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2026 Softball Roster

2 Ansleigh Smith

  • Position Catcher/Outfield
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Houston Academy
  • Hometown Ashford, Ala.

Biography

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
FRESHMAN SEASON (2025)    

• Saw time at two different positions in the Jaguar line up, starting 28 games in the outfield and two at catcher 
• Started 30 of the 31 games in which she played
• Batted .260 as she recorded 19 hits, including a pair of doubles and a triple
• Scored 10 runs and drove in seven during the spring
• Walked seven times and was hit by pitch twice
• Did not commit an error in any of her 27 defensive opportunities
• Had a hit in six of her first eight outings
• Posted four multi-hit games and a pair of multi-RBI games
• Drove in a pair of runs and scored a run vs. UIC (2/8)
• Also drove in a pair of runs vs. Lipscomb (2/21)
• Went 3-for-3 at LSU (3/7) and followed that outing up with a 2-for-4 performance vs. Minnesota (3/8)
• Was 2-for-3 with a run scored in the series opener vs. James Madison (3/14)
• Closed out the season with a 2-for-4 showing at the plate with a pair of runs scored in game two of the series at Troy (5/2) 

AT HOUSTON ACADEMY
• Lettered six years on the varsity squad at Houston Academy in Dothan, Ala., where it won the area championship each season
• Led the Raiders to a 3A state title, and a 4A runner up finish, as well as a second semifinal appearance
• Set the single-season record at Houston Academy for runners caught stealing (18) during the 2022 season, while ending her career holding the program mark for a career (61)
• Also picked off 25 runners – also a program record for the Raiders
• Batted .444 and finished a single shy of hitting for the cycle in an area game during her senior campaign
• As a junior, helped the Raiders (47-9) to a runner-up finish at the 4A state tournament where she was named to the AHSAA all-tournament team
• Was also a Class 4A honorable mention all-state selection by the ASWA, where in 55 games she batted .430 and had a .609 slugging percentage
• Recorded 65 hits, 44 runs scored and 64 RBI, and had 22 extra-base hits with 17 doubles and five triples
• Posted 19 multi-hit games during the season and she also stole 16 bases, while committing just one error in 381 total defensive chances for a .997 fielding percentage
• Lled Houston Academy (48-13-1) to Class 3A state title – the program's first championship – in 2022 and batted .343 with 46 hits, 23 runs scored and 33 RBI
• As a freshman, batted .456 with 78 hits in 171 at-bats, scoring 53 runs and driving in 32 to go along with her 13 doubles and four triples during the 2021
• The 78 hits that season were a new single-season record for the Raiders
• Played two years of club ball for Georgia Impact Premier
• Helped Georgia Premier capture three tournament championships
• Batted .395 with 12 doubles, four triples, 28 RBI, while also recording a .997 fielding percentage, which included 18 caught stealing and seven pick offs

PERSONAL
• Full name is Ansleigh Brooke Smith
• Born in Dothan, Ala.
• Daughter of Jeremy and April Smith 
• Majoring in criminal justice and entrepreneurship

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2025Freshman

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2026Sophomore

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'6"
    2