Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
HILBERT, Wisconsin — The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced its Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete list on Wednesday, honoring student-athletes for their work in the classroom during the 2025-26 academic year.
The Midwest Conference was represented with 51 All-America Scholar-Athletes. Beloit College tallied 12, Grinnell College had 16, Illinois College was represented 15 times and Lawrence University had eight honorees. NCAA Division III had the second-highest representation across the Association’s membership with 2,491 student-athletes earning a 3.5 grade-point average or higher for 2025-26.
Additionally, Beloit, Grinnell and Illinois College were recognized on the Team GPA list, as Grinnell tallied the 17th-best GPA in DIII while Beloit and Illinois College were among the honorable mentions.
Team GPAs and scholar-athletes are submitted by member head coaches.
Easton/NFCA Team GPA list
Beloit College – Head Coach: Kim Zarling
Grinnell College – Head Coach: Lexy Determan
Illinois College – Head Coach: Samantha Mendez
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes
Beloit College
Avary Briggs
Zoey Bucholtz
Anjeli Calderon
Jessalyn Coppe
Samantha Friedrichsohn
Allie Gustafson
Abigale Krepelka
Joey Meyers
Lylah Murrah
Elizabeth Paschal
Sydney Weisman
Kaylee Witte
Grinnell College
Anne Becker
Kala Bisterfeldt
Emily Gonzalez
Meghan Harcus
Sophai Henao-Piña
Julia Marquez
Isabella Nesbeth
Kayla O’Malley
Nicolette Parrott
Elyse Pender
Zoe Salazar
Lindsey Schultz
Gabriella Simon
Emma Skibbie
Elise Strohm
Emma Trani
Illinois College
Maddie Adams
Kendall Cole
Cambria Currie
Megan Doolittle
Allison Fraley
Aveery Fritz
Elysia Hand
Ezzy Mauermann
Christine Myers
Emmy Renfro
Raegan Rezba
Shelby Seiler
Lilly Siller
Alyssa Teixeira
Parker Wooderson
Lawrence University
Kylan Arndt
Janna Bode
Allisyn Briggs
Avery Chilson
Zoe Doherty
Lillian Guidry
Georgia Sedlack
Adrie Villa
The full release from the NFCA can be found
here.