Ansley Bennett

Position:
Utility/Right-Handed Pitcher
Class:
Second Year
High School:
Summerville
Hometown:
Summerville, S.C.
Prev School:
South Carolina

2026 (at South Carolina): Named to the D1Softball Preseason Top-100 Freshman to Watch list … Played in 36 games, making two starts as the DP, and made six appearances in the circle with one start … Reached base in fourth straight games … Recorded her first collegiate hit against Boston University (Feb. 13) …Earned her first collegiate RBI against Boston University (Feb. 14) … Scored a season-high two runs against Boston College (Mar. 14) … Doubled and drove in a run at Coastal Carolina (Mar. 11) … Threw a season-high two innings against Boston University (Feb. 14) and Winthrop (Feb. 25) … Earned her first career strikeout against Binghamton (Feb. 8) … Recorded her first career save against Boston University (Feb. 13) … Earned her first career win against Boston University (Feb. 14), tossing two hitless innings with two strikeouts … Struck out a season-high two batters twice against Boston University (Feb. 13 and Feb. 14).

High School: Named the South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024 … Led the Green Wave to a pair of state championships, including a perfect 30-0 record in 2024 … In 2024 she finished with a 0.16 ERA and led the team with 13 home runs and 41 RBIs … From 2022-24 she was named to the All-State team and named the Region Player of the Year … In 2023 and 2024 she was named the 5A Player of the Year … In 2023 and 2022 she was named the Low Country Player of the Year … MaxPreps named her the 2024 South Carolina Player of the Year and named her a First Team All-American … During the travel ball season, she played for the Lady Lightning Gold … Also a standout on the volleyball court where she was named to the All-Region team in 2023 … In the classroom she earned the A/B Honor Roll three times.