Bradley University Athletics

Honors & Awards

• Second-Team All-MVC (2013)
• Second-Team Academic All-District (2013)
• First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete (2013 & 2014)
• Charles Orsborn Award (2014)
• Megan C. Fong Inspiration Award (2014)
• MVC All-Tournament Team (2012)
• Preseason All-MVC (2014)
• MVC Presidents Council Academic Award (2014)
• MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2014)
• MVC Honor Roll (2014)
• Bradley AD Honor Roll (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013 & Spring 2014)

2014 Season (Senior): Charles Orsborn Award winner … Megan C. Fong Inspiration Award winner … First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Pre-season All-MVC … Limited to a defensive role due to an injury and concussion … Started 36 games at catcher … Owned a .424 on base percentage, collecting 11 walks in just 59 plate appearances … Opened the season with a pinch-hit home run against Indiana … Broke the Bradley career walks record against Canisius … Went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI against 24th-ranked California … Scored three runs in a win against Pacific … Finished her career with Bradley season records for walks (36), hit by pitch (12) and on base percentage (.532) … Also owned career records for walks (70), hit by pitch (30) and on percentage (.491) … Her .463 career slugging percentage was tied for seventh in Bradley history at the end of her career.

2013 Season (Junior): Second-Team All-MVC selection ... Second-Team Academic All-District V pick ... Named Team MVP in addition to garnering the squad’s most valuable offensive and defensive player awards ... Was second in the MVC with a .381 batting average ... Second in Valley and in the top 30 in the nation in on base percentage .532 ... Missed final 10 games of the season due to thumb injury ... Third on team in runs (25) and tied for fourth in RBI (19) ... Highest batting average by a Bradley hitter since 1999 (8th best season average in school history) ... Broke own school season record for on base percentage ... Only player in school history with two seasons with 20 or more walks ... Her 23 walks rank as sixth best season total in school history ... Hit .394 with runners on base and reached base safely 56 percent of the time she led off an inning ... Second in career walks at Bradley despite playing just 90 games ... Owns BU career record for hit by pitch ... Reached base safely via hit, walk or hit by pitch in 37 of the 41 games she played ... Her .590 slugging percentage was the best at Bradley since 1999 and ranks third among BU season marks ... Tied her own school season mark got hit by pitch with 12 ... Had 12 multi-hit games.

2012 Season (Sophomore): Broke the Bradley season records for walks (36), hit by pitch (12) and on base percentage (.480) in her first season on The Hilltop since transferring from Lake land College ... Ranked fourth in the MVC with her .480 on base percentage and her 36 walks were nine more than the previous season record ... Started 49 games at catcher and shared the team's top defensive player award ... Named to the all-tournament team at the State Farm MVC Tournament after going 2-for-3 with a walk against Missouri State ... Ranked second on the squad with 24 RBI and was third with a .276 batting average and 19 runs scored ... Was second on the team with seven doubles and three home runs ... Hit .306 with runners on base and .304 with runners in scoring position ... Ended the season on a high note, hitting .400 (8-for-20) with five runs, six RBI and five walks in the final eight games of the year ... Led the team with six multi-RBI games ... Reached base safely in each of the final eight games and tied for the longest streak on the squad reaching safely in nine consecutive games early in the year ... Had eight multi-hit games.

Lake Land College: Played just one season at Lake Land College ... Hit. 449 with school season records of 11 home runs and 75 RBI ... Helped the Lakers to a 43-10 record in her only season and garnered first-team all-region honors ... Also selected to the Region 24 all-tournament team, while helping Lake Land to a fifth-place national finish ... Closed out the year with a .500 on base percentage and scored 54 runs

High School: Boasted an impressive .531 batting average as a senior and earned all-Big 12 Conference honors ... Helped lead the Greenwave to back-to-back conference championships as a sophomore and junior and second-place state finish in 2008.

Personal: The daughter of Dave and Julie Basham, Bailiegh was born in Mattoon, Ill. ... Has a younger sibling: Kyliegh ... Majored in advertising.