The University of Mississippi Athletics
2024 Softball Roster
Lexie Brady
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- C/UT
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Height:
- 5-9
- Experience:
- 2L
- Hometown:
- Sioux Falls, S.D.
- High School:
- O'Gorman
- Major:
- Exercise Science
2024 (JUNIOR): Started all 58 games for the Rebels, primarily at catcher … Helped lead Ole Miss to its eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance … Recorded a .257 batting average while leading the offense with 13 home runs, the third most in a single season in program history … Racked up 35 RBI … Tallied 39 hits and 34 walks to lead the Rebels with a .436 on-base percentage … Caught 14 runners stealing on the bases, the most in the SEC and 18th nationally … Registered a .985 fielding percentage behind the dish with only five errors in 336 chances … Opened her 2024 campaign with 11 RBI in the first five games, including a career-high four runs batted in vs. Kansas City (2/9) … Homered five times the first 13 games … Tallied a career-high three hits vs. Miami (OH) (2/24) … Hit a walk-off home run and scored three runs to help the Rebels defeat No. 17 Mississippi State (3/10) … Blasted a pair of home runs in the midweek doubleheader at Nicholls State (3/13) … Drove in a run to help Ole Miss hand No. 2 LSU its first loss if the season (3/17) … Tallied her 10th home run of the season against No. 5 Georgia (3/23) … Recorded multi-hit games against No. 14 Alabama (4/7), Western Kentucky (4/13) and Louisiana Tech (4/16) … Doubled and scored a run to help Ole Miss take the series at No. 8 Arkansas (5/4) … Scored and drove in a run against No. 25 Kentucky at the SEC Tournament (5/7).
2023 (SOPHOMORE): Had a breakout sophomore campaign, appearing in 44 games and making 29 starts at catcher … Helped lead Ole Miss to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance … Registered a .312 batting average, the second best on the team … Collected 24 hits, including 12 for extra bases, in 77 at-bats … Recorded a team-high .558 slugging percentage and .411 on-base percentage … Led the team with a .289 average in SEC play … Went 2-for-3 against Mount St. Mary’s with a run scored and an RBI (3/3) … Burst onto the scene with a 2-for-3 performance, driving in three runs with a home run and a double to help Ole Miss top No. 15 Kentucky (4/9) … Scored and drove in two runs at Missouri (4/16) … Helped the Rebels take the series from Missouri with two doubles and an RBI (4/17) … Had a career day, going 3-for-3 with two RBI in the win over No. 21 Texas A&M (4/21) … Recorded a pair of multi-hit games at the SEC Tournament against LSU (5/10) and Auburn (5/11) … Hit the first home run of the NCAA Tournament, smashing a two-run blast to straightaway center to help Ole Miss top No. 16 Baylor (5/19) … Went 3-for-3 against Baylor with a pair of doubles and a triple to send the Rebels into the Salt Lake City Regional Final (5/20).
2022 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 19 games, with five starts at the catcher position … Crossed the plate five times and drove in five more runs on the season … Tallied six hits in 28 at-bats, including a double and a home run … Registered 51 putouts and two assists behind the plate … Doubled in her first career start against DePaul (2/27) … Went 2-for-2, launching her first collegiate homer in the victory over Louisiana Tech (4/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked tied for 52nd in Extra Innings Softball's Recruiting Rankings … A four-time letterwinner at O'Gorman High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota … A three-time South Dakota First Team All-State and four-time Class A All-Tournament Fastpitch honoree … Helped lead GHS to the state championship in 2017 … Played in 26 games as a freshman, batting .500 with eight doubles, three triples, a pair of home runs, 23 runs scored and 33 runs driven in … As a sophomore, batted .567 with nine doubles, five triples and four homers, scoring 31 runs and driving in 32 more … Posted a .656 average at the plate as a junior with nine doubles, five triples and four homers, registering 39 runs and 24 RBIs … As a senior, hit .544 with nine doubles, a triple and eight home runs, scoring 35 runs and driving in 28 more … Played travel ball for Sioux Falls Cyclones 03 and Nebraska Gold Nationals 18u … Also competed in track, basketball and powerlifting … Named MVP for shot up and discuss on the track team … Set the school shot put record as a sophomore … Finished second in the state in shot put in 2018, also taking third in 2017 and fifth in 2016.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Larry and Lynn Brady … Born April 14, 2003 … Has two siblings, Lynnzee and Lucas.
