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Jersey Number 25
Bailey Sample
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Benicia
- Hometown:
- Benicia, Calif.
| 2026 |
- Third Team NFCA All-Midwest Region.
- First Team All-Summit League.
- Top four in Summit in RBI (19).
- Tied for second with six doubles.
- Led Omaha with .511 batting average.
- Top 100 in Division I in batting average (.415) and paced the Mavericks with 61 hits.
- 34 RBI over the course of 49 games rounded out the team's top five this season.
- 12 doubles were second only behind Marra Cramer's 14. Sample totaled 94 bases.
| At Bradley |
- 2025 All-MVC Defensive Team
- Made 89 starts over three seasons at Bradley with 114 games played.
- As a senior (2025), hit .324 with a .477 OBP and a .559 slugging percentage.
- Missed games due to injury.
- As a junior, finished on the team in average 281), second in home runs (5) and led the team in OPS (.824) and total bases (74).
- Finished sophomore year with four home runs on the season, one off the team high of five.
- Best game of the season came Feb. 11 against New Mexico State, going 3-for-4 with two singles and a three-run home run.
- Led the Braves in stolen bases and stolen base attempts, going 6-for-7.
- Ranked in the top five among Bradley players in multiple offensive categories among qualified hitters, including batting average (.261 - fourth), home runs (four - T3), RBI (18 - T4), slugging percentage (.464 - second), hit-by-pitches (eight - third), on-base percentage (.393 - second) and OPS (.857 - second).
| Bowling Green |
- Started all 54 games she appeared in as a freshman.
- Posted a .231 average and led Bowling Green with nine doubles in 2022 as she helped the Falcons to a 2-2 record in the National Invitational Softball Championship, the team’s first postseason appearance in 18 years.
| High School |
- Helped lead the Panthers to a CIF title as a senior.
- Hit .402 as a sophomore, earning First Team All-Conference honors.
| Personal |
- Parents are Victor Sample Jr. and Teri Howton.
- Has a younger sister, Nayeli.
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