NFCA National Freshman of the Year

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NFCA National Freshman of the Year
Awarded forBest freshman player in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented by Schutt Sports
History
First award2014
Most recent Taylor Shumaker, Florida

The NFCA National Freshman of the Year is an award given by Schutt Sports to the best college softball freshman of the year. The award has been given annually since 2014. The award is voted on by the members of the NFCA's NCAA Division I All-American Committee. [1]

Contents

Key

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Co-Players of the Year

Winners

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
2014 Annie Aldrete † C Tennessee [2]
2014 Kasey Cooper † 3B Auburn
2015 Paige Parker P Oklahoma [3]
2016 Amanda Lorenz OF Florida [4]
2017 Rachel Garcia P UCLA [5]
2018 Jocelyn Alo OF Oklahoma [6]
2019 Danielle Williams P Northwestern [7]
2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021 Tiare Jennings IF Oklahoma [9]
2022 Jordy Bahl P Oklahoma [10]
2023 NiJaree Canady P Stanford [11]
2024 Jaysoni Beachum IF Florida State [12]
2025 Taylor Shumaker OF Florida [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Schutt Sports / NFCA Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  2. ↑ "2021 Schutt Sports / NFCA DI Natl. Freshman of the Year Top 30 revealed". nfca.org. April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Oklahoma's Parker Tabbed 2015 NFCA National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Florida's Lorenz named 2016 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  5. ↑ "UCLA's Garcia named 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  6. ↑ "OU's Alo named 2018 Schutt Sports/NFCA DI National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Northwestern's Danielle Williams named 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ "NFCA awards update". nfca.org. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Oklahoma's Tiare Jennings named 2021 NFCA / Schutt Sports Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. June 1, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  10. ↑ "OU's Bahl named 2022 NFCA/Schutt Sports DI National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 31, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Stanford's Canady named 2023 TUCCI/NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  12. ↑ "FSU's Beachum named 2024 TUCCI/NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 28, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Florida's Shumaker voted 2025 NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
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