McKayla Timmons

Photo by: Owen Main - Owen Main Photography

McKayla Timmons Home Run Celebration vs Oregon State

Photo by: Owen Main - Owen Main Photography

Photo by: Brayden Goins / Ball State Athletics

Photo by: Brayden Goins / Ball State Athletics

Photo by: Todd Drexler - SESportsMedia

Photo by: Todd Drexler - SESportsMedia

Position:
Utility
Height:
6-0
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Joe E. Newsome
Hometown:
Lithia, Fla.

BALL STATE CAREER NOTES ENTERING 2025 SEASON
• 2024 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team
• 2023 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team
• 2023 & 2024 First Team All-MAC
• 2024 MAC All-Tournament Team
• Two-Time MAC Player of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024 & April 24, 2024)
• Played in 144 of a possible 164 games over her Ball State career, earning 141 starts
• Made 85 starts as catcher, 47 at first base and nine as the designated player
• Has driven in 19 game-winning RBI and scored 14 game-winning runs over her Ball State career

• On Ball State’s Career Charts: 1st in sacrifice flies (10), T-1st in triple plays turned (1), 2nd in slugging percentage (.743), 2nd in on base percentage (.477), 3rd in home runs (41), 3rd in times hit by a pitch (29), 4th in batting average (.368), 5th in stolen base percentage (.885), 12th in RBI (125), 14th in total bases (297), 15th in runs scored (103), 15th in putouts (619), T-18th in double plays turned (19), T-20th in walks (64)
• On Ball State’s Single Season Charts (Highest Ranking Only): 1st in home runs (25 in 2024), T-1st in triple plays turned (1 in 2024), 2nd in slugging percentage (.911 in 2024), 2nd in total bases (154 in 2024), T-2nd in sacrifice flies (5 in 2024), T-3rd in times hit by pitch (12 in 2024), 4th in RBI (58 in 2024), 4th in runs scored (55 in 2024), 4th in on base percentage (.523 in 2024), T-4th in walks (36 in 2024), 8th in batting average (.402 in 2024), T-9th in hits (68 in 2024), T-19th in games started (58 in 2024)

2024 (R-Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State … named to the 2024 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team as a catcher … First Team All-MAC and MAC All-Tournament Team … two-time MAC Player of the Week (Feb. 27 & April 24) … started all 58 games, making 48 starts as catcher and 10 at first base … smashed a Ball State single season record 25 home runs which ranked third among all NCAA Division I players … her .402 batting average ranked was the eighth-best single season average in program history and ranked third in the MAC and 53rd nationally … ranked fifth in the nation with a .911 slugging percentage, which was the second-best mark in program history … ranked 15th nationally and first in the MAC with her .523 on base percentage, which included 68 hits (73rd nationally), 36 walks and 12 times being hit by a pitch (47th nationally) … ranked 26th nationally in RBI (58) and 43rd nationally in runs per game (0.95) by scoring 55 total runs … drove in what proved to be the game-winning RBI in 10 games, while scoring what proved to be the game-winning run in 10 games … eight of her game-winning RBI came via the home run (Feb. 23 at Kennesaw State - GM 1, Feb. 24 vs. Georgia State, March 8 vs. Indiana State, March 16 vs. Ohio - GM 2, both ends of the April 13 doubleheader vs. Bowling Green, April 20 vs. Akron and May 4 at Central Michigan - GM 2) while the other two came on sac flies (Feb. 17 vs. Jacksonville State and March 9 vs. Notre Dame) … drove herself in as the game-winning run five times (at Kennesaw State, vs. Indiana State, both games versus Bowling Green and at CMU) … led the squad and ranked 127th nationally with 17 stolen bases, while ranking 66th nationally by throwing out 11 of the 37 base runners attempting to steal on her as catcher … led the team with 17 multiple hit games and 16 multiple RBI games … her seven RBI in the 9-5 (9) win over Georgia State, which included her first career grand slam to drive in what proved to be the game-winning run in the top of the ninth inning, are the second-most in a single game in program history … added six RBI in the 13-9 victory over Marshall (March 7) … reached base safely in each of the final 26 games of the season, including a career long 21 game hitting streak … overall, she reached base safely in 54 of the 58 games she played over the course of the season … had four multiple home run games, including two in her 4-for-4 effort in the second game victory at Kennesaw State … went 3-for-3 in the MAC Softball Championship elimination game victory over Toledo (May 10), with two home runs, three RBI and three runs scored … earned MAC All-Tournament Team honors after batting .500 (7-for-14) over Ball State’s run to the title game, with two home runs, two doubles, six runs scored, five RBI, five walks, being hit by a pitch twice and her program record 10th career sac fly … had a hand in turning just the second recorded triple play in program history, while also factoring in three double plays … finished the season with a .985 fielding percentage, logging 240 putouts and 28 assists while committing just four errors.

