After Big Summer For Softball, Ali Aguilar Ready To Lead A Young U.S. Team Into Pan Am Games
Aguilar, who recently began a side career as a teacher, is one of five players back from the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team.
Athlete Bio#
Height
5'8"
Age
29
Hometown
Prairieville, LA
Education
Louisiana State University
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Height: 5'8"
Position: Outfield
B/T: L/R
Hometown: Prairieville, La.
School: LSU
Graduation: 2017
EXPERIENCE
2016 Women's Elite Team Member
- World Cup of Softball participant
- Hit .750 (6-for-8) with five runs scored
AT LSU
2016 USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
2016 NFCA All-South Region Second Team
2016 NCAA All-Baton Rouge Regional Team
2016 LSWA All-Louisiana Second Team
2015 SEC Co-Player of the Week
2015 Second Team All-SEC
2015 NFCA All-South Region First Team
2015 NCAA All-Baton Rouge Regional Team
2015 NCAA All-Baton Rouge Super Regional Team
2015 NFCA All-American Second Team
2015 LSWA All-Louisiana First Team
2014 SEC All-Freshman Team
2014 SEC All-Tournament Team
2014 LSWA All-Louisiana Honorable Mention
Parents: Darrell and Robin Landry
Dream job: Working with young people
Favorite sport besides softball: Baseball, football, gymnastics
What it means to represent the United States: It means so much because I get to be a part of the standard setting organization/country of softball in the world. I have also looked up to so many who have worn the uniform before and it means the world that I am entrusted to carry on what they started and the opportunities they fought to give the next generation.
What she loves about softball: I enjoy the team atmosphere and having friends so close to you all the time. I also love the competitiveness of the game and how so many different outcomes can happen. I enjoy the late, close games when everyone is pouring their hearts out to try to win it. Also, the ways it has helped myself and those around me grow as strong women.
FUN FACTS:
My favorite activities include: Reading, learning, photography, traveling, fishing and being outdoors
My favorite meal or snack: My dads boiled crawfish!
My cellphone wallpaper is: Create in me a pure heart, Psalms 51:10 with floral designs
My favorite music to listen to is: Country and Christian - it's upbeat and lively and talks about things that matter
Best advice I've ever received: To full trust God, because He works all things for our good
ONE LAST THING:
Last gift I bought: Some candy for a teammates birthday
Last home cooked meal: Boiled crawfish
My last splurge: Had a few extra creamers in my coffee
Last guilty pleasure: A chocolate sprinkled donut
Last joke I laughed at: A "yo-momma" joke told by one of my teammates
