the Tana Jo All-Tournament Team all three years…Named to the District 6-6A Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman and sophomore...Was a TGCA All-Star Team selection as a sophomore and junior…Named the District 10-6A Defensive Player of the Year and was the league’s home run leader (12) as a junior and was named to the DFW Fast-Pitch All-Area First Team…Played club softball for Team Mizuno Impulse from 2012-2019 and for the Texas Glory in 2019.
PERSONAL
Began playing softball when she was four years old…Hit a two-run home run in Top Gun Kansas 2017…Most memorable moment in athletics is playing in the Canada Cup in the summer of 2019….Played multiple sports growing up (basketball, soccer, track, long-distance running, volleyball), but chose softball “because my mom played growing up, and it was a great way for us to bond together, which made me grow to love the sport even more.”…Only official recruiting visit was Texas A&M, but was also recruited by Lamar, Memphis, Georgia, Oklahoma, and UT-Arlington…Chose to attend Texas A&M because: “Originally, I never wanted to attend college in Texas, but as soon as I stepped on the campus at A&M, I honestly just fell in love. It felt like home, and people always say ‘when you know, you know’ and I never really understood that myself until I experience it myself.”…Favorite number is 23 because “My dad was a crazy basketball player growing up, so I grew up watching old clips of legends Michael Jordan and still current legends like LeBron James, so I fantasized about being the ‘GOAT’ of softball as they are of basketball.”…Describes herself as a softball player: “I would say my greatest strength is my defense, as it has always been my favorite part of the game. Don’t get me wrong, hitting home runs and scoring for your team is amazing, but nothing feels greater than taking that feeling away from an opponent with your glove. I like to believe that I am fearless on the field and I try my hardest to do that, but I do it in a way that plays the game with respect. If you respect the game, it will respect you back, in ways you might not even be able to think of until it happens.”…Hobbies include running, painting, singings, and is an avid Tik-Toker…Was a member of NHS in 2018-2020 in school…Helped out young girls in the Glory organization with their defense…Involved in ‘Feed My Starving Children’, a local community service event making meals, and cleaned gardens at local family homes…Career ambition is to become a spokesperson in the sports world.
Liberty Postgame: Texas A&M
Sunday, May 18
NCAA Regional Day 3: Liberty Postgame
Sunday, May 18
Highlights: Texas A&M 5, Liberty 6
Sunday, May 18
Highlights: Texas A&M 14, Liberty 7
Sunday, May 18
