NCAA Division 1 Softball Awards
The Amateur softball Association—the National Governing Body of Softball in the U.S. announced today the top three finalists for the Seventh annual USA Softball Collegiate player of the year award. The award is for the most outstanding softball player in The NCAA Division 1.
An initial watch list was released on January 30. Then a list of 25 finalists was announced on April 9. These finalists were trimmed to 10 on May 7th, just before the beginning of the post-season competition.
Now, the three finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate player of the year are Tonya Callahan, Tennessee U, in the Southeastern conference, Megan Gibson who plays for Texas A&M which is part of the Big 12 Conference and Virginia Tech’s Tincher from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
These girls have already received top awards in their respective conference and two of them have led their teams into the NCAA Super Regionals. Way to go ladies! Now hit it out of the ball park.
It goes to show that college softball is catching on across the nation. And there are great opportunities all over to play at a collegiate competitive level.
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