Anni Raley Season 2022

Career Honors & Awards

• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Nebraska Academic Medallion (Bronze, 2020; Gold, 2022) 
• Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award (2022) 
• Eight-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Member
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2021, 2022)

Senior Season (2022)

• Appeared as the catcher in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game against No. 23 Michigan 
• Started as the catcher against Ohio State at the Big Ten Tournament 
• Was the starting catcher against Penn State at the Big Ten Tournament 
• Started all three games as the catcher in the Indiana series 
• Added one run in game three of the Ohio State series 
• Started game two at Wisconsin as the catcher 
• Was 2-for-6 at the Rock Chalk Challenge with a homer against South Dakota
• Started all five games at the UNI-Dome Classic as the catcher
• Walked twice and was hit by a pitch at the UNI-Dome Classic 

Junior Season (2021)

• Started a team-high 23 games at catcher
• Saw action behind the plate in 31 of Nebraska’s 44 games overall
• Went 1-for-3 with an RBI double vs. No. 23 Michigan
• Was 2-for-2 with her first career triple in game one vs. Penn State
• Set career highs in hits, runs (2) and RBIs (2) in the win
• Went 2-for-3 with a run in the third game against Penn State
• Was plunked by a pitch and scored a run while starting the series opener at Rutgers, but the hit-by-pitch forced her to miss the rest of the series
• Walked and scored a run in game two of the Illinois series
• Had a career day in Nebraska’s win at No. 24 Minnesota
• Went 3-for-4 with her first career home run, two runs scored and three RBIs, tying or setting career highs in hits, runs and RBIs
• Walked and scored as a pinch hitter in game one of the Wisconsin doubleheader
• Went 2-for-2 with a double, an RBI and was hit by a pitch in the series opener against Maryland
• Had an RBI single in Nebraska’s win at Iowa

Sophomore Season (2020)

• Season was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic
• Played in nine games including seven starts - six at catcher and one as the designated player
• Recorded two hits - one double and one triple - and one RBI
• Made her first career start at catcher in the season opener against NM State
• Went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple against the Aggies
• Recorded one RBI in game one against Georgia Tech at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
• Drew a walk in game two against the Yellow Jackets

Freshman Season (2019)

• Appeared in 33 of Nebraska's 52 games, primarily as a pinch runner and scored 13 runs
• Scored one run in the season opener against Lamar, appearing as a pinch runner
• Also scored one run in game two against Lamar
• Scored four runs at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
• Scored one run against Arizona State
• Scored one run in the series finale against Wichita State, appearing as a pinch runner
• Had her first career at bat in game one against Tulsa, appearing as a pinch hitter
• Scored one run against South Dakota State
• Scored one run in the series finale against Purdue
• Scored one run in the Iowa doubleheader
• Appeared as a pinch hitter in the series finale against Maryland
• Scored one run against Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament 

Before Nebraska

• Played four seasons for Buchanan High School as its starting catcher
• Helped the Bears to a runner-up finish at the Central Section CIF D1 Softball Championships as a senior
• Named the 2017 Buchanan High School Offensive Player of the Year as a junior
• Hit .475, with an on-base percentage of .588 and a .590 batting average with runners in scoring position as a junior
• Had five home runs and had 31 RBIs as a junior
• Earned Tri-River Athletic Conference first-team honors and NFCA First-Team All-West Region accolades as a junior
• Named to the California Second-Team All-State Underclass Team and earned the Catcher-of-the Year award as a junior
• Led Buchanan High School to the California Division 1 Tri-River Athletic Conference Valley title as a sophomore
• Earned the NFCA Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award as a sophomore
• Played 30 games for Buchanan High School and batted .282 as a sophomore
• Earned the Under Armour All-American Award and was a featured player in FloSoftball after finishing her freshman season with a .455 batting average and 29 RBIs
• Earned the MVP Award in the California Arroyo Grande Tournament in 2015, 2016 and 2017
• Played club ball for the California Dirt Dogs, under coach Jeff Harger
• Named a NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete in 2015, 2016 and 2017

Personal

• Born on March 20, 2000
• Psychology major (earned bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May 2022)
• Daughter of Rick Raley and Mike and Julie Ellis
• Has one sister, Claire and one brother, Reese
• Has one stepsister, Shylynn and two stepbrothers, Chad and Derick