Aliyah Binford

Class:
Senior
Position:
RHP/INF
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height:
5-7
Experience:
TR
Hometown:
New Braunfels, Texas
High School:
New Braunfels Canyon
Prev College:
Baylor
Major:
Certificate in Intercollegiate Athletic Administration

2025 (SENIOR): NFCA All-South Region Second Team … Named to NCAA’s All-Tournament Team … Tabbed to Softball America & D1Softball’s Top-100 Players list … SEC Pitcher of the Week (3/1) … Hit .320 with 12 home runs, 55 RBI, 15 doubles and three triples, slugging .601, while also going 11-5 with a 3.26 ERA (122.1 IP), striking out 88, tallying eight complete games, two shutouts and four saves … Set the single-season RBI record at Ole Miss alongside Persy Llamas with 55 … Threw two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts and drove in two runs on a career-high two triples in a win over Kansas (2/8) … Went 7-for-8 with three RBI, two doubles and four runs scored in back-to-back games against Louisiana (2/14) and Central Arkansas (2/15) … Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and threw a complete game with eight strikeouts to beat Miami (2/22) … Launched the first home run in the new Ole Miss Softball Stadium in a win over McNeese (2/26) … Tossed a complete game one-hitter to beat Nicholls (2/28) … Followed it up with a seven inning no-hitter, striking out eight to defeat Murray State (3/1) … Named to Softball America March Power Rankings … Opened her first SEC pitching start with a complete game victory in the circle, striking out seven vs. No. 10 Arkansas, while adding two hits and three RBI (3/8) … Tallied two home runs and six RBI over a doubleheader sweep of Iowa State (3/16) … Tallied a pair of complete game pitching victories against Kentucky (3/22) and Missouri (3/30) … Named to Softball America April Power Rankings … Blasted a home run as part of a four RBI performance in a win over No. 6 Florida (4/13) … Reached safely three times, driving three runs in a road win at No. 23 Georgia (4/17) … Launched home runs in games one and three against No. 18 Mississippi State (5/1 & 5/3) … Opened the NCAA Tucson Regional with three hits and three RBI, while adding a save in a win over No. 23 Grand Canyon (5/16) … Delivered a clutch performance with three home runs and four RBI in two games to clinch the Tucson Regional over No. 12 Arizona (5/18) … Struck for the game’s opening run on a solo home run to pace the Rebels in the game one win over No. 3 Arkansas in the NCAA Super Regional (5/23) … Struck out three batters over 1.2 innings for a save to send Ole Miss in the Women’s College World Series for the first time, downing No. 3 Arkansas (5/25) … Tossed six brilliant innings, allowing just one unearned run in the Women’s College World Series against No. 12 Texas Tech (5/29) … Tallied a double and struck out seven in the circle against No. 16 Oregon (5/30) … Earned several preseason distinctions including Softball America Preseason All-America, USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-50 Watch List and to the top-100 players in the nation by Softball America and D1Softball … NFCA Scholar Athlete … Signed with the AUSL Blaze following pro career.

BAYLOR: Two-time NFCA All-Region honoree… Two-time All-Big 12 honoree… 2024 D1 Softball Comeback Player of the Year… Appeared in 52 of 59 games, starting in 47 in 2024 … Recorded 154 strikeouts in 153.2 innings pitched … Pitched 12 complete games with two shutouts and two saves … Hit .272 on the season with 34 hits, seven doubles and three home runs … Earned All-Big 12 Second Team … Academic All-Big 12 First team … NFCA All-Region Second Team… Played and started in 11 games in 2023 before suffering a season ending injury … Hit .440 with 11 hits, a triple, a double and a home run … Was 2-0 in the circle with six appearances and three starts … Totaled 21 strikeouts in 21.0 innings pitched… Started 54 games in 2022, racking up 156 strikeouts in 137 innings of work… Had a 9-6 win-loss record and a 2.66 ERA … Finished her freshman season with a 7-0 record in the circle… Started 46 games in 2021, splitting time between shortstop and the circle… Hit .273 in the middle of the lineup for BU with five home runs and a team-best 28 RBI … Had 11 multi-hit games and two games with five or more RBI.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended New Braunfels Canyon High School ... Played club for the Scrap Yard Internationals organization out of The Woodlands, Texas, under coach Connie May ... Two-time High School All-American and three-time MVP for her high school team that advanced to the 6A state tournament the last two years ... Rated as the No. 25 prospect by Extra Innings Softball ...Went 9-0 in the circle with a 0.56 ERA and 126 strikeouts as a junior as she led the Cougars to the state championship game.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Gregory and Betty Binford