Baylee DeSmit

Baylee DeSmit (born September 28, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Loyola Greyhounds, where she was a two-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and one of the most productive players in program history.

Early life DeSmit grew up in Towson, Maryland, and attended McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, where she was a standout multi-sport athlete, having also played basketball and lacrosse. In soccer, she helped lead the school to three IAAM A Conference championships, totaling 52 goals and 28 assists over three seasons. She was named the 2020 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year, the 2019 Baltimore Sun Player of the Year, and earned United Soccer Coaches (USC) High School All-America honors.

She also played for Pipeline Soccer Club, winning four Maryland State Cup titles and competing in several national tournaments. She was the leading scorer and Golden Ball winner at the 2019 US Youth Soccer National Championships, where her team finished as national finalists.

College career DeSmit played four seasons, from 2021 to 2024, for the Loyola Greyhounds, appearing in 72 matches and recording 36 goals and 21 assists. She was a two-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year (2022, 2023) and a three-time All-Patriot League selection, including back-to-back First Team honors.

In 2023, she led the Patriot League in goals and points, finishing the season ranked among the top single-season performers in Loyola history in assists, points, and goals. For two consecutive seasons, she was named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team in 2023 and 2024, respectively. She also received multiple Midfielder of the Week honors during her career. In September 2023, The Baltimore Sun featured DeSmit in an article highlighting her role as a leading scorer and key player for Loyola Maryland women's soccer, noting her record-setting Golden Boot win in the USL W League and her fearless approach to the game, which she attributes to growing up as the youngest of five siblings with four older brothers.

While at Loyola, DeSmit also played one season with Christos FC of the pre-professional USL W League. She appeared in nine games and scored six goals, with three assists. In 2025, before signing with Sporting JAX, she also played for Annapolis Blues FC's women's side.

Club career Sporting JAX On June 26, 2025, DeSmit signed with Sporting JAX, a newly formed club in the USL Super League, ahead of its inaugural season. She made her professional debut on September 28 — her 23rd birthday. A week later, on October 4, she scored her first professional goal in stoppage time, salvaging a 3–3 draw against Brooklyn FC.

In March 2026, she was named to the USL Super League Team of the Month for the first time, as a bench player. In her second season with Sporting JAX, she was named USL Super League Player of the Month for August 2026. She scored four goals in three matches, helping to lead Sporting JAX to a 3-0-0 start to the season.

Personal life DeSmit is the daughter of Doug and Debbie DeSmit. Her father was an NCAA Division III All-American soccer player at Calvin College. She has four siblings, including Ryan and Riley, who both played NCAA Division I lacrosse for Towson and Johns Hopkins, respectively. DeSmit has been involved in community service through Acts4Youth, worked at ESF Summer Camps, and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Career statistics College Season Games Scoring GP GS G A PTS SH SOG Loyola Greyhounds 2021 18 16 4 1 9 36 21 2022 18 18 6 7 19 55 26 2023 17 17 10 8 28 68 33 2024 19 19 16 5 37 118 58 Career Career total 72 70 36 21 93 277 138

Professional

Honors and awards

Individual USL Super League All-League Second Team: 2025–26 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year: 2022, 2023 First-team All-Patriot League: 2022, 2023 Second-team All-Patriot League: 2021