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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2026 Softball Roster

9 Ainsley Pemberton

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Rockwall
  • Hometown Rockwall, Texas

Biography

2025: Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Week (February 17) 

2025 (Game-by-Game in PDF): Made 24 appearances in the circle for the Quakers, with eight starts ... In her collegiate debut against Morgan State (2/14), tossed a complete game to earn her first win, throwing nine strikeouts and earning co-Ivy League Rookie of the Week ... Threw her second complete game against Virginia (2/23), allowing just five hits with five strikeouts ... Led Penn with 30 strikeouts and WHIP (1.90) ... Collected her second win against Drexel (3/26), throwing three innings and allowing three hits ... Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.

High School: Lettered in softball under head coach Leah Campbell and was a two-year team captain … Helped Rockwall win four 6A district champions (2021-24), two area titles (2023-24), and a regional crown (2021) when the Lady Jackets also advanced to the state semifinals for the first time in program history … Struck out more than 1,000 batters during her career … District 10 6A MVP in 2023 and District 10 6A Pitcher of the Year in 2021, 2022, and 2024 … Four-time team MVP … Following her freshman season (2021), named Freshman of the Year by DFW Fastpitch and Newcomer of the Year by the Dallas Morning News … With Texas Glory (2018-24), won 2023 Alliance Fast-Pitch national championship, took third at the 2023 Colorado Sparkler, and placed fifth at the 2019 PGF National … Ranked #8 in her class in 2020 by Extra Innings … National Honor Society member … Four-time Academic All-District … Graduated in the top five percent of her class.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “I chose Penn because of its welcoming and social atmosphere. When I walked on campus it truly felt like home. I knew that Penn would be the place that would allow me to pursue my academic and athletic goals and set me up for an incredible future.”

Career Highs
Innings pitched: 7.0 (vs. Morgan State (2/14/25)
Strikeouts: 9 (vs. Morgan State (2/14/25)

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2025Freshman

    RHP
    5'8"
    9
  • 9

    2026Sophomore

    RHP
    5'8"
    9