Career Highlights
NFCA All-Central Region Third Team (2026)
NFCA All-Central Region Second Team (2025)
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2025)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
2026 | Senior
Started all 60 games at shortstop … NFCA Third-Team All-Central Region … Slashed .342/.462/.575 … Registered 50 hits, 13 doubles, seven home runs, 42 RBI, 28 walks and 35 runs scored … Posted a .945 fielding percentage with a team-high 112 assists and 61 putouts … Recorded 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … Scored a run and walked in a season-opening win vs. Virginia (Feb. 6) … Recorded three hits including a double, an RBI and two runs scored during a win over Akron (Feb. 6) … Went 2-2 with a home run, three RBI, three runs scored and a hit-by-pitch in a win over Akron (Feb. 8) … Drove in four runs and scored twice while homering and doubling and being hit by a pitch in a win vs. Wichita State (Feb. 13) … Walked twice in a win over Clemson (Feb. 13) … Drive in a run and singled during a victory over BYU (Feb. 14) … Went 1-2 with a double in a win at Texas State (Feb. 15) … Collected two RBI while recording a double, a walk and a stolen base in a win vs. SEMO (Feb. 20) … Went 2-3 with three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Northwestern (Feb. 22) … Had a 2-3 showing at the plate with three RBI in a win over Omaha (Feb. 26) … Went 1-3 with an RBI and a run scored in a win over Boise State (Feb. 27) … Walked twice in a win over Omaha (Feb. 28) … Doubled in the final run of the game during a run-rule victory over Kansas (March 1) … Went 1-3 with an RBI, run scored and a walk in a win over Georgia (March 7) … Had a 2-3 day with a run scored in a series-clinching victory vs. Georgia (March 8) … Scored two runs and walked in a win at Missouri State (March 9) … Hit a solo home run and walked in a 14-9 win at Alabama (March 14) … Went 2-2 with two RBI, a double and a walk in a win over UConn (March 21) … Had a 3-4 night that included a pair of doubles, three RBI and a run scored in a run-rule victory at UCA (March 24) … Went 2-2 with a double, a walk, and a run scored in a win vs. Florida (March 27) … Blasted a solo home run and walked in a loss to Florida (March 28) … Went 1-2 with a walk in a series finale win over Florida (March 29) … Homered in a series-clinching win over Auburn (April 5) … Went 2-3 with two runs scored and a home run in a win over Auburn to complete a series sweep (April 6) … Had a 2-4 night with a double and an RBI at Tulsa (April 22) … Doubled in an SEC Tournament win over Mississippi State (May 6) … Went 2-3 with a run scored during a victory over Fordham (May 15) … Led Arkansas with a 3-4 day that included a pair of RBI and a double in a 10-2 win over Duke (May 23) … Recorded a base hit in a WCWS loss to UCLA (May 29).
2025 | Junior
Started 57 games at shortstop … NFCA All-Central Region Second Team … Batted .318 with 50 hits, 10 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 38 RBI with 28 runs scored and 13 walks … Posted a .522 slugging percentage and a .389 on-base percentage … Recorded 13 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games … Registered a .966 fielding percentage at shortstop with 70 putouts and 73 assists in 148 chances … Went 1-3 with an RBI, a triple and a run scored in a 23-0 win over Lipscomb (Feb. 7) … Registered two hits in a 2-2 performance with a RBI and a hit by pitch during a win at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 14) … Posted four consecutive two-hit games from Feb. 16-22, highlighted by a 2-3 performance that included a homer, three RBI and a run scored in a win over Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 20) … Hit a run-rule walk-off grand slam during a 13-2 victory over Missouri State (March 2) … Went 2-3 with an RBI and a sacrifice fly in a victory over Ole Miss (March 9) … Smashed a home run in a win over Central Arkansas (March 18) … Had a 2-2 day with three runs scored and a double during a series-clinching win at No. 7 Tennessee (March 23) … Registered back-to-back two hit games during the Hogs’ series at No. 2 Florida, highlighted by a 2-4, two RBI performance that featured a double in a series finale win (April 5-6) … Homered in a series finale win against South Carolina (April 13) … Went 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored during a win over Colorado State (April 18) … Batted .900 (9-10) with a solo HR, three RBI and a walk during the Fayetteville Regional. Set the Arkansas program record for hits in an NCAA Tournament game with four in a 6-5 win over Oklahoma State (May 17). She started the Hogs comeback by smashing a solo homer in the sixth inning and singled before scoring the game’s winning run in the eighth … Tied her own record a day later with another 4-4 performance in a 12-0 Regional Final win over Oklahoma State with four singles, an RBI and two runs scored. She became the first player in program history to register consecutive four-hit games, accomplishing the feat against Oklahoma State in the NCAA Regional (May 18).
2024 | Sophomore
Appeared in nine games while making six starts at shortstop … Started all four games of the Razorback Rumble (March 8-10) … Slashed .214/.313/.357 with three hits, two doubles, two runs scored, a walk and an RBI … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with two putouts and eight assists … Registered one multi-hit game … Went 2-3 with a double against South Alabama (March 8) … Laid down a sacrifice bunt during a 7-4 win over Northern Iowa (March 9) … Doubled and scored a run during a 5-0 win over Southeast Missouri State (March 1) … Drove in a run in a 9-0 win over Northern Iowa (March 10).
