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Aubrey Leach

University of Tennessee, Knoxville '19

Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas

2023 AUX Second Place Finisher

Aubrey Leach is a 5-foot-4 professional softball infielder from The Woodlands, Texas. She was acquired in the 4th Round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft following a collegiate career at Tennessee.


Personal Life

Career & Education: Received her law degree from Tennessee in May 2024 and serves as the Director of Player Development at Tennessee. Chairperson of the AUSL Player Executive Committee and an athlete representative on the USA Softball Board of Directors.

Family: Grandmother played professional baseball for the Rockford Peaches. Married Zach Gartner in December 2025. Wears No. 75 in relation to the Marine Corps’ birthday.

Professional Experience


Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2020–2025)

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Earned a share of 18th place with 900 leaderboard points. Compiled a .269 batting average with one home run and four RBIs.

2025 AUSL Regular Season: Ranked ninth in the AUSL with a .355 batting average. Tied for first with 15 walks and ranked second with seven doubles. Became the first player in any AU softball game to register five hits (5-for-5 vs. Bandits on July 22).

2024 Championship Season: Tallied 1,140 leaderboard points and tied for the league lead with a .373 batting average and 19 hits. Earned her first AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team selection.

2024 AUX Season: Finished 14th with 1,040 leaderboard points, batting .395 with 17 hits.

2023 Championship Season: Posted 1,224 leaderboard points, hitting .205 with eight hits.

2023 AUX Season: Secured second place with 1,158 points, hitting .405 and tying for the league lead with 15 hits.

2022 Championship Season: Finished 12th with 1,450 points, batting .383 with 18 hits.

2020 Championship Season: Closed the inaugural season in 17th place with 1,430 points, hitting .346.


Other Professional Experience (2019–2020)

Independent: Played for Scrap Yard Fastpitch in 2019 and the This Is Us softball team in 2020.


International Experience (2022–2026)

Team USA: Led Team USA to a Gold medal at the 2022 WBSC Pan American Championships while earning Tournament MVP accolades. Won Gold at the 2023 Pan American Games and is a member of the 2026 National Team pool.

College Experience: Tennessee (2016–2019)


Career Statistics: Started 240 games, authoring a .385 career batting average with 269 hits, 77 stolen bases, and a school-record 255 runs scored and 84 walks.

Senior Year (2019): Ranked fourth in the SEC with a .411 batting average and 65 runs scored.

Junior Year (2018): Led the SEC and ranked 12th in NCAA Division I with her batting average, scoring a program-record 80 runs.

Sophomore Year (2017): Paced the SEC with 60 runs scored.

Freshman Year (2016): Batted .348 with 57 hits and 50 runs scored.


Awards & Honors

All-America: Two-time NFCA First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-America in 2018.

Headshot of Aubrey Leach

Career Stats

  • All-Star Cup
  • AUX Softball
  • Regular Season
YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2025 All-Star Cup
8
8
30
26
.269
.345
.462
.807
4
7
2
-
1
4
3
-
7
12
-
1
-
-
2025 AUSL
24
24
94
76
.368
.467
.461
.928
23
28
7
-
-
7
15
-
9
35
1
2
6
1
2024 Championship*
15
9
58
51
.373
.448
.431
.879
12
19
1
1
-
4
7
-
6
22
-
-
2
1
2024 AUX Softball
12
6
49
43
.395
.469
.442
.911
12
17
2
-
-
1
6
-
8
19
-
-
3
-
2023 AUX Softball
10
2
43
37
.405
.488
.757
1.245
10
15
5
1
2
8
6
-
5
28
-
-
1
-
2023 Championship*
15
7
50
40
.200
.333
.250
.583
6
8
2
-
-
1
8
-
11
10
-
2
1
-
2022 Championship*
15
-
54
47
.383
.442
.383
.825
14
18
-
-
-
4
4
1
8
18
-
2
4
1
2020 Championship*
15
-
57
52
.346
.370
.385
.755
12
18
2
-
-
8
2
-
6
20
-
3
6
-
Career Totals
114
56
435
372
.349
.428
.441
.869
93
130
21
2
3
37
51
1
60
164
1
10
23
3

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Splits

Game Log

  • 2025 All-Star Cup
  • 2025 AUSL
  • 2024 Championship*
  • 2024 AUX Softball
  • 2023 AUX Softball
  • 2023 Championship*
  • 2022 Championship*
  • 2020 Championship*
DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
8/31/2025
Team GarciaTeam Ricketts
4
4
.250
.250
1.000
1.250
1
1
-
-
1
3
-
-
1
4
-
-
-
-
8/30/2025
Team CoffelTeam Ricketts
4
4
.250
.250
.500
.750
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
-
-
-
-
8/29/2025
Team RickettsTeam Kowalik
3
2
.500
.667
.500
1.167
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
8/26/2025
Team KowalikTeam Ricketts
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/25/2025
Team KowalikTeam Coffey
3
3
.667
.667
1.000
1.667
1
2
1
-
-
1
-
-
1
3
-
-
-
-
8/24/2025
Team NetzTeam Kowalik
5
4
.250
.250
.250
.500
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
8/4/2025
Team LorenzTeam Ocasio
4
3
.333
.500
.333
.833
1
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
8/2/2025
Team KilfoylTeam Ocasio
4
3
-
.250
-
.250
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Highlights

2026 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool Features 27 AUSL players

USA Softball revealed the list of athletes chosen by the Women’s National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC) for the U.S. Women’s National Team (WNT) Athlete Pool on Thursday. A total of 36 athletes were named, 27 of whom compete in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). These athletes are under consideration for the 2026 USA Softball […]

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Awards & Honors

2023 AUX Second Place Finisher
Tennessee career record-holder in runs (255)
Member of Team USA
Set Tennessee single-season runs scored record(80)

Transactions

  • 11/21/2025-
    Initial Protected Player
  • 1/30/2025Blaze
    Blaze drafted Aubrey Leach in the inagural draft [Round 3, Pick 4(12)]

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