Wowsa! Softball Transfer to Ducks is All-SEC Honoree

[Charles Fischer]

Amari Harper Headed to Oregon
         

EUGENE, Ore. – Amari Harper, an All-SEC second team player on a Texas A&M team that earned the No. 1 overall seed to the 2025 NCAA Tournament, is transferring to Oregon, coach Melyssa Lombardi announced Thursday. She will be a senior in 2026.

 

Harper had a career year in 2025 when she hit .421 in 51 games with 11 doubles, eight home runs, 51 RBI, a .698 slugging percentage and a .536 on-base percentage.

 

In 154 career games at Texas A&M, Harper hit .364 with 22 doubles, nine home runs and 85 RBI. She started 45 games for the Aggies’ 2024 NCAA Super Regional team.

 

A native of Corona, Calif., Harper was named to the all-SEC second team in 2025, as well as the NFCA All-South Region third team as a freshman in 2023. She was ranked as the No. 18 prospect nationally by Extra Inning Softball her senior season at Santiago High School.

 

“Amari is proven, left-handed hitter out of one of the best conferences in the country,” said Lombardi. “She possesses the ability to clutch up and deliver in tough situations. She’s a very disciplined hitter. She has power; she can hit for average – she can do it all. In the game’s biggest moments, she wants to be at plate.” 

 

Amari Harper, UTIL (B-L/T-R), 5-7, Sr., Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS / Texas A&M)

 

CAREER HONORS
- 2025 All-SEC Second Team (UTIL)
- 2023 NFCA All-South Region Third Team (2B)

 

BEFORE OREGON
Played in 154 career games at Texas A&M and started 144 … Career totals with the Aggies include a .364 batting average with 22 doubles, nine home runs and 85 RBI.

 

JUNIOR (2025)
Started 51 games, including 22 in right field, 12 at first base and nine at second base, for a Texas A&M squad that went 48-11 and was the No. 1 overall seed for the 2025 NCAA Tournament … Earned all-SEC Second Team honors after ranking eighth in the league in batting average (.421), fourth in on-base percentage (.536) and 22nd in slugging percentage (.698) …

 

Had eight home runs, 11 doubles, 51 RBI and scored 52 runs, while adding 21 walks and 16 hit-by-pitches ... Was named SEC Co-Player of the Week on March 18 after going 5-for-7 with two home runs, five RBI, three runs and a 2.464 OPS in the series sweep at No. 22 Auburn ... Set an SEC Tournament single game RBI record with six in the semifinal win against No. 3 seed Texas ...

 

Recorded a career-best 22-game on-base streak from March 14 to April 25, in which she batted .500 at the dish, while hitting five home runs, six doubles with 21 RBI and led the team with 32 runs during the stretch. 

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This makes THREE big-time transfers to Oregon?  Whew!

 

Amari Harper