LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Alex Hammond of Cheverus High School (Portland, Maine), Madi Waltman of Warrior Run High School (Turbotville, Pa.), Jaden Vickers of Crystal River (Fla.) High School, Jeanay Riley of DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.) and Deijah Pangilinan of St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School (Vallejo, Calif.) were selected MaxPreps / NFCA National High School Players of the Week for their outstanding play during the week of May 13-19.

East Region
Five of Hammond’s six hits went for extra bases, including three home runs. She slugged 2.125, drove in eight runs and scored five times in wins over Kennebunk and Gorham. Hammond was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI in each contest. She left the yard twice versus Gorham and one against Kennebunk.

North Region
Waltman was a workhorse in the circle, going 4-0 with four shutouts, striking out 54 batters and scattering seven hits over 24 innings. She struck out 13 in a five-inning no-hitter against Towanda. Waltman punched out 18 in a two-hit shutout of Lewisburg. She fanned 14 and nine batters against Mifflinburg and Midd-West, respectively.

South Region
Vickers was 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 17 innings of work last week. She went all 10 innings with 19 punchouts and two walks in a 2-1 win over Belleview. She also drove in a run against the Rattlers. Vickers, a senior, twirled a one-hit shutout with 14 strikeouts in a 2-0 triumph over Robinson. She added two hits and a double versus the Knights.

South Central Region
Over a four-game stretch, Riley keyed Manual to a 3-1 week in which she hit .667 (8-for-12) with a double, three triples, three homers, 10 RBI and a 2.000 slugging percentage. The junior recorded three multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 outing with a double, triple, two RBI versus South Oldham. Riley tripled, homered and drove in five runs versus Thomas Nelson. She also recorded a triple and long ball against Silver Creek and homered against nationally-ranked No. 3 Male High School.

West
Pangilinan hit .875 (7-for8) with five home runs and a 2.750 slugging percentage. She scored nine runs and recorded a .889 on-base percentage. Three of her long balls came in a win over Salesian College Prep in which she was 4-for-5 with five RRBI and five runs scored. In Pangilinan’s first game of the week, the she was a perfect 3-for-3 against El Molino with two dingers, six RBI and three runs.

2018-19 Players of the Week

MaxPreps.com, the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her athlete’s game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week’s award.

The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Players of the Week are announced on NFCA.orgevery Monday during the spring campaign with a player from each of five separate high school regions being selected. In the fall season, one representative is chosen from the participating regions.

MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school athletics websites on the internet. Coaches who enter their team’s stats on Max Preps will not only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be getting their team’s information out to thousands of high school sports fans, as well as college coaches across the country.

To obtain a coach’s login, please contact: [email protected] call (800) 329-7324 x1. To enter a team’s stats on the MaxPreps website, please click here.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has announced that 392 student-athletes from 163 programs have received 2019 NFCA Division I All-Region accolades.  

The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s 10 regions with first, second and third-team selections. NFCA member coaches from each respective region voted on the teams, and all the honorees now become eligible for the 2019 NFCA Division I All-America squads. 

2019 DI All-Region Teams

Florida State (Southeast), James Madison (Northeast), Oklahoma (Central) and Washington (Pacific) led the charge with all eight of their nominations receiving All-Region recognition. Arizona (West), UCLA (West) and Virginia Tech (Mid-Atlantic) took home seven honors apiece. Alabama (South), Michigan (Great Lakes) and Texas Tech (Central) garnered six each.

Seven Sooners were recognized with first-team plaudits, while six Hokies and six Wildcats were named to the first team. The Huskies earned five first-team honors with four first teamers coming from LSU (South), the Dukes and the Seminoles.

Southern Illinois and Louisiana Tech topped the Mideast Region with five honors, while Ohio State led the Midwest with five as well. All three of those programs had three first teamers. UIC and the Wolverines each captured three first-team plaudits in the Great Lakes Region.  

The Southeastern Conference paced all leagues with 40 honorees, while the Pac-12 and Big 10 were right on its heels with 38 and 37, respectively. 

