Delaney Rummell

Class:
Senior
Position:
INF
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height:
5-6
Experience:
TR
Hometown:
Gilberts, Ill.
High School:
Hampshire
Prev College:
Illinois

2024 (SENIOR): Started all 58 games at third base for the Rebels … Helped lead Ole Miss to its eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance … Recorded a .251 batting average with 43 hits … Drove in 24 runs and scored 18 more … Struck out a team-low 15 times … Finished with multiple hits in 10 games … Doubled in her Rebel debut against BYU (2/8) … Had a pair of hits and RBI vs. Pitt (2/16) … Tallied a season-high three hits and three RBI at Kennesaw State (2/17) … Homered against Miami (OH) and drove in three runs (2/24) … Hit an RBI single and scored a run to take the series finale over No. 17 Mississippi State (3/10) … Doubled and scored a run to help Ole Miss take its highest ranked series victory in program history over No. 2 LSU (3/18) … Went 5-for-8 against Western Kentucky (4/12-14) … Was key in the Rebels’ series victory over Auburn, homering in the finale (4/28) … Drove in a run in the rubber match with No. 8 Arkansas (5/4) to help Ole Miss take its second series victory over a top 10 team.

ILLINOIS: Named to the All-Big Ten Defensive Team after boasting a .986 fielding percentage with only two errors in 148 chances at third base in 2023 ... Batted .271 with a career-best 48 hits while crossing the plate 22 times and driving in 31 more runs as a senior ... Recorded career-high numbers in home runs (10) and RBI (34) all while hitting .269 as a junior ... Tallied 11 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs in eight contests in 2022 ... Earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors after hitting .314 with 43 hits, including 17 for extra bases, and 33 RBI as a sophomore ... Received national recognition after going 9-for-12 with 10 RBI, a home run, 3 doubles, and 2 runs scored in four games against Purdue, collecting Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week and B1G Co-Player of the Week honors (4/20/21) ... Started all 22 games at third base in 2020 before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the team with five home runs and totaling five multi-RBI games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked in the 2019 Extra Elite 100 by Extra Innings Softball ... Was a two-time Illinois High School Association (IHSA) First Team All-State member in 2017 and 2018 for Hampshire High School ... Played club for the Illinois Chill organization, helping lead her team to top-10 finishes at the IDT Softball Tournament in 2016 and 2018 and at PGF Nationals in 2016.