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Kylie Tafua
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- El Moderna HS
- Hometown:
- Orange, Calif.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-star, top 100 recruit according to Softball America with a 92 overall grade … Named the 2025-26 Century Conference Female Athlete of the Year after hitting .443 as a senior for El Modena High School … Slash line included a .530 on-base percentage, a .714 slugging percentage and a 1.244 OPS … Was the all sports rookie of the year for El Modena in 2023-24 after earning first team all-Century Conference honors in both softball and flag football … Softball team won the Century Conference and finished as the CIF Division 1 runners-up in 2025 … Was named the team’s defensive player of the year … 2025 El Modena athlete of character award … Won the Colorado Sparkler tournament twice with Athletics Mercado in travel ball … Team won the U16 title in 2024 and the U18 championship in 2025 … 2025 PGF Shootout champions … Played soccer as a freshman and flag football as a senior where she intercepted five passes and defended 14 others … Scored two receiving touchdowns … Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL
Born in Newport Beach, Calif. … Parents are Lisa and Steve Tafua … Father Steve played football at Arizona … Many members of her extended family played college softball including Chloe Malau’ulu (Mississippi State), Thessa Malau’ulu (UCLA/Duke) and Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma).
A four-star, top 100 recruit according to Softball America with a 92 overall grade … Named the 2025-26 Century Conference Female Athlete of the Year after hitting .443 as a senior for El Modena High School … Slash line included a .530 on-base percentage, a .714 slugging percentage and a 1.244 OPS … Was the all sports rookie of the year for El Modena in 2023-24 after earning first team all-Century Conference honors in both softball and flag football … Softball team won the Century Conference and finished as the CIF Division 1 runners-up in 2025 … Was named the team’s defensive player of the year … 2025 El Modena athlete of character award … Won the Colorado Sparkler tournament twice with Athletics Mercado in travel ball … Team won the U16 title in 2024 and the U18 championship in 2025 … 2025 PGF Shootout champions … Played soccer as a freshman and flag football as a senior where she intercepted five passes and defended 14 others … Scored two receiving touchdowns … Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL
Born in Newport Beach, Calif. … Parents are Lisa and Steve Tafua … Father Steve played football at Arizona … Many members of her extended family played college softball including Chloe Malau’ulu (Mississippi State), Thessa Malau’ulu (UCLA/Duke) and Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma).
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