Rosie Lyard

• Bats Right, Throws Right (one source lists Left/Left)
• Height 5' 6"

• School Ursuline College, Eastern Florida State College
• High School École Secondaire Cardinal-Roy

• Born May 2, 1995 in Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France

Biographical Information

Rosie Lyard has been on the French women's national team.

She was born in France, grew up in Canada and came to the US for college softball. After two years at Eastern Florida State, she transferred to Ursuline, hitting .336/.396/.440 in 2017. She played for France in the 2016 World Softball Championship.

When France formed their first women's baseball team, for the 2019 European Women's Championship, Lyard made the squad. She hit second and played first base in their opener. After going 0 for 2 to start off against Loes Asmus of the Netherlands, she doubled in Léna Sellam in the 5th to begin a comeback from a 3-0 deficit; she was driven in by Marjorie Brunel to close it to 3-2 and France tacked on two more for the win. In their third game, also against the Netherlands, she relieved Cassandra Vigneau in the 4th with a 7-1 deficit, the bases loaded and no outs. She allowed the two inherited runners to score but gave up only one run over four innings (3 H, 2 BB, 5 K) and France again rallied to victory; she got the win over Ciska Welboren. In the first round, she had hit .500/.692/.625 with 5 walks, 7 runs and 3 RBI in 4 games, fielding .857 and posting a 2.25 ERA. She stole two bases in two tries. She was among the leaders in average (tied for 5th with Brunel, Manon Marie and Vendula Nesvadbová), slugging (tied Nesvadbová for 7th), OBP (6th, between Sellam and Brunel), runs (tied Isabelle Markies and Cherise Stravers for 6th), sacrifice hits (the only two of the tournament being hers), wins (tied for 1st), batters fanned (5, tied for first with Famke Gildemacher, Camille Foucher, Denisa Jószová and Tereza Švingrová), putouts (11, tied Mélissa Mayeux for 3rd) and errors (2, tied for 4th). In the finale, she hit 6th and started at first base. She was 0 for 3 against Asmus but handled 12 chances error-free. Moving to the mound in 6th, she relieved Foucher with a 5-1 lead. She hit Sofie van de Wiel and walked Gildemacher, then Andee van de Wielen bunted into a force at third. Floor Wessels grounded the runners over and a wild pitch made it 5-2 before she got Winke Verdick on a fly. Mayeux came in to close it out, Lyard returning to first, as France locked up the title in their debut tournament.