Alyssa Podhurcak-Foss
Second Base 7
Ht
5'
8"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Torrance, 
California
Last School
South Torrance High School
Roster Years
2019-2023


Personal

  • Parents are Andy and Patty Podhurcak
  • Has one brother
  • Brother played baseball at Long Beach State
  • Married to BYU baseball player Cooper Foss

Before BYU

  • Named All-League in 2016, 2017 and 2018
  • CIF Champions in 2017 with South Torrance High School
  • Awarded best offensive player in 2016 and best defensive player in 2018
  • Four year varsity starter at South Torrance High School
  • Played for the Batbusters and So Cal Athletics Briggs
  • Won PGA in 2015 with the Batbusters
  • Honor Roll student in high school
  • Played volleyball in high school
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2019

  • Played in 25 games, starting 15
  • Had three putouts and two assists against Liberty (2/8)
  • Recorded first run of her BYU career against Mizzou (2/21)
  • Hit first BYU career double against Ohio (3/8)
  • Tallied first career RBI at UVU (3/26)
  • Had one RBI against Pacific (4/12)
  • Scored two runs with two RBI against UVU (4/16)
Sophmore Year 2021

  • WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • WCC Player of the Week (3/16)
  • Played in 37 games, starting in 31 of them
  • Finished the season with a .284 batting average, .500 slugging percentage, .315 on-base percentage
  • Tallied 25 hits, 13 runs, five home runs and 14 RBI
  • Six multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI games
  • Five-game hitting streak and five-game reached base streak
Junior Year 2022

  • All-WCC Second Team
  • WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Hit. 324 for the season, scoring 26 runs while finishing with 35 hits and 25 RBI
  • Earned 23 walks, tied for second-most on the team
  • Played in 45 of the Cougars’ 52 games, starting 40 of them
Senior Year 2023

  • CSC Academic All-District Team
  • WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Batted .232 for the season with 13 hits, 10 RBI, eight runs scored and two home runs
  • Posted a .446 slugging percentage and .343 on-base percentage
  • Played in 32 of the Cougars’ 52 games in 2023, starting 23 of them
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

  • Missed season due to injury
Medical Redshirt Year



  • Alyssa Podhurcak-Foss fields a ground ball during the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic

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  • Ailana Agbayani tosses the ball to Alyssa Podhurcak-Foss as BYU softball turns a double play against Utah Valley on April 11, 2023

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  • Taryn Lennon, Chloe Temples, Alyssa Podhurcak-Foss, Lauren Flanders named to 2023 CSC Academic All-District team

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  • Lauren Flanders, Alexis Gilio, Taryn Lennon, Alyssa Podhurcak-Foss named 2023 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention

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