2023 | Freshman
Played in 56 games with 55 starts at shortstop as a true freshman … Slashed .203/.361/.285 with 27 hits, 24 RBI, 24 runs scored, six doubles and five home runs … Tallied a .942 fielding percentage on 189 total chances … Turned 13 double plays at shortstop … Named SEC Freshman on the Week on Feb. 13 … Made first career start at short in season opener vs. Weber State (Feb. 10) … Recorded first career hit and drew two walks vs. UNLV (Feb. 10) … Compiled first career multi-hit performance after going 2-for-3 with an RBI and one run scored vs. Southern Utah (Feb. 11) … Finished 1-for-2 with an RBI single vs. Weber State (Feb. 11) … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored vs. Baylor (Feb. 12) … Recorded back-to-back games with a double vs. Louisiana and Indiana (Feb. 18) at the Clearwater Invitational … Went 2-for-2 with an RBI vs. Arizona (Feb. 24) … Launched a solo home run vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 2) … Finished 1-for-2 with a two-RBI single at Alabama (March 19) … Went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and scored a run vs. Florida (March 26) … Mashed an RBI single at Kentucky (April 22) … Rocketed a three-run home run in game two at Kentucky (April 22) … Smashed a solo home run at Western Kentucky (April 24) … Recorded a grand slam in series finale at Missouri (May 7) … Singled vs. Alabama in the SEC Tournament in Fayetteville (May 11).
High School: A 2019 state champion at Corning-Painted Post High School ... Earned a top 10 overall ranking in Extra Inning Softball’s 2022 Extra Elite 100 ... As a high school junior her team won a section championship and she hit .556, reaching base at a .619 clip while totaling 20 hits, six doubles, two triples, four home runs, 16 RBIs and 22 runs scored ... Named first team all-state and a two-time Class AA all-star in her career and began playing high school softball as an eighth grader, recording a .426 batting average ... Played travel ball for Team NC in summer 2021, posting a .339 batting average with five home runs and 24 RBIs.
Personal: The daughter of Fernando and Audrey Rijo, Atalyia comes from a diamond sports family ... Her mother Audrey played Division I softball at UNCW and her dad Fernando pitched 11 seasons in the minor leagues for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros organizations ... Her cousin Jose Rijo pitched for 14 seasons in MLB and won the 1990 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds and was named World Series MVP ... Became just the second Razorback softball student-athlete from New York.
NFCA All-Central Region Third Team (2026)
NFCA All-Central Region Second Team (2025)
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2025)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
2026 | Senior
Started all 60 games at shortstop … NFCA Third-Team All-Central Region … Slashed .342/.462/.575 … Registered 50 hits, 13 doubles, seven home runs, 42 RBI, 28 walks and 35 runs scored … Posted a .945 fielding percentage with a team-high 112 assists and 61 putouts … Recorded 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … Scored a run and walked in a season-opening win vs. Virginia (Feb. 6) … Recorded three hits including a double, an RBI and two runs scored during a win over Akron (Feb. 6) … Went 2-2 with a home run, three RBI, three runs scored and a hit-by-pitch in a win over Akron (Feb. 8) … Drove in four runs and scored twice while homering and doubling and being hit by a pitch in a win vs. Wichita State (Feb. 13) … Walked twice in a win over Clemson (Feb. 13) … Drive in a run and singled during a victory over BYU (Feb. 14) … Went 1-2 with a double in a win at Texas State (Feb. 15) … Collected two RBI while recording a double, a walk and a stolen base in a win vs. SEMO (Feb. 20) … Went 2-3 with three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Northwestern (Feb. 22) … Had a 2-3 showing at the plate with three RBI in a win over Omaha (Feb. 26) … Went 1-3 with an RBI and a run scored in a win over Boise State (Feb. 27) … Walked twice in a win over Omaha (Feb. 28) … Doubled in the final run of the game during a run-rule victory over Kansas (March 1) … Went 1-3 with an RBI, run scored and a walk in a win over Georgia (March 7) … Had a 2-3 day with a run scored in a series-clinching victory vs. Georgia (March 8) … Scored two runs and walked in a win at Missouri State (March 9) … Hit a solo home run and walked in a 14-9 win at Alabama (March 14) … Went 2-2 with two RBI, a double and a walk in a win over UConn (March 21) … Had a 3-4 night that included a pair of doubles, three RBI and a run scored in a run-rule victory at UCA (March 24) … Went 2-2 with a double, a walk, and a run scored in a win vs. Florida (March 27) … Blasted a solo home run and walked in a loss to Florida (March 28) … Went 1-2 with a walk in a series finale win over Florida (March 29) … Homered in a series-clinching win over Auburn (April 5) … Went 2-3 with two runs scored and a home run in a win over Auburn to complete a series sweep (April 6) … Had a 2-4 night with a double and an RBI at Tulsa (April 22) … Doubled in an SEC Tournament win over Mississippi State (May 6) … Went 2-3 with a run scored during a victory over Fordham (May 15) … Led Arkansas with a 3-4 day that included a pair of RBI and a double in a 10-2 win over Duke (May 23) … Recorded a base hit in a WCWS loss to UCLA (May 29).
