38 Big Ten Softball Standouts Earn All-Region Honors

38 Big Ten Softball Standouts Earn All-Region Honors
13 conference schools represented on this year’s all-region teams

ROSEMONT, Ill. — A total of 38 Big Ten softball student-athletes from 13 different conference schools earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division I All-Region honors, it was announced Thursday by the NFCA. Big Ten Tournament Champion Nebraska led all conference schools with seven all-region selections, while Big Ten Champion had six players chosen. The Big Ten’s 38 all-region selections also ranked third nationally among NCAA Division I conferences.

The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s 10 regions with first-, second- and third-team selections. NFCA member coaches from each respective region voted on the teams, and all the honorees now become eligible for selection to the 2022 NFCA Division I All-America squads. The NFCA will announce this year’s All-America selections June 1.

The following is a list of the Big Ten standouts who earned NFCA Division I All-Region honors this season. The full list of 2022 NFCA Division I All-Region Teams can be seen by CLICKING HERE.

Great Lakes Region First Team
P – Alex Storako, Michigan
P – Danielle Williams, Northwestern
P – Bailey Parshall, Penn State
C – Jordyn Rudd, Northwestern
1B – Nikki Cuchran, Northwestern
SS – Kyleigh Sand, Rutgers
OF – Rachel Lewis, Northwestern
OF – Gabrielle Callaway, Rutgers
DP or UT/non-P – Kayla Konwent, Wisconsin

Great Lakes Region Second Team
P – Ashley Miller, Michigan State
P – Maddie Schwartz, Wisconsin
SS – Maeve Nelson, Northwestern
3B – Hannah Cady, Northwestern
OF – Lexie Blair, Michigan
OF – Kristina Burkhardt, Michigan
OF – Natalie DenHartog, Minnesota

Great Lakes Region Third Team
C – Cassie Lindmark, Penn State
SS – Makenna Dowell, Minnesota
OF – Chloe Evans, Minnesota
OF – Ally Miklesh, Wisconsin
DP or UT/non-P – Lauren Espalin, Minnesota

Midwest Region First Team
P – Lexie Handley, Ohio State
1B – Mya Felder, Nebraska
2B – Cam Ybarra, Nebraska
SS – Rachel Becker, Purdue
OF – Nia Carter, Iowa
DP or UT/non-P – Sam Hackenbracht, Ohio State

Midwest Region Second Team
P – Sydney Sickels, Illinois
P – Olivia Ferrell, Nebraska
1B – Niki Carver, Ohio State
2B – Cora Bassett, Indiana
OF – Abbie Squier, Nebraska
UT/P – Alex Echazarreta, Purdue

Midwest Region Third Team
2B – Avrey Steiner, Illinois
SS – Billie Andrews, Nebraska
3B – Sydney Gray, Nebraska
OF – Melina Wilkison, Ohio State
UT/P – Courtney Wallace, Nebraska