The NCAA 2025 softball tournament begins seriously on Friday with the first bee releases launched at 12 pm et. Howard visits No. 14 Duke, while South Florida faces Auburn in the Regional in Tallahassee, Florida.
If you are updating and tuning university softball for the first time this season, there are several players watching. Some of them are excellent to steal bases, while others are stellar to hit opponents. Others place their experience in sending the ball on the fence, or throwing possible base corridors from behind the plate.
Here are the nine players in the tournament this season in which you must monitor Oklahoma City Bordy.
9. Kai Lescha, Oregon, LF
Nobody steals bases this season like Lescha, a senior of Carson City’s red shirt, Nevada. It has slid 54 bags this season, which leads the country. It was named for the first All-Big Ten team and is second for the Ducks on average batting (.404) and total blows (69).
8. Taryn Kern, Stanford, 2b
A left -handed junior hitter, Core has reached a 19 home run program record this season, which is quite good in a program as decorated as Stanford’s, which has been in eight super regional ones in the last 20 years. It is also second in the lugging percentage accent with a .809 brand. Kern’s game on the plate is a great reason why the references of the National Second Cardinal in the average batting with the A.357 brand.
7. Kat Rodríguez, North Carolina, 2b
The fifth year box has led in more races than any other player this season with 83, which is a record of a season programs for North Carolina and links the agreement. Rodríguez’s bat was a crucial ingredient for the success of tar cures this season, in which they obtained an offer from the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2019. Rodríguez is third in the ACC in total successes with 77 and is 11.
6. Michaela Edenfield, Florida state, C
The red t -shirt senior is a force on the plate and behind it. Not only does an excellent job to catch the elite launch personnel of the seminols, which occupies the ninth place at the national level with 2.23, but is a veteran bat in the alignment of FSU with great successes. The 6 -foot 1 native of SNeads 1, Florida, has 52 career homers, has struck out a race race 18 times this season and has reached the best doubles of the 13th race this year.
5. Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee, RHP
The native of Weaverville, North Carolina, became the seventh player in the history of the SEC this season to win the award of the year of the year of the conference several times. Pickens was 20-8 since the circle and has the third best effectiveness of the country with 0.92. She occupies the national tenth in strikeouts for every seven entries with 9.3. In the SEC, the seven teams had seeds of the last eight in the tournament, the Selves were 11-4, throwing three bleached.
Maya Johnson, Belmont, LHP
One of the best sport pitchers, the red shirt junior is a great reason why the Bruins are in the NCAA tournament. She is fifth nationwide in Era with a brand or 1.24 and is high among all players in the country in several other statistics as well. She is fifth in complete games (23), second in hits allowed by seven innings (3.66), first in bleached (11), first in the proportion of strikeouts-walk (18.68) and first in total stories (355). While she plays in a middle -aged program, Johnson shouldn’t be overlooked. There is a case that is that she is the best pitcher in the country.
3. Jordy Bahl, Nebraska, RHP/UTL
Bahl is the first player to be named a player and pitcher of the year Big Ten in the same season. She is among the 10 best nationwide both in Era (1.57) and in the average batting (.458). It also occupies the 11th place in PAHO (1,486) and on the dish it has accumulated 19 home runs, 16 doubles and 71 hits. From the circle, it occupies the fourth place nationwide in hits allowed by seven innings (3.89), sixth in bleached with seven and fifth in total strikeouts with 254. Bahl is a crucial differential creator and does everything for huskers at a very high level.
2. Nijkee Canady, Texas Tech, RHP
The current national player of the year, Canady transferred from Stanford to Texas Tech the low season and has not lost a rhythm with the Red Raiders. She has a record of 26-5 this season, leads the nation at the time with a mark of 0.81 and has promoted Texas Tech to her first-victim accommodation offer in the regional round of the NCAA tournament. With Canady leading the way, the Red Raiders easily won the Big 12 tournament, surpassing their opponents 26-0 in three games. She is the fourth at the national level in total strikeouts with 263. It has also adjusted well to a double role, batting .309 this season with eight homers and 30 ranges.
1. Br ellis, Arkansas, 1b
Argusously, the best batterball hitter, Ellis is presenting numbers this season that can be compared to Barry Bonds MVP seasons. The active leader of Division I in career homers with 74, Ellis was appointed player of the year of the SEC and is a strong candidate for the National Player of the Year award. SHHE RESTIESSE NATIONAL IN HAVENS This season (26), fourth on average batting (.475), seventh in RBI (72) and second in walks with 58. It also occupies the first place in the country based on a .649 mark. Opposite pitchers will do everything possible to avoid launching Ellis.