2020: Bailey Byers made eight starts at catcher in a Coronavirus-shortened 2020 season... Batted .333 from the plate (8-for-24) with a double, two RBIs and four runs scored... Walked twice and stole two bases... Recorded 31 putouts and three assists defensively... Named G-MAC All-Academic Team... Named Academic All-District
2019 NFCA Third Team All-American
2019: Byers started all 40 games, including 39 at catcher, during a remarkable and record-breaking sophomore season…Batted a team-best .453 with 63 hits, including 12 doubles, three triples, and a school record 13 homeruns…Registered 38 RBI, 30 runs scored, and a pair of stolen bases…Reached base at a .480 clip and set the school record with a .863 slugging percentage…Added 207 putouts and 30 assists from behind the plate…Recorded 19 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI performances…Began the season on a 20-game hitting streak and had at least one hit in 36 games…Collected a season-high four hits and four RBI in the season opener against West Virginia Wesleyan…Smashed two homers and drove in a season-high five runs in a win over Franklin Pierce…Batted .483 with six homers and 16 RBI during an eight game stretch over spring break (3/4-8/19) for which she was named the Division II National Player of the Week…Recorded three hits, including a homer, in a win at Trevecca (4/23/19)…Registered her second two-homer, five-RBI game of the season in a win over Davis & Elkins (4/13/19)…Recorded a season-high three extra-base hits, including two doubles and a homer at Ohio Dominican (4/22/19)…Matched a season-high with four hit in a win at Walsh (4/27/19)…Had multi-hit efforts over Trevecca Nazarene (5/2/19) and Kentucky Wesleyan (5/4/19) in elimination game wins at the G-MAC Championship…Ranked among the top-20 in NCAA Division II in batting average, slugging percentage, and homeruns per game...Voted First Team G-MAC All-Conference…Named NFCA First Team All-Midwest Region…Voted Second Team All-Midwest Region by the D2CCA…Named an NFCA Third Team All-American... Named G-MAC All-Academic Team
Division II National Player of the Week (3/13/19)
G-MAC Player of the Week (4/29/19)
G-MAC Player of the Week (3/11/19)
2018: Byers started all 34 games as a freshman with the Pioneers, making 19 starts at catcher and 15 at DP…Finished second on the team with a .367 batting average (44-for-120) and third in OBP (.392)…Led Malone in hits, runs (25), doubles (13), homeruns (8), RBI (29), and slugging percentage (.692)…Added one triple and three stolen bases…Led Malone with 15 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games…Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, and three RBI, including the game-winning RBI in Malone’s extra-inning win over Briar Cliff (3/5/18)…Hit first collegiate homerun and tallied four RBI in win over Ohio Christian (3/9/18)…Homered in G-MAC-opening win over Ohio Valley (3/24/18)…Hit two homeruns during doubleheader against Ursuline (4/6/18), scoring season-high three runs in game one and recording a season-high five RBI in game two…Matched a season-high with three hits, including a homer against Davis & Elkins (4/18/18)…Hit two solo homeruns in a 4-2 road win over Trevecca Nazarene (4/27/18)…Belted a grand slam homer in season-ending win over Point Park (4/30/18)…Finished second in the G-MAC in homers (first in HR/game), second in slugging, and fourth in doubles…Named G-MAC Second Team All-Conference
Prior to Malone: Byers was named First Team All-Ohio during her junior and senior seasons at West Branch and Second Team All-Ohio as a sophomore. During a phenomenal senior season with the Warriors, she hit over .600 and clubbed 21 homeruns, the second-most in OHSAA single season history. In addition to being named All-Ohio three times, she was named All-District and All-Northeastern Buckeye Conference all four years of high school.
