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2025 Softball Roster

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15 Riley Carley

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • High School Sabino HS
  • Position OF/UTL

Biography

Career Awards

  • 2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
  • 2024 All-CUSA Preseason Team
  • Second Team All-WAC (2023)

2025 (Sixth-Year Senior): Became the first student-athlete to spend six seasons with NM State… appeared in 51 games and made 48 starts in the outfield, including 33 in right field… saw 131 at-bats and notched 31 hits for a .237 batting average… tallied 13 extra-base hits, including seven doubles and five home runs… finished with 55 total bases and 25 RBIs on a .749 OPS… drew 19 walks to rank third on the team… stole two bases on as many attempts… tallied four sacrifice flies to pace the squad…  posted seven multi-hit games and five outings with multiple RBIs… recorded 63 putouts and four assists with a career-low two errors to finish with a .971 fielding percentage… opened her Senior Weekend with a walk-off hit against Middle Tennessee on April 25… followed up with a two-RBI home run in her last home game two days later… mashed another two-run shot on May 4 at Kennesaw State to round out her regular-season finale… appeared in her 200th career game in the CUSA Championship against LA Tech, belting yet another three-run home run on her final day in an Aggie uniform to conclude a legendary career.

2024 (Redshirt Senior): Batted .233 on the season in 48 games (48 starts), posting 31 hits, four home runs and 23 RBI (fifth-most on the team)… knocked a season-high three hits in a CUSA Tournament win over Liberty (5/9).

2023 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in 44 games, making 44 starts during the season… Led the team in home runs (16) and walks (14), while ranking second in RBIs (30), batting average (.346), slugging percentage (.750), and OPS (1.012)… Third in hits (47) and doubles (7)… Tallied 14 home runs and 23 RBI in conference action en route to an All-WAC Second Team Selection… Recorded her first home run of the season in a win over Bradley (2/10)… Launched a two-run homer in a five-inning victory over rival UTEP (3/4)… Recorded a home run in four straight games in matchups with Utah Valley (3/17-18) and Utah Tech (3/24-25)… Powered a pair of home runs along with four RBIs in a win over now-CUSA foe Sam Houston (4/7)… Posted a season-high three hits with a home run against Stephen F. Austin (4/29)

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made 47 appearances and 44 starts for the Aggies, primarily in right field … Also made three trips into the circle, totaling 2.0 innings of work … Hit. 282 on the season, ranking third in home runs with nine and RBIs (26) … Knocked in a trio of RBIs off a home run in a win against UT Arlington (2/18) … Tallied a pair of home runs and a trio of RBIs against UNLV (3/4) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI against #25 Arizona (4/27) … Collected six hits, four RBIs and two home runs in a pair of games against Utah Valley (5/6-7) … Made 37 putouts with seven assists on the season.

2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Redshirted the entire season....Became a vital piece to the Aggies practice squad

2020 (Freshman): Season cut short due to Coronavirus...Played in 11 games and started in two games...Batted .308 in 13 at-bats...Had a .462 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage...Recorded six RBI on four hits...Had a triple and three RBI on Feb. 21 against IUPUI.

High School: In 2017, hit .539 with 48 hits and 37 RBI's… Named to the 2017 First Team All-Southern Arizona… For 2018, hit .345 with 10 hits and 11 RBI's in 12 games… Named to the third team All-Southern Arizona for her junior season…

Personal: Daughter of Michael Carley... Has two siblings Ross ad Regan... Uncle played football at Indiana State... Grandfather played basketball at Texas Lutheran...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2020Freshman

    Utility Player
    5'9"
    30
  • 15

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Utility Player
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Utility Player
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Utility Player
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Utility Player
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2025Graduate Student

    Outfield/Utility
    5'9"
    15