Jailyn Sue Ford (born June 3, 1994) is an American professional softball pitcher and first basemen for the Oklahoma City Spark of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She played college softball at James Madison and professionally for the Akron Racers and USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch.
Playing career Ford played college softball for James Madison from 2013 to 2016 where she was part of the winningest Senior Class in James Madison history, where she also started every game of her college career, either at first base or pitcher. During Ford's time at James Madison, the Dukes won three CAA Regular Season Titles (2013, 2015, 2016), as well as a Tournament Title (2016).
She was drafted third overall by the Akron Racers and later played for USSSA Pride of National Pro Fastpitch, winning back-to-back titles in 2018 and 2019, being named MVP for the latter series.
On December 1, 2025, she was drafted in the third round, 14th overall, by the Oklahoma City Spark in the AUSL allocation draft.
Career statistics +James Madison Dukes YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP 2013 24 6 33 31 23 9 1 191.0 122 54 44 66 209 1.61 0.98 2014 24 7 41 31 21 9 4 228.2 166 49 41 40 233 1.26 0.90 2015 16 5 32 22 12 6 3 136.2 80 49 45 27 192 2.31 0.78 2016 18 3 30 23 14 7 1 150.0 85 32 22 42 181 1.02 0.84 TOTALS 82 21 136 107 70 31 9 706.1 453 184 152 175 815 1.50 0.89
+James Madison Dukes YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA 2013 59 169 38 63 .373 49 15 1 11 121 .716% 15 39 9 14 2014 60 164 36 44 .268 29 9 0 9 80 .488% 34 38 9 13 2015 58 162 44 62 .382 44 11 5 9 114 .703% 32 28 9 13 2016 56 145 40 47 .324 33 11 3 10 90 .620% 49 22 17 21 TOTALS 233 640 158 216 .337 155 46 9 39 411 .642% 130 127 44 61
+Akron Racers Year W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2016 9 10 43 18 6 2 2 100.1 98 61 55 34 75 3.87
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