#1 Tory Bennett Season 2025-26

Hawk Item — softball representative on ISAAC (Iowa Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) in 2025-26 academic year.

2026 as a senior 

• Appeared in all 54 games with 52 starts
• Led the team in home runs (9) and ranked second in runs scored (41), doubles (13) and total bases (89)
• Set a career high with nine home runs after entering the season with one career home run
• Posted a .280 batting average and an .891 OPS with 32 RBIs
• Recorded a .980 fielding percentage with 97 putouts and two assists in 101 chances
• Hit her first career grand slam against Radford on Feb. 20
• Recorded her first career multi-home run game against Illinois State on March 10
• Went 4-for-4 against Northern Iowa on April 22, tallying a double, a home run, two RBIs and three runs scored
• Finished her Hawkeye career with 37 doubles, tied for the 12th-most in program history
• Letterwinner

2025 as a junior

• Started and played in all 53 games.
• In 139 plate appearances, posted a .223 batting average with a .635 OBP.
• Tallied 23 runs, 31 hits, six doubles, 23 RBIs, and went 2-2 on stolen base attempts.
• Recorded her first collegiate home run at Wisconsin on March 28.
• Posted a perfect fielding percentage in the outfield, with 86 putouts on 86 chances.
• Letterwinner

2024 as a sophomore

• Started in 37 games.
• Finished fifth on the team with a .265 batting average and sixth with a .351 OBP.
• Recorded 31 hits, six doubles, and 13 RBIs.
• Had six multi-hit games.
• Scored a career-high three runs against Western Kentucky on February 9th.
• Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored against CSU-Bakersfield on Mar. 8.
• Had a career-high two doubles against Lafayette on March 14th.
• Academic all-Big Ten
• Letterwinner

2023 as a freshman

• Started all 62 games at shortstop
• Finished third on the team in hitting with a .303 batting average.
• Recorded 61 hits, 12 doubles, and one triple.
• Had 18 multi hit games and six multi RBI games.
• She had a career high two doubles against Lafayette on March 14th.

High School

• 2018 Honorable mention All-Conference
• 2019 First Team All-Conference
• 2020 Unanimous First Team All-Conference
• 2020 Third Team All State
• 2021 First Team All-Conference
• 2021 Third Team All-State
• 2021 Iowa State Softball All-Tournament Team
• High School Team was
  2021 State Tournament Champion
• Also played basketball, volleyball, track & Field, and was a member of National Honor Society and Student
  Council

Personal

• Born February 2, 2004
• Daughter of Shawn and Troy Bennett
• Has two siblings, Madi and Drew
• Her older sister Madi played softball at Simpson College and older brother Drew wrestles at the University of Iowa
• Majoring in health studies