2025-26 Softball Roster

#15 Paige Cowley 2024-25 Softball Roster

Pitcher/Utility


Class Freshman
Hometown Upland, Calif.
High School Upland High
Height 5-8
B/T R/R
Paige Cowley - Softball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AS A JUNIOR (2025)

  • Played in 38 games with 21 starts, all at as the designated player
  • Hit .221 on the season with three home runs
  • Recorded a hit in 15 different games
  • Hit .400 while pinch hitting
  • Drove in nine, walked seven times and scored three runs
  • Hit her first career home run, an opposite field blast to right, in the 5-0 win over Kent State (Feb. 15)
  • Opened up the scoring with a home run to left field in the 3-0 win over NC State (March 14)
  • Launched a solo home run against #10 Arizona (March 1)
  • Notched two RBI in the 4-3 win over #22 Virginia (March 28)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2024)

  • Appeared in six games making one start
  • Logged her first plate appearance against Utah on the first live NCAA softball game on MLB Network (Feb. 10)
  • Drew a walk in her second plate appearance of the season against Iowa (Feb. 10)
  • Got her first collegiate start in the Feb. 17th matchup with Samford
  • Logged an ACC at bat against Florida State (April 13)

AS A FRESHMAN (2023)

  • Appeared in two games in the circle and earned two plate appearances
  • Made her collegiate debut as a pinch hitter against CSUN and was hit by a pitch
  • Logged 2.0 innings in the circle in her debut against Northwestern (Feb. 19), striking out one
  • Added an appearance against Elon (March 14), allowing a run and facing two hitters
  • Recorded an at bat against IUPUI (March 28)

Prep and personal

  • Four-year letterwinner at Upland High under head coach Sarah Farnworth
  • Named third team all-state in her senior year
  • Two-time first team All-Baseline League
  • Led Uplands High to 71 wins in her career, including the 2021 CIF Championship
  • 2021 Baseline League Champions
  • Michell Carew All-Tournament team
  • Career pitching stats
    • 25-12
    • 292 IP
    • 2.59 ERA
    • 528 strikeouts
  • Career hitting stats
    • .389 average
    • .440 OBP
    • 167 hits
    • 13 doubles
    • 2 triples
    • 29 home runs
  • Competed with the American Pastime club team under coach Ruben Velasquez and Firecracker Brashear under head coach Sean Brashear
  • Earned a third-place finish at the 2021 Alliance Championship
  • Helped coach the 10U team in the American Pastime organization
  • Coached teams and pitching clinics at the Upland Hilltoppers League in Upland
  • Daughter of Emily and John Cowley
  • Her brother, Drew, plays baseball at the University of Oregon