HOMETOWN: Houston, TX
COLLEGE: University of Washington
Baylee is officially joining The Texas Smoke as the second overall pick in the 2023 WPF draft and the first draft pick ever in the Smoke’s history. Baylee makes her way back to the Lone Star State after spending the last four years in the Pacific Northwest. Originally from Houston, Texas, Klingler has left her mark on both Texas A&M and University of Washington softball, where she majored in psychology.
Prior to joining the Washington Huskies, Klingler played one season at Texas A&M University in College Station where she was selected for the SEC All-Freshman Team. It doesn’t stop there; Klingler represented her country as a member of the USA Junior Women’s National Team that took home a gold medal in the 2017 WBSC Junior World Championship. During high school, she posted a .569 career batting average and was ranked as the no. 4 recruit out of the class of 2018 by FloSoftball.
Her career highlights include:
NFCA First Team All-American
NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
First Team All-Pac-12
USA Softball Top 25 Player of the Year Finalist
Pac-12 Player of the Year
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 3 Finalist
Pac-12 Triple Crown Winner
NFCA All-Region First Team
Honda Sports Award for Softball Finalist