NFCA National Player of the Year

Last updated
NFCA National Player of the Year
Awarded forBest player in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented by Schutt Sports
History
First award2016
Most recent Jordy Bahl, Nebraska
NFCA National Pitcher of the Year
Awarded forBest pitcher in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented by Schutt Sports
History
First award2019
Most recent NiJaree Canady, Stanford

The NFCA National Player of the Year is an award given by Schutt Sports to the best college softball player of the year. The award has been given annually since 2016. In 2019, the award was split into two honors, the player and pitchers of the year. The award is voted on by the members of the NFCA's NCAA Division I All-American Committee. [1]

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Winners

Player of the Year (2016–present)

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
2016 Sierra Romero 2B Michigan [2]
2017 Megan Good P James Madison [3]
2018 Rachel Garcia P UCLA [4]
2019 Abbey Cheek 3B Kentucky [5]
2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2021 Rachel Garcia P UCLA [7]
2022 Jocelyn Alo U Oklahoma [8]
2023 Skylar Wallace U Florida [9]
2024 Jocelyn Erickson C Florida [10]
2025 Jordy Bahl U Nebraska [11]

Pitcher of the Year (2019–present)

YearPlayerSchoolRef
2019 Rachel Garcia UCLA [12]
2020Not awarded [6]
2021 Montana Fouts Alabama [7]
2022 Georgina Corrick South Florida [8]
2023 Ashley Rogers Tennessee [9]
2024 NiJaree Canady Stanford [10]
2025 NiJaree Canady Texas Tech [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Schutt Sports / NFCA Player & Pitcher of the Year". nfca.org. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Michigan's Romero named inaugural Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Player of the Year". nfca.org. June 9, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Player of the Year Megan Good to Miss 2018 Softball Season". nfca.org. January 25, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ "UCLA's Garcia tabbed 2018 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Player of the Year". nfca.org. June 7, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kentucky's Cheek garners 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Player of the Year honors". nfca.org. June 6, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "NFCA awards update". nfca.org. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "UCLA's Garcia, Alabama's Fouts garner Schutt Sports / NFCA DI postseason honors". nfca.org. June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  8. 1 2 "OU's Alo, USF's Corrick capture major DI end-of-year awards". nfca.org. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Florida's Wallace, Tennessee's Rogers capture major DI end-of-year awards". nfca.org. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Florida's Erickson, Stanford's Canady collect major end-of-year DI awards". nfca.org. June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Canady repeats as NFCA Pitcher of the Year; Bahl tapped Player of the Year". nfca.org. May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  12. ↑ "UCLA's Garcia named 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA DI National Pitcher of the Year". nfca.org. June 6, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
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