SA Top 100 Player List

Who does Softball America believe are the best players in the country? The answer is right here as Softball America unveils the Preseason Top 100 Player List. The staff judged the group based on previous statistics and predicted which players would take a step forward in their progressions. 

Unsurprisingly, the three-time defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners led all teams with eight players in the Top 100. Preseason Top 10 teams Georgia, Texas and Arkansas have five players each on the list as they strive to make it to the Women’s College World Series next season. 

Plenty of programs have multiple players on the list including Grand Canyon’s starstudded outfield of Kristin Fifield, who led the nation in RBI, and Ashley Trierweiler, the Santa Clara transfer who finished second in the nation with a .486 batting average. 

There are 66 position players, 30 pitchers, and four two-way players that form the list. 

Who did we miss? Who is too high or too low? Let us know!

Rank	Player	School	Position
1	Valerie Cagle	Clemson	P/UTL
2	Jordy Bahl	Nebraska	P/UTL
3	Jayda Coleman	Oklahoma	OF
4	NiJaree Canady	Stanford	P
5	Kiki Milloy	Tennessee	OF
6	Skylar Wallace	Florida	SS
7	Tiare Jennings	Oklahoma	SS
8	Maya Brady	UCLA	SS
9	Maddie Penta	Auburn	P
10	Erin Coffel	Kentucky	SS
11	Alyssa Brito	Oklahoma	3B
12	Taryn Kern	Stanford	2B
13	Kelly Maxwell	Oklahoma	P
14	Alana Vawter	South Carolina	P
15	Allie Skaggs	Arizona	2B
16	Kinzie Hansen	Oklahoma	C
17	Addison Barnard	Wichita State	OF
18	Dariana Orme	Baylor	P
19	Alex Honnold	Missouri	OF
20	Nicole May	Oklahoma	P
21	Jayda Kearney	Georgia	OF
22	Kayla Beaver	Alabama	P
23	Korbe Otis	Florida	OF
24	Stephanie Schoonover	Kentucky	P
25	Taylor Pleasants	LSU	SS
26	McKenna Gibson	Tennessee	1B
27	Lexi Kilfoyl	Oklahoma State	P
28	Autumn Owen	North Carolina	C
29	Karlie Keeney	Oklahoma	P
30	Zaida Puni	Tennessee	3B
31	Mariah Lopez	Utah	P
32	McKenzie Clark	Clemson	OF
33	Jenna Perez	LMU	P
34	Kristin Fifield	GCU	OF
35	Karli Spaid	Miami	3B
36	Ruby Meylan	Washington	P
37	Ana Gold	Duke	3B
38	Sarah Willis	UCF	P/UTL
39	Emma Lemley	Virginia Tech	P
40	Hannah Gammill	Arkansas	3B
41	Ashley Trierweiler	GCU	OF
42	Tori Kniesche	South Dakota State	P
43	Megan Grant	UCLA	1B
44	Cassidy Curd	Duke	P
45	Alexis Pupillo	Northern Iowa	C
46	Rylin Hedgecock	Arkansas	UTL
47	Jessica Mullins	Texas State	P
48	Sara Mosley	Georgia	3B
49	Olivia Lackie	South Alabama	P
50	Karina Gaskins	Notre Dame	1B
51	D’Auna Jennings	Duke	OF
52	Kailey Wyckoff	Texas Tech	C
53	Taylor Minnick	Indiana	OF
54	Caroline Wang (formerly Hudson)	Oklahoma State	C
55	Nia Carter	Arkansas	OF
56	Billie Andrews	Nebraska	SS
57	Jordan Woolery	UCLA	1B
58	Mac Barbara	San Diego State	3b
59	Shelby Walters	Georgia	P
60	Mihyia Davis	Louisiana	OF
61	Sydney Berzon	LSU	P
62	Mya Dodge	Missouri	OF
63	Kamryn Meyer	Omaha	P
64	Julia Cottrill	Texas A&M	C
65	Bri Ellis	Arkansas	1B
66	Karlyn Pickens	Tennessee	P
67	Mia Scott	Texas	OF
68	Allie Light	San Diego State	P
69	Sarah Gordon	Georgia	C
70	Kendra Falby	Florida	OF
71	Carlie Scupin	Arizona	1B
72	Sharlize Palacios	UCLA	C
73	Melina Wilkison	Ohio State	OF
74	Violet Zavodnik	BYU	OF
75	Viviana Martinez	Texas	SS
76	Jazmine Hill	Texas A&M	OF
77	Julia Jimenez	Utah	3B
78	Sam Gress	Charlotte	P
79	Aminah Vega	Duke	2B
80	Ciara Briggs	LSU	OF
81	Emma Ritter	Virginia Tech	OF
82	Makenna Reid	Florida State	P
83	Shaylon Govan	Baylor	1B
84	Sydney Kuma	Georgia	2B
85	Kalei Harding	Florida State	UTL
86	Leighann Goode	Texas	2B
87	Sarah Haendiges	Oregon State	P
88	Kelsey Hall	Arizona State	OF
89	Jada Cody	UCF	3B
90	Kaitlyn Terry	UCLA	P/UTL
91	Keagan Rothrock	Florida	P
92	Teagan Kavan	Texas	P
93	Mac Morgan	Texas	P
94	Emma Kauf	Oregon	C
95	Kiki Escobar	Oregon State	2B
96	Lauren Allred	Louisiana	1B
97	Reagan Johnson	Arkansas	OF
98	Lauren Derkowski	Michigan	P
99	Rylie Boone	Oklahoma	OF
100	Aliya Belarde	Utah	2B