USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year

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USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Awarded forBest player in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented by USA Softball
History
First award2002–present
Most recent NiJaree Canady, Stanford

The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year is an award given by USA Softball to the best college softball player of the year. The award has been given annually since 2002. The award is voted on by coaching representatives of 10 Division I conferences in the 10 USA Softball regions, members of the media who consistently cover Division I softball across the country, as well as past winners of the award. [1]

Winners

Winners
YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
2002 Stacey Nuveman-Deniz C UCLA [2]
2003 Cat Osterman P Texas [3]
2004 Jessica van der Linden P Florida State [4]
2005 Cat Osterman (2) P Texas [5]
2006 Cat Osterman (3) P Texas [6]
2007 Monica Abbott P Tennessee [7]
2008 Angela Tincher P Virginia Tech [8]
2009 Danielle Lawrie P Washington [9]
2010 Danielle Lawrie (2) P Washington [10]
2011 Ashley Hansen SS Stanford [11]
2012 Keilani Ricketts P Oklahoma [12]
2013 Keilani Ricketts (2) P Oklahoma [13]
2014 Lacey Waldrop P Florida State [14]
2015 Lauren Haeger P Florida [15]
2016 Sierra Romero 2B Michigan [16]
2017 Kelly Barnhill P Florida [17]
2018 Rachel Garcia P UCLA [18]
2019 Rachel Garcia (2) P UCLA [19]
2021 Jocelyn Alo U Oklahoma [20]
2022 Jocelyn Alo (2) U Oklahoma [21]
2023 Valerie Cagle U/P Clemson [22]
2024 NiJaree Canady P Stanford [23]

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