List of Softball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

Softball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year

Awarded for	the yearly outstanding college softball Academic All-America team member
Country	United States & Canada
Presented by	College Sports Communicators
History
First award	1988
Most recent	Alyssa Brito, University of Oklahoma, Shelby Robb, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Kaili Saathoff, Linfield University, Kaila Mick, Oregon Tech
Next ceremony	June 17, 2025

The Softball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year is the annual most outstanding singular college softball athlete of the set of softball athletes selected for the Academic All-America Teams in a given year. The following is a list of the annual selection by College Sports Communicators (CSC), known before the 2022–23 season as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Softball Academic All-America selections. Between 1988 and 2011, one winner each was chosen from both the college and University Divisions. The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Beginning in 2012, CSC revamped its award structure. The University Division was renamed "Division I". Since then, NCAA Divisions II and III have had their own separate All-Americans. The College Division consisted only of non-NCAA institutions through the 2017–18 school year, after which it was effectively replaced by an NAIA division restricted to members of that governing body. ^[1]

Winners

Stacey Nelson (pictured in 2009), 2009 winner

Georgina Corrick (pictured in 2024), 2022 winner

Key

†	Indicates winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award.

All winners are American unless indicated otherwise.

Two-division era (1988–2011)

Softball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year (1988–2011)

Year	University Division	School		College Division	School		Ref
1988	Lori Sippel		Nebraska	Marinka Bisceglia		St. Thomas	[2]
1989	Lisa Harvey		Oklahoma State	Denise Fogle		Millikin
1990	Stefni Whitton		Southwestern Louisiana	Denise Fogle		Millikin
1991	Cheryl Venorsky		Southern Illinois	Cynthia Capp		West Virginia
1992	Shana Ruth O'Dell		Kent State	Jacqueline Dahle		St. Benedict
1993	Stephani Williams		Kansas	Kristy Holdbrooks		North Alabama
1994	Sara Graziano		Coastal Carolina	JoAnn Heckethorn		Trenton State
1995	Jennifer Brundage		UCLA	Michelle Carlson		Trenton State
1996	Christine Knotts		Southern Illinois	Karen Werkhoven		Hamilton
1997	Leah O'Brien		Arizona	Amber Peterson		Missouri Southern
1998	Nancy Evans		Arizona	Kelly Schade		Simpson
1999	Isonette Polonius		East Carolina	Kelly Schade		Simpson
2000	Lana Moran		Oklahoma	Jennifer Segner		Muskingum
2001	Sara Carlson		Villanova	Jill Hocking		St. Mary's (MN)
2002	Jarrah Myers [3]		Notre Dame	Meagan Webber		Oregon Tech
2003	Brandi Cross [4]		Massachusetts	Jenny Esker		Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
2004	Kate Jaspers		Mississippi State	Jenny Esker		Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
2005	Megan Meyer		Seton Hall	Liz Swary		Washington (MO)
2006	Lindsay Schutzler		Tennessee	Cari Kinzenbaw		Wartburg
2007	Lindsay Schutzler		Tennessee	Laura Kot [5]		Mount Vernon Nazarene
2008	Angela Tincher		Virginia Tech	Maria Bye		St. Thomas (MN)
2009	Stacey Nelson		Florida	Alison Wright		St. Thomas (MN)
2010	Chelsea Bramlett		Mississippi State	Alison Wright		St. Thomas (MN)
2011	Ashley Brignac		Louisiana	Kelsey Kittleson		Luther

Four-division era (2012–present)

Softball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year (2012–present)

