Auburn softball will aim to replace ace pitcher [autotag]Maddie Penta[/autotag] ahead of the 2025 season. The Tigers may have found a suitor in [autotag]Haley Rainey[/autotag].
Rainey transferred to Auburn last offseason from Cal State Fullerton and will compete for the ace role in Auburn’s pitching staff after winning Big West Pitcher of the Year in 2024.
Her transition from the Big West to the SEC will be one to watch, which is why Softball America recently included Rainey in its preseason top-100 players list. The former Cal State Fullerton Titan checks in at No. 79 in this year’s ranking.
In two seasons at Fullerton, Rainey recorded 26 wins and a 1.69 ERA in 68 appearances. She logged 151 strikeouts in 167.2 innings pitched over 37 appearances. She issued 49 walks and allowed just two home runs on the season. She never allowed more than four earned runs in a game last season and allowed zero runs in 17 games.
Rainey joins a pitching staff that features returning players [autotag]Malayna Tamborra[/autotag] and [autotag]Emmah Rolfe[/autotag], as well as Oklahoma transfer [autotag]SJ Geurin[/autotag]. Year one of the Chris and Kate Malveaux era begins Feb. 7 against Southern Illinois at Jane B. Moore Field.
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