Conference players and pitchers of the year from member institutions are added to the third team if they were not already voted to an All-Region squad. In some instances, limited regional nominations prevent a position from being filled.

The 2019 NFCA Division I All-America teams will be announced at approximately 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 29, via NFCA.org.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ten student-athletes have been named as finalists for the 2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Year award, the Association announced on Tuesday.

Two-time reigning Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year Hanna Hull of Virginia Wesleyan University, a junior pitcher, who also won Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Freshman of the Year in 2017, leads the way.

She finished her season at 29-4, with a 0.55 ERA, 20 complete games, 11 shutouts and four saves. She allowed just 84 hits, 15 earned runs and 49 walks, while striking out a Division III-best 339 over 190.1 innings.

Fellow junior pitchers Kierstin Anderson-Glass of St. Thomas, Stefanie Guercio of Carthage and Ally Wiegand of Illinois Wesleyan are also finalists.  

Anderson-Glass heads into the NCAA Division III championship finals later this week with a 26-3 record and 0.66 ERA, while recording 15 shutouts and 121 strikeouts over 179 innings.

Wiegand, meanwhile, takes a 23-3 mark and Division III-best 0.40 ERA to Tyler, Texas, having walked just five batters all season, and striking out 247 over 173.1 innings. Guercio finished her season with a 21-4 mark and 0.80 ERA, walking just 38 and fanning 229 over 158.1 innings.

University of Lynchburg first baseman Mackenzie Chitwood capped her career with a powerful season, hitting .382 with a Division III-leading 21 homers and 72 RBI. In all, she collected 34 extra-base hits and scored 47 runs in 52 games.

Versatile Thomas More University senior Alix DeDreu has the most doubles (26) and second-most hits (77) in the country, while playing a mix of pitcher, second base and shortstop. For the season, she hit .490 while striking out just three times in 157 at-bats.

Marian (Wis.) University junior second baseman Ally Fox hit .511 with 39 runs, 71 hits, 10 doubles, and 28 steals this season. She ranks fourth nationally in hits and eighth in batting average.

Melissa Livermore finished her four years at the University of Texas at Dallas with an NCAA Division III-record 195 stolen bases. This season, the speedy leadoff batter hit .485 with 38 runs, 63 hits, 20 RBI and 41 steals in 44 attempts.

Patty Maye Ohanian, who made the final 10 as a freshman last season, closed another solid campaign with a .455 average, 47 runs, 66 hits, 13 doubles, a triple, 14 homers and 53 RBI for Christopher Newport University.

Pfeiffer senior shortstop Vada Blue Sherrill put amazing numbers up again this season, batting .482 with 75 runs, 67 hits, 18 doubles, a triple, 15 homers, and 58 RBI in 43 games. She also stole 52 bases in 56 tries, and walked 28 times, while striking out just six.

Hull, Ohanian and Wiegand were all among the final 10 student-athletes on the list last season.

The Atlantic region has the most representatives remaining on the list, with four, followed by the Great Lakes with three. The Central, Midwest and West each have one finalist. There are five juniors, four seniors and one sophomore being recognized.

The list started with 50 names before the season, and was reduced to 25 ahead of NCAA regionals. The winners of the Player of the Year and new Pitcher of the Year honors will come from this group of 10 finalists and be announced following the completion of the NCAA championship finals in Tyler, Texas.

The list is compiled annually by the NFCA’s Division III All-America committee.

2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year Top 10

Kierstin Anderson-Glass, Jr., P, University of St. Thomas (Minn.)

Mackenzie Chitwood, Sr., 1B, University of Lynchburg

Alix DeDreu, Sr., UTIL, Thomas More University

Ally Fox, Jr., 2B, Marian University (Wis.)