Year	Div. I	School		Div. II	School		Div. III	School		College/NAIA	School		Ref
2012	Ashley Brignac [6]		Louisiana	Kendra Huettl		Minnesota State	Kelsey Kittleson		Luther	Katie Carson		Concordia	[2]
2013	Raven Chavanne [7]		Tennessee	Amy Madden [8]		Southern Nazarene	Mackenzie Griffin [9]		John Carroll	Emma Napier [10]		Campbellsville
2014	Ellen Renfroe [11]		Tennessee	Bailey Vrazel [12]		Texas Woman's	Megan Light [13]		Emory	Megan Nonnemacher [14]		Saint Xavier
2015	Haylie McCleney [15]		Alabama	Sydnee Weaver [16]		Young Harris	Sam Curran [17]		Wentworth Institute	Callie Beaver		Park
2016	Haylie McCleney [18]		Alabama	Carley Tysinger [19]		Catawba	Courtney Allen [20]		Messiah	Taylor Clinkenbeard [21]		Mobile
2017	Kasey Cooper [22]		Auburn	Maddie Dow [23]		Southern Arkansas	Amanda Lochte [24]		Texas Lutheran	Taylor Weeks [25]		Reinhardt
2018	Kelly Barnhill [26]		Florida	Mariah Jameyson [27]		Texas A&M–Commerce	Makenzie Duncan [28]		Saint Mary's (Indiana)	Olivia Brees [29]		Baker
2019	Bailey Hemphill [30]		Alabama	Christa Reisinger [31]		Truman State	Shannon Lloyd [32]		Keystone	Olivia Brees [33]		Baker
2020	Kendyl Lindaman [34]		Florida	Kylee Smith [35]		North Georgia	Hanna Hull [36]		Virginia Wesleyan	Paige Alt [37]		Coastal Georgia
2021	Bailey Hemphill [38]		Alabama	Kendall Cornick [39]		Augustana	Hanna Hull [40]		Virginia Wesleyan	Lauren Quirke [41]		Southern Oregon
2022	Georgina Corrick		South Florida	Amanda Weyh		Lindenwood	Kelly Jurden		Texas Lutheran	Mikaeli Davidson		Embry-Riddle (AZ)	[42]
2023	Ashley Rogers		Tennessee	Lindsey Hibbs		Adelphi	Karson Saunders		Union (NY)	Sydney Pelaez		Georgia Gwinnett	[43]
2024	Alyssa Brito		Oklahoma	Shelby Robb		MSU Denver	Kaili Saathoff		Linfield	Kaila Mick		Oregon Tech	[44]

References

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6. "University of Louisiana at Lafayette pitcher Ashley Brignac leads Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Softball Team; named DI softball's Academic All-America® of the Year, repeating honor from last season". College Sports Communicators. May 24, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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9. "Mackenzie Griffin of John Carroll tops Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Softball Team". College Sports Communicators. May 21, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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13. "Capital One Academic All-America® D3 Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. May 20, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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19. "Catawba's Carley Tysinger Leads Academic All-America® Division II Softball Team". College Sports Communicators. May 25, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
20. "Academic All-America® Division III Softball Team Selected: Messiah's Courtney Allen Takes Top Honors". College Sports Communicators. May 24, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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23. "2017 Academic All-America® Division II Softball Teams Announced". College Sports Communicators. May 24, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
24. "2017 Academic All-America® Division III Softball Teams Announced". College Sports Communicators. May 23, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
25. "2017 Academic All-America® College Division Softball Teams Announced". College Sports Communicators. May 22, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
26. "2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 4, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
27. "2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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31. "2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 5, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
32. "2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 4, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
33. "2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 3, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
34. "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Softball Teams Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 11, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
35. "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Softball Teams Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 10, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
36. "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 9, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
37. "2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. June 8, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
38. "2020-21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Softball Teams Announced". College Sports Communicators. July 29, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
39. "2020-21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Softball Teams Announced". College Sports Communicators. July 28, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
40. "2020-21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. July 27, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
41. "2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Softball Team Announced". College Sports Communicators. July 25, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
42. "2021-22 Academic All-America® Softball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions". College Sports Communicators. June 7, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
43. "2023 Academic All-America® Softball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions". College Sports Communicators. June 6, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
44. "2023-24 Academic All-America® Softball teams announced for all NCAA and NAIA divisions". College Sports Communicators. June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

External links

• all-time list