2025 | Junior
Started 57 games at shortstop … NFCA All-Central Region Second Team … Batted .318 with 50 hits, 10 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 38 RBI with 28 runs scored and 13 walks … Posted a .522 slugging percentage and a .389 on-base percentage … Recorded 13 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games … Registered a .966 fielding percentage at shortstop with 70 putouts and 73 assists in 148 chances … Went 1-3 with an RBI, a triple and a run scored in a 23-0 win over Lipscomb (Feb. 7) … Registered two hits in a 2-2 performance with a RBI and a hit by pitch during a win at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 14) … Posted four consecutive two-hit games from Feb. 16-22, highlighted by a 2-3 performance that included a homer, three RBI and a run scored in a win over Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 20) … Hit a run-rule walk-off grand slam during a 13-2 victory over Missouri State (March 2) … Went 2-3 with an RBI and a sacrifice fly in a victory over Ole Miss (March 9) … Smashed a home run in a win over Central Arkansas (March 18) … Had a 2-2 day with three runs scored and a double during a series-clinching win at No. 7 Tennessee (March 23) … Registered back-to-back two hit games during the Hogs’ series at No. 2 Florida, highlighted by a 2-4, two RBI performance that featured a double in a series finale win (April 5-6) … Homered in a series finale win against South Carolina (April 13) … Went 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored during a win over Colorado State (April 18) … Batted .900 (9-10) with a solo HR, three RBI and a walk during the Fayetteville Regional. Set the Arkansas program record for hits in an NCAA Tournament game with four in a 6-5 win over Oklahoma State (May 17). She started the Hogs comeback by smashing a solo homer in the sixth inning and singled before scoring the game’s winning run in the eighth … Tied her own record a day later with another 4-4 performance in a 12-0 Regional Final win over Oklahoma State with four singles, an RBI and two runs scored. She became the first player in program history to register consecutive four-hit games, accomplishing the feat against Oklahoma State in the NCAA Regional (May 18).
2024 | Sophomore
Appeared in nine games while making six starts at shortstop … Started all four games of the Razorback Rumble (March 8-10) … Slashed .214/.313/.357 with three hits, two doubles, two runs scored, a walk and an RBI … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with two putouts and eight assists … Registered one multi-hit game … Went 2-3 with a double against South Alabama (March 8) … Laid down a sacrifice bunt during a 7-4 win over Northern Iowa (March 9) … Doubled and scored a run during a 5-0 win over Southeast Missouri State (March 1) … Drove in a run in a 9-0 win over Northern Iowa (March 10).
2023 | Freshman
Played in 56 games with 55 starts at shortstop as a true freshman … Slashed .203/.361/.285 with 27 hits, 24 RBI, 24 runs scored, six doubles and five home runs … Tallied a .942 fielding percentage on 189 total chances … Turned 13 double plays at shortstop … Named SEC Freshman on the Week on Feb. 13 … Made first career start at short in season opener vs. Weber State (Feb. 10) … Recorded first career hit and drew two walks vs. UNLV (Feb. 10) … Compiled first career multi-hit performance after going 2-for-3 with an RBI and one run scored vs. Southern Utah (Feb. 11) … Finished 1-for-2 with an RBI single vs. Weber State (Feb. 11) … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored vs. Baylor (Feb. 12) … Recorded back-to-back games with a double vs. Louisiana and Indiana (Feb. 18) at the Clearwater Invitational … Went 2-for-2 with an RBI vs. Arizona (Feb. 24) … Launched a solo home run vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 2) … Finished 1-for-2 with a two-RBI single at Alabama (March 19) … Went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and scored a run vs. Florida (March 26) … Mashed an RBI single at Kentucky (April 22) … Rocketed a three-run home run in game two at Kentucky (April 22) … Smashed a solo home run at Western Kentucky (April 24) … Recorded a grand slam in series finale at Missouri (May 7) … Singled vs. Alabama in the SEC Tournament in Fayetteville (May 11).
High School: A 2019 state champion at Corning-Painted Post High School ... Earned a top 10 overall ranking in Extra Inning Softball’s 2022 Extra Elite 100 ... As a high school junior her team won a section championship and she hit .556, reaching base at a .619 clip while totaling 20 hits, six doubles, two triples, four home runs, 16 RBIs and 22 runs scored ... Named first team all-state and a two-time Class AA all-star in her career and began playing high school softball as an eighth grader, recording a .426 batting average ... Played travel ball for Team NC in summer 2021, posting a .339 batting average with five home runs and 24 RBIs.
Personal: The daughter of Fernando and Audrey Rijo, Atalyia comes from a diamond sports family ... Her mother Audrey played Division I softball at UNCW and her dad Fernando pitched 11 seasons in the minor leagues for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros organizations ... Her cousin Jose Rijo pitched for 14 seasons in MLB and won the 1990 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds and was named World Series MVP ... Became just the second Razorback softball student-athlete from New York.