{"id":357124,"date":"2026-07-01T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357124\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:24:09","slug":"texas-am-softball-transfer-tracker-which-players-are-coming-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357124\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M softball transfer tracker: Which players are coming, going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/tamu\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M softball<\/a> saw another promising start to the year devolve\u00a0into\u00a0another disappointing postseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the second straight year, the Aggies were eliminated in a regional they hosted \u2014 this time it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/aggies\/article\/texas-am-score-updates-arizona-state-22262867.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by Arizona State<\/a>.\u00a0A&amp;M finished the season 38-19 but have just one super regional appearance since 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite a relatively young roster, the\u00a0Aggies are optimistic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of upswing I think here of getting that experience under their belt,&#8221; head coach Trisha Ford said after the season-ending loss to Arizona State in May. &#8220;I think we have a lot of pieces returning, a strong freshman incoming class and we&#8217;ll be active in the portal.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow along for tracking who is coming and going in College Station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the departure of Kennedy Powell, the Aggies&#8217; infield anchor at third base, they got a bit more help with incoming transfer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholehogsports.com\/news\/2026\/jun\/23\/texas-am-lands-arkansas-softball-transfer-shortstop-atalyia-rijo\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atalyia Rijo<\/a>. The infielder finished her sophomore season she had .342 batting average, 13 doubles, 7 home runs and 42 RBIs, all career highs.<\/p>\n<p>A&amp;M got more infield experience with the addition of LSU transfer <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/2026\/06\/10\/texas-aggies-softball-boosts-infield-depth-with-lsu-transfer-maddon-mckee\/90486603007\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maddox McKee<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lsusports.net\/sports\/sb\/roster\/player\/maddox-mckee\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rising senior had<\/a> a 100% fielding\u00a0percentage through 33 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeeDee Baldwin is taking a &#8220;year or two&#8221; off from softball which she announced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYnXlHvAZSz\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an Instagram post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas A&amp;M softball saw another promising start to the year devolve\u00a0into\u00a0another disappointing postseason.\u00a0 For the second straight year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9764,61479,27,14539,64131,29,28],"class_list":["post-357124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-sec","tag-sec-softball","tag-texas","tag-texas-a-m-aggies","tag-texas-a-m-aggies-softball","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}