Rylee Jensen-McFarland Jensen - Softball

Rylee Jensen

Outfielder #2

Class

Senior

Hometown

Idaho Falls,

Idaho

Last School

Skyline High School

Roster Years

2017-2021

Personal

Parents are Brett and Kristy Jensen
Born in Rexburg, Idaho
Has four siblings

Before BYU

Prepped at Skyline HS
2016 Player of the Year
Earned the Slugger Award (.557 batting average)
Won Skyline's Best Defensive Player Award
Had the most stolen bases (39), runs (50), RBI (43) and home runs (10) in the area in 2014
Her 10 home runs hit in 2014 set a school record
Named District 5-6 First Team Outfield and Coaches All-Conference First Team Outfielder
Earned First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Area each season
Played club ball for the USA Explosion 18 Gold, placing third at ASA Nationals in the summer of 2015
She also played for the Idaho Sliders
Also a four-year letterwinner for basketball and ran track for one season
Also recruited by Idaho State, Utah Valley and Weber State

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2017

NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team
WCC Co-Freshman of the Year
All-WCC First Team
Went 4/4 in collegiate debut against Nebraska
Named to the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team
Hit 7/10 in 3 games at the DeMarini Desert Classic
Tied single-game BYU record for doubles in a game with 3 vs. Nevada
WCC Player of the Week (2/20)
Went 3/4 with 1 run @ SDSU
Hit her first career home run vs. Sacramento State
3 RBI on 2/2 effort with 1 HR vs. UVU
Career-high 5 RBI vs. San Diego
Two walk-off home runs in doubleheader against San Diego in the bottom of the fifth to earn run-rule wins
WCC Player of the Week (5/1)
Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week (5/2)
Went 3/4 with 3 runs at Santa Clara
Went 3/3 with 2 runs at Saint Mary's

Sophmore Year 2018

2018 NFCA All-Pacific Third Team
2018 WCC Player of the Year
2018 All-WCC First Team
Named Offensive Player of the Year by the coaches at the end-of-year banquet
Finished the season ranked No. 1 in runs (57) among all sophomores in program history
Played in 55 games and started 54 this season
Went 2/3 in nine games
Hit a two-run homer against No. 1 Washington (3/3)
Earned third career WCC Player of the Week (3/12)
Batted .421 in six games in Hawai'i and scored 10 runs on eight hits, including five home runs and one triple. She also had seven RBI
Crushed two home runs against ECU (3/9)
Robbed a would-be walk-off home run in the ninth inning against LSU (3/23), making the #SCTop10 at No. 9
Went 3/4 at Utah (4/18) with one run and a double
Went a perfect 3/3 with two runs against Saint Mary’s (4/27)
WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll

Junior Year 2019

Named WCC Preseason First Team
Named All-WCC First Team
Named WCC All-Academic
Named NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
Named the NFCA National Player of the Week (4/16)
Named Most Valuable Player by the coaches at the end-of-year banquet
Finished the season in BYU's all-time career records ranked No. 8 in on-base percentage (.444), No. 9 in runs (143), No. 10 in batting average (.350), slugging percentage (.572) and reached base streak (24)
Led the team in starts (54), batting average (.381), slugging percentage (.676.), on base percentage (.450), runs (46), hits (67), RBI (33), doubles (14), home runs (12), total bases (119) and walks (21)
Ranked No. 3 in doubles (14), No. 4 in hits (67) and slugging percentage (.676) and No. 5 in runs (46) among all juniors in BYU history
Stole eight bases on the season on eight attempts
Went 2 for 4 against both No. 18 Baylor and North Carolina scoring a run in each
Against No. 18 Baylor had two hits including a double, two RBI and two hits (2/7)
Hit three homers in two games, including two against Fordham (2/16)
Went 4 for 5 in two games (UTEP & Fordham)
Had a career-high four runs against UTEP (2/16)
Tied career-high of five RBI and had a career-high slugging percentage of 2.670 against Fordham (2/16)
Named WCC Player of the Week back-to-back (2/19, 2/25)
Went 2 for 4 against Nebraska with a homer and two RBI (2/21)
Had a .667 batting average with one run and a double against Robert Morris (3/7)
Was 4 for 5 at the plate at LBSU, scoring three runs and four RBI (3/8)
Recorded a run and a stolen base against No. 2 UCLA (3/9)
In five games had a .597 batting average (UCLA/LBSU Invite)
Named WCC Player of the Week after the UCLA/LBSU Invite (3/11)
Was 2 for 3 against No. 6 Tennessee recording one run (3/16)
Batted .900 in three games going a perfect 4 for 4 and 3 for 3 in two games against Pacific (4/13)
Named WCC Player of the Week and College Sports Madness WCC Player of the Week after her performance against Pacific (4/15)
Went 2 for 3 in back-to-back games against SUU and USD
Smashed two homers with her first and second at bats while tying career-high slugging percentage (2.67) against USD (4/26)
Went 2 for 2 with three runs and a double against USD (4/26)
Named WCC Player of the Week after games against San Diego (4/29)
Hit two home runs against Arkansas going 2 for 4 at the NCAA Regionals (5/17)
Had two runs against Tulsa at the NCAA Regionals (5/17)

