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2026 Softball Roster

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7 Naleya Bridges

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Fresno, Calif.
  • High School Clovis North
  • Major Kinesiology

Biography

2025 (Sophomore): Appeared in 50 games, starting 48, as a sophomore ... Batted .205 (24-for-117) with two doubles, six home runs and 16 RBIs ... Also laced one triple, scored 13 runs and stole five bases without being caught ... Compiled a .672 OPS and .679 on-base percentage ... Batted .275 in 17 Big South games with three homers ... Posted six multiple-hit games, including going a career-best 3-for-4 with a double and her first collegiate home run Feb. 8 against Seton Hall ... Collected three-multi-RBI games with a career-high four in a 13-7 win at Queens on April 22 ... Smacked homers in both ends of the doubleheader at Queens and in both games of the doubleheader at USC Upstate ... Finished third in the NCAA in homers (four) and 11th in the country in hits (nine) for the week ending April 27 ... Part of the 2025 Academic All-District Softball Team®, as selected by College Sports Communicators ... Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll for a second consecutive season.

2024 (Freshman): Appeared in 24 games, starting 12, as a freshman ... Batted .150 with six hits in 40 at-bats ... Scored one run and drove in two ... Picked up one sacrifice ... Collected her first collegiate hit Feb. 18 in game two at East Carolina, a seventh-inning single through the left side ... Had the go-ahead RBI single in a 3-2 victory over Fordham at Clemson on March 8 ... Also knocked in a run at USC Upstate on April 5 in game two of doubleheader ... Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

High School: Starred on the varsity softball team at Clovis North High School in Fresno, Calif. … Won the Tri-River Athletic Conference title twice, was named second team all-TRAC her sophomore year and a one-time California Interscholastic Federation champion … Hit .316 her sophomore year and .290 her junior year.

Personal: Daughter of Dennis and Michele Bridges … Has one sibling (Deja, 31) … Uncles Reggie and Kevin Waller played minor league baseball ... Another uncle, Tye, played in Major League Baseball for eight seasons … Volunteers at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Valley Animal Shelter, and the Porvello House (meal distribution for unhoused population) … Enjoys baking, reading and going to the lake in her free time ... Kinesiology major at Longwood.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2024Freshman

    Shortstop
    5'4"
    7
  • 7

    2025Sophomore

    Shortstop
    5'4"
    7
  • 7

    2026Junior

    Infield
    5'4"
    7