Army West Point Athletics
2025 Softball Roster
Roster
Leila Hurst
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Thomas County Central
- Hometown:
- Boston, Ga.
Accolades and Accomplishments:
-
2022 All-Patriot League Second Team
2025: Appeared and started in 56 games, missing only one contest and making her the second most utilized player on the team… In 176 plate appearances, collected 54 hits including nine doubles, good for the second highest hit total on the team and a batting average of .307… Had a three-hit performance at Mount St. Mary’s (3/15)… In the first game of a doubleheader opposite Rider (3/26), hit a triple and reached home safely three times… Tallied a home run and a double at Iona (4/16), driving in two runs.
2022: Appeared and started in 50 contests…Had the third highest batting average on the team, the second most number of hits, and led the team in RBI with 30…Had a career best going 3 for 3 with three RBI against Lehigh (April 19).
2021: Appeared in 26 contests, making the start in 19 in a season that saw her role increase … Cranked out her first career double at Fordham (March 5) … Tripled for the first time in her career during a game against the Rams later in the season (April 18) … Turned in three multi-hit games throughout the year … Slashed .224/.293/.281.
2020: Appeared in nine games and earned a spot in the starting lineup four times during her rookie campaign … Went 2-for-12 from the plate and scored two runs … Against Dartmouth on Feb. 22, she recorded her career hit with a 2 RBI single … Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to West Point: Attended Thomas County High School … Served three year as a captain of the softball team … Earned the Coach’s Award in 2015 and 2016 … Was all-region at catcher for three years … Named her team’s most valuable player in 2018 … Owned the highest player scholastic grade point average the same year … A member of the National Honor Society, she was also a senior class officer a student ambassador and was a member of the Key Club … Major is currently undecided.
