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2019 Top 25 Schutt/NFCA DII National Player & Pitcher Of Year Announced

2019 Top 25 Schutt/NFCA DII National Player & Pitcher Of Year Announced

2019 Top 25 Schutt Sports/NFCA DII National Player & Pitcher Of Year Announced

Apr 26, 2019 by Chez Sievers
2019 Top 25 Schutt/NFCA DII National Player & Pitcher Of Year Announced

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Twenty-five student-athletes have been selected finalists for the 2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Year awards. The winners will be announced following the conclusion of the 2019 season.

STUDENT-ATHLETESCHOOLYEARPOSITION
Emily BensonWestern WashingtonSeniorFirst Base
Shelby BookerUAHSophomoreThird Base
Rosa'Lynn BurtonWilmington (DE)JuniorOutfield
Georgia CapellTarleton StateSophomoreOutfield
Jordan DavisRollinsSeniorOutfield
Makaleigh DooleyTampaSeniorPitcher
JoBi HeathCentral OklahomaSeniorThird Base
Teala HowardWest FloridaFreshmanUtility
Sara KeenyKutztownSeniorOutfield
Jordyn KlemanWinona StateJuniorPitcher
Jennifer LeonhardtSouthern IndianaJuniorPitcher
Allison LipovskyGrand Valley StateSeniorpitcher
Peyton MillsHardingSeniorOutfield
Kylee MooreWest Texas A&MSeniorFirst Base
Callie NunesConcordia (CA)SophomorePitcher
MaKray OdomTrevecca NazareneJuniorShortstop
Emily OttoTexas A&M-CommerceSophomorePitcher
Christa ReisingerTruman StateSeniorOutfield
Rhiannon SassmanWest FloridaSeniorThird Base
Julia SeaderLIU PostSeniorCatcher
Kylee SmithNorth GeorgiaJuniorPitcher
AnnMarie TorresColorado MesaJuniorFirst Base
Brylynn VallejosSan Francisco StateFreshmanOutfield
Lani Van ZylWinona StateSeniorShortstop
Natalie WillisNewberrySeniorShortstop

Highlighted by 2018 winner Kylee Smith of North Georgia, the list of student-athletes is represented by 23 different programs and 18 conferences. Twelve student-athletes from the original Top-50 “Watchlist” made the cut with the final group consisting of 13 seniors, six juniors, four sophomores and two freshmen.

West Florida out of the Gulf South Conference and Winona State out of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference each had two recipients. The Gulf South and Lone Star Conference led the way with three selections, while the Great Lakes Valley Conference, Northern Sun and Sunshine State Conference garnered two honorees. 

Collecting one plaudit each was the California Collegiate Athletic Association, Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, East Coast Conference, Great American Conference, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Great Northwest Athletic Conference, Great Midwest Athletic Conference, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, PacWest Conference, Peach Belt Conference, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and South Athletic Conference.

The Top 10 finalists will be announced on May 14 with the 2018 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year revealed on May 30, following the conclusion of the 2019 season.

New in 2019 is the announcement of two awards - Schutt Sports /NFCA Player of the Year and Schutt Sports / NFCA Pitcher of the Year. Up until the reveal of the awards, there will be one list for Top-25 and one list for Top-10. The respective winners will come from the top-10 list and will be voted on by the NFCA Division II All-American Committee.

The award was created in 2015 to honor the outstanding athletic achievement among softball student-athletes throughout Division II. 

Past Winners
2018 – Kylee Smith, North Georgia
2017 – Coley Ries, Minnesota State
2016 – Lindsay Butler, Wayne State University
2015 – Courtney Poole, North Georgia

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