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Oklahoma Softball Lands Five NFCA First-Team All-Americans

By Bryan Clinton

Posted on May 31, 2023

The Oklahoma Sooners are the standard in college softball in 2023, so it should come as no surprise that they landed five players on the NCFA First-Team All-American list.

Tiare Jennings (2B), Alyssa Brito (3B), Jayda Coleman (OF), Jordy Bahl (P), and Kinzie Hansen (C) highlight the first-team list for OU. Tennessee and UCLA both has two selections on the first-team tying for second nationally.

Alabama, Washington, Oregon, Florida, Georgia, Clemson, Arkansas, Wichita State, and Auburn all had one selection apiece.

Three Big 12 players made the NFCA second team, with Oklahoma State’s Kelly Maxwell (P) and Rachel Becker (2B), as well as Baylor’s Shaylon Govan (1B), getting the nod.

Oklahoma State also had two selections on the NFCA third team, with Lexi Kilfoyl (P) and Kiley Naomi (SS) both being listed.

 

Here’s a look at the list, courtesy of NFCA.org.

NFCA First-Team

Position	Name	School
P	Ashley Rogers	Tennessee
P	Megan Faraimo	UCLA
P	Montana Fouts	Alabama
C	Terra McGowan	Oregon
1B	Baylee Klinger	Washington
2B	Tiare Jennings	Oklahoma
3B	Alyssa Brito	Oklahoma
SS	Skylar Wallace	Florida
OF	Kiki Milloy	Tennessee
OF	Jayda Coleman	Oklahoma
OF	Jayda Kearney	Georgia
Joan Joyce UT/P	Valerie Cagle	Clemson
DP or UT/Non-P	Rylin Hedgecock	Arkansas
At-Large-SS	Sydney McKinney	Wichita State
At-Large-SS	Maya Brady	UCLA
At-Large-P	Jordy Bahl	Oklahoma
At-Large-P	Maddie Penta	Auburn
At-Large-C	Kinzie Hansen	Oklahoma

 

NFCA Second-Team

Position	Name	School
P	Kathryn Sandercock	Florida State
P	Kelly Maxwell	Oklahoma State
P	Alana Vawter	Stanford
C	Kayla Kowalik	Kentucky
1B	Shaylon Govan	Baylor
2B	Allee Bunker	Oregon
3B	Megan Grant	UCLA
SS	Erin Coffel	Kentucky
OF	Yannira Acuña	Arizona State
OF	D’Auna Jennings	Duke
OF	Alex Hannold	Missouri
UT/P	Taylor Roby	Louisville
DP or UT/Non-P	Karly Heath	Louisiana
At-Large-2B	Taryn Kern	Indiana
At-Large-1B	MaKenna Gibson	Tennessee
At-Large-2B	Rachel Becker	Oklahoma State
At-Large-P	Autumn Pease	Minnesota
At-Large-P	Chenise Delce	Arkansas

 

NFCA Third-Team

Position	Name	School
P	Lexi Kilfoyl	Oklahoma State
P	Sydney Berzon	LSU
P	Mariah Lopez	Utah
C	Taylor Krapf	Minnesota
1B	Julia Cottrill	Texas A&M
2B	Sydney Kuma	Georgia
3B	Makena Smith	California
SS	Billie Andrews	Nebraska
OF	Sami Reynolds	Washington
OF	Mihyia Davis	Louisiana
OF	Ashley Trierweiler	Santa Clara
UT/P	Brianna Copeland	Indiana
DP or UT/Non-P	Kayla Konwent	Wisconsin
At-Large-P	Ruby Meylan	Washington
At-Large-DP or UT/Non-P	Taylor Minnick	Indiana
At-Large-C	Autumn Owen	Marshall
At-Large-SS	Kiley Naomi	Oklahoma State
At-Large-SS	Kayla Roncin	Boston