NFCA Catcher of the Year

The NFCA Catcher of the Year is an award given by Diamond Sports to the best college softball catcher from an NFCA member institution. A committee of elected head coaches selects the winner of the award.[1]

NFCA Catcher of the Year
Awarded forBest catcher in college softball
CountryUnited States
Presented byDiamond Sports
History
First award1997
Most recentTerra McGowan, Oregon

Winners edit

Year Player School Ref
1997 Leah Braatz Arizona [2]
1998 Leah Braatz (2) Arizona
1999 Stacey Nuveman UCLA
2000 Keri McCallum Mississippi State
2001 Stacey Nuveman (2) UCLA
2002 Stacey Nuveman (3) UCLA
2003 Kristen Rivera Washington
2004 Kristen Rivera (2) Washington [3]
2005 Kristen Rivera (3) Washington [4]
2006 Haley Woods California [5]
2007 Killian Roessner LSU [6]
2008 Chelsea Bramlett Mississippi State [1]
2009 Chelsea Bramlett (2) Mississippi State
2010 Chelsea Bramlett (3) Mississippi State
2011 Kaylyn Castillo Arizona State [7]
2012 Jessica Shults Oklahoma [8]
2013 Amber Freeman Arizona State [1]
2014 Taylor Edwards Nebraska [9]
2015 Lexie Elkins Louisiana [10]
2016 Lexie Elkins (2) Louisiana [11]
2017 Kendyl Lindaman Minnesota [12]
2018 Gwen Svekis Oregon [13]
2019 Dejah Mulipola Arizona [14]
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [15]
2021 Dejah Mulipola (2) Arizona [16]
2022 Mia Davidson Mississippi State [17]
2023 Terra McGowan Oregon [18]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "NFCA Diamond Catchers of the Year". nfca.org. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Schutt Sports / NFCA DI Natl. Freshman of the Year Top 30 revealed". nfca.org. April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Swan, Lance (August 26, 2004). "NFCA Announces 2004 Diamond Sports Catchers of the Year". nfca.org. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  4. ^ Swan, Lance (September 14, 2005). "Diamond Sports Catchers of Year Named". nfca.org. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  5. ^ Swan, Lance (August 6, 2006). "NFCA Announces Diamond Sports Catcher of Year Winners". nfca.org. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  6. ^ Swan, Lance (August 28, 2007). "NFCA Names Diamond Sports Catcher of Year Winners". nfca.org. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "NFCA Announces 2011 Diamond Sports Catchers of the Year". nfca.org. August 4, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "NFCA Announces 2012 Diamond Sports Catchers of the Year". nfca.org. September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "NFCA Announces the 2014 Diamond Sports Catchers of the Year". nfca.org. July 11, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "NFCA Announces 2015 Diamond Sports Catchers of the Year". nfca.org. July 23, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  11. ^ "NFCA announces the 2016 Diamond Sports Catchers of the Year". nfca.org. July 12, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "NFCA's 2017 Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year collegiate winners announced". nfca.org. June 21, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  13. ^ "Fifty-four student-athletes named 2018 NFCA DI All-Americans". nfca.org. June 21, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  14. ^ "2019 NFCA Division I All-Americans revealed". nfca.org. May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  15. ^ "NFCA awards update". nfca.org. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "2021 NFCA Division I All-Americans revealed". nfca.org. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  17. ^ "2022 NFCA DI All-Americans released". nfca.org. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  18. ^ "2023 NFCA DI All-Americans revealed". nfca.org. May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.