USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Awarded forBest player in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented byUSA Softball
History
First award2002-present

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
Year Player Position School Ref
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]

References

  1. ^ "Top 10 USA Softball Collegiate Player of Year announced". nfca.org. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. ^ "Stacey Nuveman chosen the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". uclabruins.com. June 7, 2002. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "Cat Osterman Named USA Softball Collegiate Player Of The Year". big12sports.com. May 21, 2003. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  4. ^ "Jessica van der Linden Named USA Softball Collegiate Player Of The Year". seminoles.com. May 26, 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  5. ^ "Osterman wins second USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year honor". texassports.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  6. ^ Swan, Lance (June 3, 2006). "Osterman Named USA Softball Player of Year". nfca.org. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  7. ^ Swan, Lance (May 30, 2007). "Abbott Named USA Softball Player of Year". nfca.org. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "Angela Tincher Named 2008 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". teamusa.org. May 27, 2008. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "Washington's Danielle Lawrie named 2009 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". teamusa.org. May 26, 2009. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  10. ^ "Danielle Lawrie named 2010 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". teamusa.org. June 10, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2020.[dead link]
  11. ^ Miller, Johnny (June 1, 2011). "Stanford's Hansen Named 2011 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  12. ^ Hoard, Joshua (May 30, 2012). "Oklahoma's Ricketts Named 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  13. ^ Minichini, Robert (May 29, 2013). "Oklahoma's Ricketts Named 2013 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  14. ^ "Florida State's Waldrop named 2014 collegiate player of the year". NCAA.com. May 28, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  15. ^ "Florida's Haeger named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. May 27, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  16. ^ "Michigan's Romero named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. June 1, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  17. ^ "Florida's Barnhill named 2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. May 30, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  18. ^ "UCLA's Garcia tabbed 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. May 30, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  19. ^ "UCLA's Garcia named 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". nfca.org. May 29, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  20. ^ Chapman, Ryan (June 1, 2021). "Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo Named USA Softball Player of the Year". si.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  21. ^ Chapman, Ryan (May 31, 2022). "Oklahoma Softball: Jocelyn Alo Wins 2022 USA Softball Player of the Year Award". si.com. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  22. ^ Long, Christina (May 30, 2023). "Clemson's Valerie Cagle named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". The Greenville News. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
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