Career Highlights
- Played in 93 games
- Posted 22 multi-hit games
- Earned first career hit, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against South Florida (Feb. 6, 2025)
- Recorded perfect 1.000 FLD% (2025)
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2025)
Sophomore (2026): Appeared in 47 games, making 46 starts...Batted .317 in 145 at-bats with 46 hits, 15 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 22 RBI and 43 runs scored...Posted a .552 slugging percentage and .988 OPS...Recorded 14 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games...Hit her first career triple against Indiana State (April 11)...Hit her first-career grand slam against Northern Iowa, delivering a go-ahead bomb with the Redbirds down to their final strike at the MVC Tournament (May 6)...Posted a .985 fielding percentage with 61 putouts and five assists...Became the 23rd individual player in program history to join the 40-40 club, amassing at least two of the following three in a single season: 40 hits, 40 runs scored and 40 RBIs.
Freshman (2025): Appeared in 49 games while starting 47...Posted first career hit, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against South Florida on Feb. 6...Recorded 32 hits, including five doubles and three homers for a .331 SLG%, a .301 OBP% and a .230 BA....Had eight multi-hit games...Went a career-high 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against UNI on April 27...Scored 18 runs while batting in 16 runs....Posted a perfect 1.000 FLD% with 69 putouts and two assists...Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.
High School: In 2023, as a varsity starter for Wapello HS softball Wolford set single season records in RBI, batting average (.624), doubles, hits, runs, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. She was named the 2023 Conference Player of the Year, All-District SE IOWA team and All-State team while leading her high school to a Conference Championship. A multi-sport athlete, Wolford is a four-year cross-country athlete, basketball starter, and wrestler. In basketball, she was Co-Captain ('22,'23), earning the program record for most three-pointers and free throw percentage all while scoring over 500 career points. She earned the honors of All-Conference Second-team ('21) and All-Conference First-Team ('22). As a wrestler, Wolford earned a winning record in both the 2021 (15-2) and 2022 (20-2) seasons. She was the 2022 IWCOA Girls State Wrestling Championship Runner-up and All-Des Moines Register Area Team member. Wolford earned several academic awards, including 4.0 GPA Gold Medal and Academic All-Conference in Cross Country, Basketball, Wrestling, and Track.
Travel Team: Wolford plays for Iowa Premier Fastpitch for Coach Greg Dickel.
Personal: She is the daughter of Dusty and Jacque Wolford and has two siblings, Kirstin and Cohen. She chose Illinois State because of how comfortable she felt on campus and the ability of the staff and advisors to make her feel like family. She plans on majoring in Elementary Education with the goal to teach fourth grade.
