After Big Summer For Softball, Ali Aguilar Ready To Lead A Young U.S. Team Into Pan Am Games
Aguilar, who recently began a side career as a teacher, is one of five players back from the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team.
Athlete Bio#
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Height
5'8"
Age
28
Hometown
Marietta, GA
Education
Pope High School Florida - 2019
Quick Facts
- Wears No. 11
- Parents are Jeter and Susie Barnhill
- Personal motto: “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”- Dr. Seuss
- Dream job is to work for a transnational corporation after playing professional softball in the USA and overseas in Japan and Europe
- Three words to describe her: quirky, driven and loyal
- On what it means to play for USA Softball: "It's a dream come true. It's been my dream since I was a little girl to have the honor of representing my country while playing the sport I love."
- What non-softball sport she'd like to try: Beach volleyball
Career Highlights
- World Cup, Oklahoma City, 2017 (Team - Women)
- World Cup, Oklahoma City, 2016 (Team - Women)
- Junior World Championship, Oklahoma City, 2015 (Team - Women)
- World Cup, Irvine, 2015 (Team - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2018 – gold (Team - Women)
- Years of participation: Team - Women 2016, 2018
- Medals: 2 (2 gold)
- Gold – 2018 (Team - Women); 2016 (Team - Women)
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COLLEGIATE HONORS
2018: Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Softball team... Academic All-American® of the Year for Division I softball...Player of the Year Top-4 Finalist... Honda Sports Award finalist...SEC Pitcher of the Year...NFCA First Team All-American...All-SEC First Team... NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team...USA Softball Player of the Week (February 27)...Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (February 27).
2017: USA Softball Player of the Year...SEC Pitcher of the Year... NFCA First Team All-American...All-SEC First Team...NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team...SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 20, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2) ...USA Softball Co-Player of the Week (April 18) ...Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (April 18) ...espnW Player of the Week (April 18) ...CoSIDA All-American First Team.
2016: NFCA Freshman of the Year Top Three Finalist ...Third Team All-Southeast Region ...SEC All-Freshman Team ...SEC Freshman of the Week (March 21, May 9) ...SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
