NFCA National Player of the Year

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]

NFCA National Player of the Year
Awarded forBest player in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented bySchutt Sports
History
First award2016
Most recentJocelyn Erickson, Florida
NFCA National Pitcher of the Year
Awarded forBest pitcher in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented bySchutt Sports
History
First award2019
Most recentNiJaree Canady, Stanford

Winners

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Player of the Year (2016–present)

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Year Player Position School Ref
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]
2020 Not 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]

Pitcher of the Year (2019–present)

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Year Player School Ref
2019 Rachel Garcia UCLA [11]
2020 Not awarded [6]
2021 Montana Fouts Alabama [7]
2022 Georgina Corrick South Florida [8]
2023 Ashley Rogers Tennessee [9]
2024 NiJaree Canady Stanford [10]

References

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  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. ^ a b "NFCA awards update". nfca.org. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "UCLA's Garcia, Alabama's Fouts garner Schutt Sports / NFCA DI postseason honors". nfca.org. June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "OU's Alo, USF's Corrick capture major DI end-of-year awards". nfca.org. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Florida's Wallace, Tennessee's Rogers capture major DI end-of-year awards". nfca.org. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Florida's Erickson, Stanford's Canady collect major end-of-year DI awards". nfca.org. June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  11. ^ "UCLA's Garcia named 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA DI National Pitcher of the Year". nfca.org. June 6, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2021.