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Illinois State University Athletics

2025 Softball Roster

12 Delainey Bryant

  • Position SS
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mattoon HS
  • Hometown Mattoon, Ill.

Biography

Career Highlights:

  • All-MVC First Team (2022, 2024)
  • All-MVC Second Team (2023)
  • MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2023, 2024)
  • MVC Player of the Week (Mar. 26, 2024)
  • Newcomer of the Week (May 3, 2022 & May 10, 2022)
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2022,2023)
  • Owned a 31-game nationally recognized consecutive-game reaching base streak (2024)
  • 157 career games played
  • 2022 Team's Newcomer of the Year

Junior (2024): Started and played in all 54 games for the Redbirds at second base...All-MVC First Team Selection...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team selection...Earned a career-high in hits (60), and had back-to-back 50 hit seasons in 2023 and 2024..Owned a 31 consecutive-game reaching base streak which was nationally recognized...Led the team in at-bats (175), hits (60), runs scored (34), triples (2), home runs (6), RBI (26), total bases (92), SLG% (.526), and OB% (.420)...Had 17 multi-hit games and 6 multi-RBI games...Hit her first home run of the season against SIUE (Mar. 2) in the 9-4 victory...Went 3-for-4 and had the game-winning walk-off double against Murray State to earn the first Redbird series-victory over the Racers (Mar. 24)...Finished the season with career-highs in hits, batting average, OB%, games started & played, at-bats, assists, putouts, and FLD%.

Sophomore (2023): Started and played in all 52 games for the Redbirds…All-MVC Second Team honoree…Earned MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team recognition while earning a 4.0 cumulative GPA…NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Academic CSC Academic All-District honoree…Joined the 40-40 club with a career-high in hits (51), runs scored (40), doubles (13), home runs and home runs (8) while earning 29 RBIs…Earned a career-high .939 fielding percentage with 89 putouts and 97 assists…Had a two hit performance against in the 14-3 win over Valparaiso (Mar. 24), going 2-for-4 with four runs scored and two RBIs…Had a four RBI game against Belmont (Mar.18) to help the ‘Birds to a 4-2 victory…Longest hit streak of the season, and her career, was eight games (3/18-4/2).

Freshman (2022): Played in all but one game for the Redbirds (51), making 46 starts, all at shortstop, as a true freshman…Earned All-MVC First Team accolades…Named MVC Newcomer of the Week in back-to-back weeks (May 3 & May 10)… Led the team in runs scored (37), triples (5), stolen bases (10), and assists (86)…Second on the team in batting average (.324), hits (47), doubles (10), home runs (7), RBI (29), slugging percentage (.607), and on-base percentage (.390)…First career hit came on Feb. 12 against Kansas City as she went 2-for-2 with a double, triple, and a run scored…Smacked her second triple of the season against (RV) Minnesota (2/19), going 1-for-1 with two RBI and a run scored…Hit her first career home run in the Redbirds’ first win of the season vs. Portland State (2/20)…Went 2-for-3 with a HR, 2 RBI, and a run scored…Had a four-hit performance against Delaware (3/4) as she was 4-for-5 with 3 RBI and a run scored…Swiped a total of 10 bases on the season to lead the team…Turned in 14 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI contests, both were second best on the team…Longest hit streak of the season was seven games and she did it twice (3/10-4/2 & 4/30-5/12).

Mattoon HS: Four-year member of Mattoon High School's softball and basketball teams … Received first team All-Conference as a freshman, sophomore, and senior … Earned All-State and spot on the All-Area team freshman, sophomore, and senior seasons as well … In basketball, earned first team All-Conference, a place on the All-Area and All-Tournament teams, and IBCA All-State.

Personal: Daughter of Robert Bryant and Janet Mika … Born on July 9 … Has four siblings: Hayden, Jordan, Payton, Brooklyn … Plans on majoring in elementary education at Illinois State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2022Freshman

    UT
    5'8"
    12
  • 12

    2023Sophomore

    SS
    5'8"
    12
  • 12

    2024Junior

    SS
    5'8"
    12
  • 12

    2025Senior

    SS
    5'8"
    12