Tiare Jennings

Tiare Jennings is a 5-foot-8 professional softball middle infielder from San Pedro, California. She was acquired in the 5th Round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft following a collegiate career at Oklahoma.

Personal Life

Hobbies: Enjoys spending time with her family, going to the beach in California and fishing in Oklahoma with her dog and her husband, Noah Estrem.

Background: Named 2020 California Gatorade Player of the Year after batting .710 at St. Anthony's High School. Wears No. 23 because it was her number at Oklahoma and represents her brother's birthday. Idolizes her parents for their strength and unwavering love and support. Played volleyball, soccer and basketball as a child. Has two dogs named Wren and Boomer. Her proudest accomplishments are graduating from college and winning four NCAA championships. Competed in Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby X Finals in Salt Lake City in 2025 and the MLBx All-Star 3-on-3 event in Philadelphia on July 12, 2026.

Education: Completing a master's degree in human relations at Oklahoma, where she serves as a graduate assistant softball coach.

Family: Daughter of Maria and Ignacio Jennings and one of three children. Her cousins Tiare Jennings (New Mexico State) and Keilani Jennings (UC Santa Barbara) also played college softball.

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Softball League (2025–)

2026 AUSL All-Star Cup: Tallied 270 leaderboard points in her second All-Star Cup. Started all eight games with two hits in 19 at-bats. Highlights: tied for second in the league with four runs scored and set a season-high 140 points against Team Garcia on August 10.

2026 AUSL Regular Season (Texas Volts): Jennings earned the starting assignment in 21 games, batting .279 with five home runs and 13 runs batted in. She compiled 17 hits, including five doubles, while scoring nine runs, and ranked 10th in the AUSL with a .607 slugging percentage. She closed out the season by hitting safely in six of her final eight games, posting four multi-hit games over the course of the year. Jennings belted a grand slam in the third inning against Oklahoma City in the season opener on June 9. The next day, June 10, she added a solo homer against the Spark, also in the third inning, propelling the Volts to an 8-5 victory. On June 18, in the home opener against Utah, she slugged a solo home run. On June 23, against Chicago, Jennings went 2-for-3 with a home run and a double. On July 13, against Carolina, she contributed a solo home run. She closed out the season on July 17, against Portland, logging two hits, including a double, with two runs batted in.

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Accumulated 550 leaderboard points. Tied for fifth in the league with five RBIs and hit .240 with two doubles and two home runs.

2025 AUSL Regular Season (Volts): Started 19-of-22 games during her first AUSL season with the Volts. Authored a .273 batting average with 18 hits, five home runs, and 16 RBIs.

Other Professional & International Experience (2024–)

WPF (2024): Competed for the Oklahoma City Spark.

Team USA: Member of the 2026 National Team pool. Named World Games MVP after hitting .400 with two home runs to lead Team USA to a Gold medal at the 2025 World Games. Guided the U.S. to a Silver medal at the 2024 WBSC World Cup.

College Experience: Oklahoma (2021–2024)

Jennings was a four-year letter winner at Oklahoma who started 249-of-250 career games. Guided the Sooners to four consecutive NCAA Division I titles.

Career Statistics: Authored a .412 career average with 314 hits, 64 doubles, and 98 home runs. Drove in 314 runs and scored 277 runs.

Senior Year (2024): Hit .370 while starting all 66 games, compiling 25 home runs and 69 RBIs.

Junior Year (2023): Paced Oklahoma in batting average (.415), hits (76), RBIs (66), and total bases (143).

Awards & Honors

All-America: One of 21 players in NCAA Division I history to receive four NFCA First-Team All-America citations.

National Honors: 2021 NFCA and Big 12 Freshman of the Year. Named to the WCWS All-Tournament Team four times.