Stefanie Guercio, Jr., P, Carthage College

Hanna Hull, Jr., P, Virginia Wesleyan University

Melissa Livermore, Sr., OF, University of Texas at Dallas

Patty Maye Ohanian, So., OF, Christopher Newport University

Vada Blue Sherrill, Sr., SS, Pfeiffer University

Ally Wiegand, Jr., P, Illinois Wesleyan University

Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Players of the Year

2018 — Hanna Hull, P, Virginia Wesleyan University

2017 — Hanna Hull, P, Virginia Wesleyan University

2016 — Kelsie Batten, P, University of Texas at Tyler

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight finalists, one from each of the NCAA’s eight regions, have been selected for the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division II National Freshman of the Year award. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 22 at the NCAA Division II Softball Championship Banquet in Denver, Colo.

Seven of the eight finalists were named their respective conference’s freshman of the year with Central Oklahoma’s Bailey McKittrick garnering pitcher of the year honors from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. All eight recipients earned 2019 NFCA All-Region status. McKittrick, Adelphi’s Emily Whitman, West Florida’s Teala Howard, Cameron’s Khmari Edwards and San Francisco State’s Brylynn Vallejos earned first-team recognition, while Columbus State’s Hannah Rose Corbin, Bloomsburg’s Erin DelPierre and Grand Valley State’s Lydia Goble were selected to the second team.

Six of the eight are representing their institutions for the first time with Goble also a first-time honoree from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. DelPierre is the second Husky (Taylor Winkelman – 2016) to make the top eight. Whitman joins former Panther standout Brenna Martini, who was a member of the inaugural top 25 in 2015 before the award shifted to eight finalists in 2016.

Created in 2015, the award honors the outstanding athletic achievement among freshmen softball student-athletes throughout NCAA Division II. 

2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA DII National Freshman of the Year Finalists

Hannah Rose Corbin, Designated Player/Pitcher, Columbus State

Erin DelPierre, Outfield, Bloomsburg

Khmari Edwards, Second Base, Cameron

Lydia Goble, Third Base, Grand Valley State

Teala Howard, Outfield, West Florida

Bailey McKittrick, Pitcher, Central Oklahoma

Brylynn Vallejos, Outfield, San Francisco State

Emily Whitman, Second Base, Adelphi

Past winners

2018 – Callie Nunes, Concordia Irvine

2017- Autumn Humes, Harding University

2016 – Charlotte Romero, Colorado Christian

2015 – Janessa Bassett, Dixie State

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight finalists, one from each of the NCAA’s eight regions, have been selected for the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division II National Freshman of the Year award. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 22 at the NCAA Division II Softball Championship Banquet in Denver, Colo.

Seven of the eight finalists were named their respective conference’s freshman of the year with Central Oklahoma’s Bailey McKittrick garnering pitcher of the year honors from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. All eight recipients earned 2019 NFCA All-Region status. McKittrick, Adelphi’s Emily Whitman, West Florida’s Teala Howard, Cameron’s Khmari Edwards and San Francisco State’s Brylynn Vallejos earned first-team recognition, while Columbus State’s Hannah Rose Corbin, Bloomsburg’s Erin DelPierre and Grand Valley State’s Lydia Goble were selected to the second team.

Six of the eight are representing their institutions for the first time with Goble also a first-time honoree from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. DelPierre is the second Husky (Taylor Winkelman – 2016) to make the top eight. Whitman joins former Panther standout Brenna Martini, who was a member of the inaugural top 25 in 2015 before the award shifted to eight finalists in 2016.

Created in 2015, the award honors the outstanding athletic achievement among freshmen softball student-athletes throughout NCAA Division II. 

2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA DII National Freshman of the Year Finalists

Hannah Rose Corbin, Designated Player/Pitcher, Columbus State

Erin DelPierre, Outfield, Bloomsburg

Khmari Edwards, Second Base, Cameron

Lydia Goble, Third Base, Grand Valley State

Teala Howard, Outfield, West Florida

Bailey McKittrick, Pitcher, Central Oklahoma

Brylynn Vallejos, Outfield, San Francisco State

Emily Whitman, Second Base, Adelphi

Past winners

2018 – Callie Nunes, Concordia Irvine

2017- Autumn Humes, Harding University

2016 – Charlotte Romero, Colorado Christian

2015 – Janessa Bassett, Dixie State

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the official seeds and bracket for the 2019 NAIA Softball World Series presented by Taco Bell that runs May 23 – 29 in Springfield, Mo. The 10-team, double-elimination event will be played at Killian Sports Complex with Evangel Athletics serving as the official host. 

