2027 Softball Roster
Ayla Ray
- Height:
- 5-9
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Austintown, Ohio
- High School:
- Fitch
- Position:
- INF
- Major:
- Education
2025 Freshman Season
Appeared and started all 53 games...Battted .321 with five doubles, a triple, two home runs, 25 runs scored and 23 RBIs...Posted 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games...Drove in three runs against Gardner-Webb (3/7)...Went 3-for-4 against Cleveland State (3/14)...Hit her first career home run against Detroit Mercy (3/21)...Went 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs batted in against Purdue Fort Wayne (4/3)...Hit a triple and drove in a run in a 2-for-4 performance against Northern Kentucky (5/2).
High School
Was a four-year letterwinner at Austintown Fitch High School...Helped Austintown Fitch to the 2024 and 2023 state championships, and was a First-Team All-Ohio selection in 2024 and 2023...Named All-Ohio Honorable Mention in 2022...Hit 15 home runs with 48 RBIs as a senior...Batted .534 as a junior, .591 as a sophomore and .500 as a freshman...Four-time all-district selection...Finished with a career batting average of .525 with 149 hits and 135 runs scored.
Personal
Parents are Tatum and Renauld Ray, both YSU graduates...Dad was a member of the 1997 national championship football team...Has three sisters, Kaliana, Tayvia, and Taylor...Major is education.
