Completed Event: Softball versus Villanova on February 21, 2026 , Win , 4, to, 1
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Jersey Number 21
Shelby Gayre
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-9
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- D'Hanis, Texas
- High School:
- D'Hanis
- NIL Opportunities:
- Contact
Awards & Honors
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team [2017-18]
- 2020 Softball America Second Team All-American
2021 (Redshirt Junior)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Dr. Gerald Lage Award recipient
- Appeared in 36 games making 33 starts
- Finished with a .227 average (22-for-97) with two doubles and nine home runs
- Hit a grand slam in the first game of the season against McNeese State (Feb. 12)
- Currently has 29-career home runs to sit tied for sixth on KU’s career list
- Recorded a season-high three hits with two RBI and one run scored at LSU (Feb. 13)
- Finished the season with 25 RBI and 13 runs scored
- Tallied seven multi-RBI games and four multi-hit games
2020 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)*
- 2020 Softball America Second Team All-American
- Appeared in 24 games
- Made 22 starts at catcher, first base and designated player
- Finished with a .393 batting average (24-for-61), 18 runs and 24 hits
- Knocked in a team-high and career-high 11 home runs and 24 RBI
- Finished with a Kansas-high 13 walks
- Ended the season ranked No. 48 in Softball America’s top 100 players of the season poll
- Her 11 home runs ranked her fourth overall in the country and first overall in the Big 12 Conference
- Hit a career-high two home runs against then-No. 20 James Madison (Feb. 15) and Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 28)
- Recorded eight games with two or more RBI
- Finished with six multi-hit games
- Scored a career-high three runs against Drake (March 6)
2019 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
- 2019 Big 12 All-Academic First Team selection
- Granted medical waiver
- Played in 16 games with 16 starts (all at catcher) before suffering season-ending injury
- At the time of injury, she was the team leader in batting average (.383 | 18-for-47), RBI (11), total bases (27) and home runs (2)
- Registered three multiple-RBI games
- Season-high four hits (4-for-5), five RBI and one home run at Duke (3/2)
- Finished 3-for-3 with three RBI and a walk against UTAH (2/9)
- First home run of the season against Providence (2/16)
2018 (Freshman)
- Displayed her reliability and all-around talent during her freshman season as she quickly adjusted from being a backup catcher to a starting shortstop
- Played in 48 games with 43 starts
- Registered 42 starts at shortstop and one start as the designated player
- Batted for the majority of the season in the fifth spot (19 games) or the seventh spot (16) in the lineup
- Recorded a .273 batting average, .373 on-base percentage and a .500 slugging percentage
- Totaled 35 hits, 31 RBIs, seven home runs, six doubles and a triple
- A staggering 40 percent of her hits were extra-base hits (14 of 35)
- Ranked second on the team in home runs and tied for second in RBIs
- Longest hitting streak of the season lasted five games
- Recorded 10 multi-hit games and co-led Kansas with nine multi-RBI games
- Accounted for two walk-off RBI hits
- Made her collegiate debut as a late-game pinch hitter and grounded out with the bases loaded to drive in her first-career run during KU’s season-opening win over Akron (Feb. 9)
- Made first-career start the next day in a rematch against Akron (Feb. 10) as the designated player
- Her first two career hits were both three-run home runs in pinch-hitting situations against College of Charleston (Feb. 11) and Missouri State (Feb. 18); the latter gave KU the go-ahead 7-6 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning over Missouri State
- Made first start as a shortstop against Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 23) after Sydnee Ramsey suffered a season-ending knee injury against Missouri State (Feb. 18)
- Went 2-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs at Central Arkansas (Feb. 25)
- Recorded a season-high three hits with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored against Western Illinois (March 15)
- One of five Jayhawks to start in all 18 Big 12 games
- Doubled in her Big 12 debut at Texas (March 23)
- Smacked two doubles and drove in four runs against Colorado State (March 31)
- First-career home run during Big 12 play came in the first game of a doubleheader against Oklahoma State (April 5)
- Went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs, two doubles and one run scored against Iowa State (May 4)
High School / Club
- Four-year letter winner at D’Hanis High School in De’Hanis, Texas
- Played for Firecrackers DFW 18U Gold
- Named district MVP, MaxPreps All-America and Texas Sports Writer’s Association first-team all-state honors during the 2016 season
- Also collected USSSA Select 30 First-Team All-America honors in 2016
- In 2015, she was named to the UIL State All-Tournament team and earned first-team all-district accolades
- Garnered newcomer of the year honors as a freshman in 2014
Personal
- Daughter of Marlisa and Howard Gayre
- Has a brother Travis
*=Shortened Season Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
Jennifer McFalls Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
Softball 2026 Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
Kansas at Wichita State Highlights
Wednesday, April 30
Kansas vs. Oklahoma State Highlights - Game 3
Sunday, April 27
