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Ashlyn Anderson - Softball - Kansas Jayhawks
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Ashlyn Anderson

Position 3B/SS
Class Junior
Height 5'9"
B/T R/R
Hometown Gardner, Kan.
High School Gardner Edgerton
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Single-game Career Highs

  • Hits: 3 | 6 times, last vs. Baylor (4/8/22)
  • Doubles: 2 | vs. Nebraska (2/27/22) ; vs. Drake (3/5/21)
  • Triples: 1 | 3 times, last vs. Texas Tech (4/23/23)
  • Home runs: 2 | vs. Long Beach State (2/9/23) ; vs. SEMO (3/14/22)
  • Total bases: 10 | vs. SEMO (3/14/22)
  • RBI: 5 | vs. SEMO (3/14/22)
  • Runs: 3 | at Cal State Fullerton (3/3/22) ;  vs. Bradley (2/11/22)
  • Walks: 3, at Cal State Fullerton (3/3/22)
  • Stolen bases: 1 | 9 times, last vs. Rhode Island (3/4/23)
  • Putouts: 6 | Weber State (3/14/22)
  • Assists: 5 | 4 times, last vs. Wichita State (5/3/23)

2023 (Senior)

One of three Jayhawks to start 50 or more games … One of the best gloves on the team, Anderson compiled 37 putouts and 84 assists in 127 chances … Hit the third-most home runs (4) and RBI (18) on the team … Hit her second career multi-home run game in the first game of the season vs. Long Beach State (Feb. 9)

2022 (Junior)

Appeared in and started all 56 games … Hit her first multi-home run game of her career vs. Southeast Missouri (Mar. 14) … Finished the season with the third-most hits (48), second-most RBI’s (32) and second-most home runs (11) on the team … The only Jayhawk to start in every game of the season … Led the team in runs scored, with 36 … Finished with a batting average of .289

2021 (Sophomore)

Appeared in 47 games making 46 starts. Every start was at third base … Finished the season batting .277 (36-for-130) with six doubles and nine home runs … Led the team with 32 runs scored … Went 3-for-4 with a career-high four RBI and two runs scored against Drake (Mar. 5) … Finished the Jayhawk Invitational with eight hits, seven RBI and eight runs scored … Tallied eight multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … Recorded the fifth-most home runs in a single season by a sophomore at KU

2020 (Freshman)*

Appeared in 17 games … Started 15 games at third base … Made her collegiate debut against Arizona State (Feb. 7) … Finished with a .243 batting average (9-for-37), eight runs and seven RBI … Knocked her first-career home run and finished with a career-best three RBI against Wichita State (March 8)

High School

2019 Regional Champions … Missouri/Kansas All Star Game MVP … Two-time 6A First Team State Infielder … Two-time EKL First Team Infielder … Two-time Sunflower League First Team Infielder … Batting average of .638

Personal

Daughter of Steven and Deanne Anderson … Has two sisters in Sydney and Laicey

*=Shortened Season Due to COVID-19 Outbreak