Bracket

The World Series’ first pitch occurs on May 23 at 10 a.m. CST between No. 7 Mobile (Ala.) and No. 10 Oregon Tech. Overall No. 1 seed Science and Arts of Oklahoma punched its ticket to the World Series for the fifth time in program history. The Drovers, winners of the Dodge City Bracket, have been ranked No. 1 in each of the last five Coaches’ Top 25 Polls to end the year. They are the defending national champions with a 56-2 overall record, Science and Arts of Oklahoma has a bye and will take on the winner of the No. 8 and No. 9 seed game between Georgia Gwinnett and Vangaurd on May 24 at 7:00 p.m.  

No. 2 Marian (Ind.) and No. 3 Oklahoma City are both making their fourth consecutive appearance at the series. Ten-time national champion Oklahoma City qualifies for its 32nd all-time NAIA Softball World Series and 27th in the last 28 years. The Stars hold NAIA records for most NAIA World Series wins (127), appearances and national titles. Mobile (Ala.), winners of the Gulf Shores Bracket qualifies for its 20th time in program history. Coming in as the No. 7 seed they are looking to earn their second national title.

All ten qualifying have made at least one trip the NAIA Softball World Series as a program. Amongst the teams, both Vanguard (Calif.) (pictured) and No. 6 Valley City State (N.D.) are returning for the first time since 2006.

Three of the ten Opening Round Champions were hosts of the 2019 NAIA Softball Opening Round including Georgia Gwinnett, No. 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), and Oklahoma City.

There will up to 19 games played during a seven-day span on one championship stadium field. There are four games on each of the first three days (May 26 is off day), three contests on May 27, two games on May 28 and the championship final on May 29.

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The qualifiers are comprised of 10 NAIA National Championship Opening Round champions, which were completed today. To see those champions, click here.

— Courtesy of NAIA

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight finalists, one from each of the NCAA’s eight regions, have been selected for the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division II National Freshman of the Year award. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 22 at the NCAA Division II Softball Championship Banquet in Denver, Colo.

Seven of the eight finalists were named their respective conference’s freshman of the year with Central Oklahoma’s Bailey McKittrick garnering pitcher of the year honors from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. All eight recipients earned 2019 NFCA All-Region status. McKittrick, Adelphi’s Emily Whitman, West Florida’s Teala Howard, Cameron’s Khmari Edwards and San Francisco State’s Brylynn Vallejos earned first-team recognition, while Columbus State’s Hannah Rose Corbin, Bloomsburg’s Erin DelPierre and Grand Valley State’s Lydia Goble were selected to the second team.

Six of the eight are representing their institutions for the first time with Goble also a first-time honoree from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. DelPierre is the second Husky (Taylor Winkelman – 2016) to make the top eight. Whitman joins former Panther standout Brenna Martini, who was a member of the inaugural top 25 in 2015 before the award shifted to eight finalists in 2016.

Created in 2015, the award honors the outstanding athletic achievement among freshmen softball student-athletes throughout NCAA Division II. 

2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA DII National Freshman of the Year Finalists

Hannah Rose Corbin, Designated Player/Pitcher, Columbus State

Erin DelPierre, Outfield, Bloomsburg

Khmari Edwards, Second Base, Cameron

Lydia Goble, Third Base, Grand Valley State

Teala Howard, Outfield, West Florida

Bailey McKittrick, Pitcher, Central Oklahoma

Brylynn Vallejos, Outfield, San Francisco State

Emily Whitman, Second Base, Adelphi

Past winners

2018 – Callie Nunes, Concordia Irvine

2017- Autumn Humes, Harding University

2016 – Charlotte Romero, Colorado Christian

2015 – Janessa Bassett, Dixie State

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight finalists, one from each of the NCAA’s eight regions, have been selected for the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division II National Freshman of the Year award. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 22 at the NCAA Division II Softball Championship Banquet in Denver, Colo.

