2024: 2024 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ...
2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team ... made eight appearances, starting four games ... went 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA, two complete games, and 15 strikeouts in 21.1 innings pitched ... posted a season-high 7.0 innings pitched on two occasions ... logged a season-high nine strikeouts against Simon Fraser on Feb. 16.
Previous Experience: Fordham was a three-year varsity letter winner in softball at Silver Creek High School ... Honorable Mention All-Conference as a freshman after going 5-1 as a pitcher that year (a 22-6 Raptors' campaign that included a deep postseason run), logging a 1.44 earned run average with 33 strikeouts in 24.1 innings of work while adding a .295 batting average with 22 runs batted in, eight home runs, and 24 runs scored on the offensive side of the ball ... posted a 0.48 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 14.2 innings to go with a .357 batting average plus nine RBIs and 12 runs scored as a sophomore ... struck out 75 in 66.1 innings as a junior while hitting .393 with 20 RBIs, six homers, five doubles, and 18 runs scored ... ranks inside the top three in Silver Creek High School history in home runs and is top 10 in program history in games pitched, wins, strikeouts, and slugging percentage ... played competitively in Arizona and California ... competed with her club teams, Firecrackers 18 Gold Colorado and Firecrackers Arizona, for three years after spending time with Triple Crown Colorado from 2019-21 ... three-time All-Academic honoree.
Personal: Talyn Fordham was born in Longmont, Colo. ... parents are Kate and Josh Fordham has one sister, Rylyn ... aunt, Natalie Williams, was a UCLA Olympic Gold Medalist ... grandfather, Steve Moskal, played football at Arizona State ... hopes to own her own firm and make sustainable housing in Africa ... favorite movie is Pitch Perfect ... favorite food is pancakes ... favorite music is pop ... favorite sport moment was hitting a home run in her first varsity at-bat ... life hero is her mom ... favorite professional team is the Colorado Rockies ... Architecture major.