2023 (R-So.): Earned second letter at Ball State … named to the 2023 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team as a utility player … First Team All-MAC … started all 51 games she played, with 27 starts at catcher, 17 at first base, and seven as the designated player … a .345 batter, she ranked sixth in the MAC and 91st nationally with 12 home runs … finished the season ranked fourth in the MAC with 44 RBI, with her 0.86 RBI-per-game average ranking 77th nationally … owned the nation's 108th-best slugging percentage (.655), while ranking 71st in sacrifice flies (4) and 63rd in times hit by a pitch (11) … added a .434 on base percentage for a 1.089 OPS … in addition to her 12 home runs, she tallied seven doubles and a triple … registered at least one hit in 35 games, while ranking third on the squad with 14 multiple hit games … led the team with 14 multiple RBI games … drove in what proved to be the game-winning RBI in eight games, including four via home run in games versus Central Michigan (March 25), versus Northern Illinois (March 29), versus Miami (April 26 - Game 2) and at Akron (April 29 - Game 1) … drove herself in for what proved to be the game-winning run in three of those contests (CMU, NIU and Akron), while also scoring the game-winner versus Lindenwood (Feb. 19) … her first game-winning RBI of the season came with a two-run double in the first inning of the 10-1 win over Sacred Heart (March 10) … drove in the game-winning RBI with a ground out in the series opener versus Buffalo (April 15), while doing the same with a sac bunt in the series opener versus Bowling Green (April 22) … used a first-inning RBI double to drive in the eventual game winner in the series finale against BGSU (April 23) … tallied a season-high four RBI in the March 25 win over Bowling Green, going 2-for-3 from the plate with a pair of home runs … credited with three RBI in both wins over Bellarmine (Feb. 24 and Feb. 25), at Ohio (April 1) and in the 10-0 (5) victory over Miami in which she blasted a two-run bomb to open the scoring … as catcher, she threw out five batters trying to steal … finished the season with a .987 fielding percentage, collecting 210 putouts and 26 assists while committing just three errors during her time as catcher and at first base.

2022 (R-Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State … played in 35 games, earning 32 starts … made 20 starts at first base, 10 as catcher, and two as the designated player … suffered a season-inning injury at IUPUI (April 12), although she was able to enter as a pinch runner in the Akron series … ranked second on the team with a .337 batting average, including seven doubles and four home runs … drew 13 walks and was hit by a pitch nine times for a .453 on base percentage, which was also second on the squad … tallied 23 RBI and 18 runs scored on the year … her first collegiate hit was an RBI single in the 7-4 win over Western Illinois (Feb. 11) … added her first of seven doubles on the year against Murray State (Feb. 12) … drove in four of Ball State’s five runs versus Seattle (Feb. 12), starting with her first collegiate home run, a three-run blast in the fourth, and followed by an RBI double in the sixth … added four more RBI versus New Mexico State (March 11), including another three-run home run and another RBI double … drove in the game-winning run in the 5-1 win at Grand Canyon (March 12) with a RBI double in the third, while adding her third home run of the season in the fifth to cap the scoring in the game … went 3-for-3 in the 8-5 series-opening win over Kent State adding her third three-run homer of the season, while also producing an RBI double … went 3-for-4 in the second game of the April 10 doubleheader versus Ohio, including a double and RBI single … recorded eight multi-hit and five multi-RBI games on the year … produced a .968 fielding percentage with 169 putouts, 10 assists, and just six errors … had a hand in nine of Ball State’s 29 double plays on the year.

2021 (Fr.): Redshirted at Ball State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Team captain for the Wolves at Joe E. Newsome High School in Lithia, Florida … earned First Team All-Conference as a freshman and Second Team All-Conference as a sophomore, playing for South Elgin High School…at South Elgin she earned Slugger of the Year as a freshman and set the school’s record for home runs (14) … as a junior at Newsome High School, she earned First Team All-Conference after batting .486 with 37 RBIs and and a program-record eight home runs … also led the Wolves to a District Championship, a Regional Championship and a State Runner-up finish her junior season.

CLUB: She has played two years with the Firecrackers Softball, Inc., winning the title of Triple Crown Myrtle Beach National Champions.

WHY BALL STATE: I chose Ball State University because it is a great fit for me academically and athletically. I love the family atmosphere and dedication the softball team has!