Seven of the eight finalists were named their respective conference’s freshman of the year with Central Oklahoma’s Bailey McKittrick garnering pitcher of the year honors from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. All eight recipients earned 2019 NFCA All-Region status. McKittrick, Adelphi’s Emily Whitman, West Florida’s Teala Howard, Cameron’s Khmari Edwards and San Francisco State’s Brylynn Vallejos earned first-team recognition, while Columbus State’s Hannah Rose Corbin, Bloomsburg’s Erin DelPierre and Grand Valley State’s Lydia Goble were selected to the second team.

Six of the eight are representing their institutions for the first time with Goble also a first-time honoree from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. DelPierre is the second Husky (Taylor Winkelman – 2016) to make the top eight. Whitman joins former Panther standout Brenna Martini, who was a member of the inaugural top 25 in 2015 before the award shifted to eight finalists in 2016.

Created in 2015, the award honors the outstanding athletic achievement among freshmen softball student-athletes throughout NCAA Division II. 

2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA DII National Freshman of the Year Finalists

Hannah Rose Corbin, Designated Player/Pitcher, Columbus State

Erin DelPierre, Outfield, Bloomsburg

Khmari Edwards, Second Base, Cameron

Lydia Goble, Third Base, Grand Valley State

Teala Howard, Outfield, West Florida

Bailey McKittrick, Pitcher, Central Oklahoma

Brylynn Vallejos, Outfield, San Francisco State

Emily Whitman, Second Base, Adelphi

Past winners

2018 – Callie Nunes, Concordia Irvine

2017- Autumn Humes, Harding University

2016 – Charlotte Romero, Colorado Christian

2015 – Janessa Bassett, Dixie State

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the official seeds and bracket for the 2019 NAIA Softball World Series presented by Taco Bell that runs May 23 – 29 in Springfield, Mo. The 10-team, double-elimination event will be played at Killian Sports Complex with Evangel Athletics serving as the official host. 

Bracket

The World Series’ first pitch occurs on May 23 at 10 a.m. CST between No. 7 Mobile (Ala.) and No. 10 Oregon Tech. Overall No. 1 seed Science and Arts of Oklahoma punched its ticket to the World Series for the fifth time in program history. The Drovers, winners of the Dodge City Bracket, have been ranked No. 1 in each of the last five Coaches’ Top 25 Polls to end the year. They are the defending national champions with a 56-2 overall record, Science and Arts of Oklahoma has a bye and will take on the winner of the No. 8 and No. 9 seed game between Georgia Gwinnett and Vangaurd on May 24 at 7:00 p.m.  

No. 2 Marian (Ind.) and No. 3 Oklahoma City are both making their fourth consecutive appearance at the series. Ten-time national champion Oklahoma City qualifies for its 32nd all-time NAIA Softball World Series and 27th in the last 28 years. The Stars hold NAIA records for most NAIA World Series wins (127), appearances and national titles. Mobile (Ala.), winners of the Gulf Shores Bracket qualifies for its 20th time in program history. Coming in as the No. 7 seed they are looking to earn their second national title.

All ten qualifying have made at least one trip the NAIA Softball World Series as a program. Amongst the teams, both Vanguard (Calif.) (pictured) and No. 6 Valley City State (N.D.) are returning for the first time since 2006.

Three of the ten Opening Round Champions were hosts of the 2019 NAIA Softball Opening Round including Georgia Gwinnett, No. 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), and Oklahoma City.

There will up to 19 games played during a seven-day span on one championship stadium field. There are four games on each of the first three days (May 26 is off day), three contests on May 27, two games on May 28 and the championship final on May 29.

Advanced World Series tickets may be purchased by clicking here.

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The qualifiers are comprised of 10 NAIA National Championship Opening Round champions, which were completed today. To see those champions, click here.

— Courtesy of NAIA

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