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2026 Softball Roster

5 Riley Flynn

  • Bats/Throw R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School Xavier College Preparatory
  • Position P

Biography

Junior Year (2025)

All-Ivy League honorable mention … Ivy League Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 3) … Led the Ivy League in opposing batting average (.211) during the 2025 campaign … Also ranked third in earned run average (2.45) as well … Collected 67 strikeouts across 85.2 innings and 22 appearances in the circle … Only allowed one run and four hits with three strikeouts in a complete game effort against Dartmouth … Tossed a complete game shutout with two strikeouts in a win against Brown … Helped Harvard topple Yale with three scoreless innings and three strikeouts … Held Penn scoreless across 4.2 innings in the circle with five strikeouts … Only allowed four hits and struck out three batters in 3.2 scoreless innings against Georgetown … Collected seven strikeouts and only allowed one run in a win against Weber State … Struck out a season-high eight batters in a win against Portland State … Tossed three scoreless innings against Kent State … Made her season debut with three strikeouts and five innings of work in a win against Georgia Southern.

Sophomore Year (2024)

Won Ivy League Pitcher of the Week honors twice to start the season … Posted a 3.83 earned run average in 60.1 innings of work on the season … Struck out a pair of batters in 1.2 innings in a victory against Cornell … Earned a save in a 5-3 win against Brown, allowing only one run in 2.2 innings of work with three strikeouts … Tossed four shutout innings against Yale, tallying two strikeouts … Struck out a season-high in six innings against California Baptist … Shined in a complete game shutout of Winthrop, collecting five strikeouts … Limited the Iowa offense to zero runs in 4.2 innings in a 8-2 Crimson victory … Kicked the season off with a stellar showing against Manhattan, allowing zero runs and zero hits in four innings with six strikeouts.

First-Year (2023)

Played in 30 games in her debut season, starting on the mound in 13 and pitching two full games... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year... Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors three times throughout the season... Named the Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player for her performance pitching in 11 innings of the Crimson's three wins... Second team All-Ivy (P)... finished the season with an 8-2 record from the mound after pitching 100.0 innings... led the Ivy League with a 1.75 ERA in conference play... pitched a full game no-hitter in game two of the Yale series... had nine games where she pitched at least one inning and allowed no hits... struck out 92 batters throughout the season... Got her first win with the Crimson at N.C. Central in the Winthrop tournament, leading Harvard to 5-4 while only allowing three hits... got her first save pitching two innings against Chattanooga in the Gardner Webb tournament. 

Before Harvard

Earned four letters at Xavier College Preparatory… Played with Arizona Storm 18u National – Mathis from 2021-22… Served as 2022 team captain at Xavier College Prep… Collected Extra Innings All-America First-Team honors and MaxPreps second-team accolades (’21, ’22)… MaxPreps listed her as Arizona’s best player in the state in ‘22… Appeared on the PGF Future All-American Game Watch List (’21, ’22)… Named the Arizona 6A – Premier Region Player of the Year (’19, ’22)… Was a three-time first-team all-region and all-conference selection (‘19, ‘21, ‘22)… Landed on the Arizona All-State Team (’21, ’22)… Named the Arizona 6A state championship player of the game (’21, ’22)… Voted the Xavier College Prep softball MVP (‘19, ‘20, ‘22)… Led Xavier College Prep to back-to-back Arizona 6A state championships (‘21, ‘22), the first two titles in school history… Finished career with a 61-9 record, a 1.74 ERA and 606 strikeouts… Hit .398 over her career… Garnered Arizona Softball All-Academic Team accolades all four years (‘19-22)… Member of the National Honor Society (‘20-22)… Earned Xavier College Prep Academic First Honors (‘18-22)… Served on the Xavier College Prep President’s Council in ‘22… Earned Magna Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam… Other interests include reading, high impact

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2023First-Year

    P
    5
  • 5

    2024Sophomore

    P
    5
  • 5

    2025Junior

    P
    5
  • 5

    2026Senior

    P
    5