Senior Year 2021

Started in all 55 games
NFCA All-Region First Team
All-WCC First Team
WCC All-Academic First Team
WCC Player of the Week (2/23)
Led team in hits (72), runs (61), doubles (14), walks (24) and at-bats (181)
Second on the team in batting average (.392), slugging percentage (.801) and on-base percentage (.466) and RBI (43)
Hit a team high 20 home runs, tied for 12th-most in the NCAA
Tallied a team-high 145 total bases, tied for ninth-most in the NCAA
Set school records in games played (242), games started (239), career doubles (52) and career runs (228)
Posted a perfect fielding percentage with 59 putouts
11 two-hit games and nine three-hit games
Nine-game hitting streak and 10-game reached base streak
Seven two-RBI games, two three-RBI games and one four-RBI game

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Named WCC Pre-Season First Team
Named NFCA National Player of the Week (3/3)
Played and started all 23 games as BYU's leadoff hitter while splitting time between left and center field before the season was suspended
Following the season, ranked among active career leaders at No. 3 in runs scored (167), No. 24 in hits (205) and batting average (.360), No. 25 in walks (89) and total bases (25), No. 34 in at bats (569), No. 41 in doubles (38) and No. 50 in homers (30)
Finished the season in BYU's all-time career records ranked No. 4 in on-base percentage (.453), No. 5 in runs (167), No. 7 in batting average (.361), No. 8 in doubles (38), No. 9 in slugging percentage (.604), walks (89) and hit by pitch (11), No. 11 in hits (205) and total bases (343), No. 12 in triples (5), No. 13 in homers (30) and No. 14 in stolen bases (25)
Led the team in batting average (.441), runs (24), hits (30), doubles (5), triples (2), slugging percentage (.838), walks (11), on-base percentage (.518) and stolen bases (5)
Second on the team in at bats (68), homers (6) and RBI (23)
Finished the season ranked nationally at No. 9 in sac flies (9), No. 30 in slugging percentage (.838), No. 43 in total bases (57), No. 46 in runs per game (1.04) and No. 53 in batting average (.441)
Ranked No. 1 in batting average (.441) and on-base percentage and No. 3 in slugging percentage (.839) among all seniors in program history before the season was suspended after 23 games
Concluded season on a 14 hit and on-base streak
Recorded first triple of the season against Oregon with one RBI (2/7)
Hit first homer of the season against San Diego State going 2/3 with two RBI (2/13)
Went 2/3 with two runs against SUU with one RBI, one walk and a career-high two stolen bases (2/14)
Against Cal State Fullerton was 2/3 with three runs, one RBI and one walk (2/15)
Recorded three RBI against Bethune Cookman with two hits and one run (2/22)
Named WCC Player of the Week back-to-back weeks (2/24), (3/2)
In two games went a perfect 5/5 with four runs, one double, one triple, one homer, four RBI and two walks
Blasted homer in three-straight games
At the Judi Garman Classic, batted .684 (9-for-14) with eight RBI and seven runs scored, with a double, a triple, three homers and slugging 1.500 with a .684 on-base percentage
Went 2/3 against UC Davis scoring two runs with a double and one RBI (3/6)