Taylei Williams - Softball

Taylei Williams

Util Infielder 5

Class

Senior (Covid Year)

Hometown

Mona,

Utah

Last School

Southern Utah University

Roster Years

2019-2022

Utah Softball Gatorade Player of the Year in 2016
Salt Lake Tribune Player of the Year in 2016
Mid-Utah Radio Player of the Year in 2016
All-State First Team in 2015, 2016 and 2017
Named Academic All-State for softball in 2017 and volleyball in 2016
Holds the Utah state record for career home runs (31), career batting average (.578), career strikeouts (645), RBI in a season (65), home runs in a season (12), season strikeouts (243) and season batting average (.641)
Led SUU's team in hits (47), triples (4), total bases (86) and stolen bases (10)
At SUU, had a batting average of .388, seven home runs, 23 RBS, 47 hits, 10 doubles, 4 triples and slugging percentage of .619
Named 2018 Softball Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention and 2018 Spring All-Academic Honors at SUU
Graduated Cum Laude and Top Scholar in 2017 from Juab High School

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year

Sophmore Year 2019

Named All-WCC Honorable Mention
Named to the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
Played in 54 games, starting 48
Led the team in stolen bases with 10
Hit first double and went 2 for 3 with one run against UNC (2/9)
Went 2 for 3 against Fordham tallying one run (2/16)
Hit first BYU career home run against Mizzou while also tallying three RBI (2/22)
Drew three walks against UCSB and one stolen base (2/23)
Went a perfect 3 for 3 against LBSU with one run, one RBI and two walks (3/8)
Recorded two RBI against BU (3/8)
Was 2 for 2 against No. 11 Texas hitting a double (3/15)
Batted 2 for 4 against UVU with one run and a double (3/26)
Went 2 for 3 with one RBI against Texas A&M (3/29)
Batted .667 with three runs and one walk at SUU (4/2)
Tallied three runs against Pacific (4/13)
Went 2 for 3 against No. 3 Washington (4/17)
Tallied four RBI against USD (4/26)
Had two stolen bases in two games against SCU
Went 2 for 3 with one run against Tulsa at the NCAA Regionals (5/17)

Junior Year 2020

Named WCC Pre-Season First Team
Played and started all 23 games splitting time between center field and shortstop before the season was suspended
Finished the season in BYU's all-time career records ranked No. 6 in sacrifice flies and No. 10 in stolen base percentage (.875)
Second on the team in doubles (4) and stolen bases (4) and third in runs (10)
Recorded first double of the season against Nevada with two RBI (2/6)
Went 2/3 against Cal State Fullerton with one run and a double
Against California went 3/4 with two runs and one RBI (2/29)

Senior Year 2021

WCC All-Academic First Team
Played in 44 games, started in 28 of them
Finished the season with a .182 batting average, .273 slugging percentage and .256 on-base percentage
Tallied 14 hits, 18 runs and three RBI
Two multiple-hit games, three-game hitting streak and three-game reached base streak

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

Senior 2022