Month: June 2019

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a run to its 12thnational championship, UCLA is the unanimous No. 1 program in the final 2019 USA Today/ NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll of the season. The Bruins (56-6), collected all 32 first-place votes and 800 points. UCLA ‘s 10-1 postseason mark culminated with the program’s first national title since 2010. Entering…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – First-time national champion Texas Lutheran University led the eight teams voted as 2019 NFCA Division III Regional Coaching Staff of the Year honorees, the Association revealed on Monday.   Texas Lutheran University took top honors in the West, while four other teams that reached the NCAA championship in Tyler, Texas, garnered recognition…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NFCA is pleased to announce that Brookdale Community College freshman third baseman Shakyra Moore has been chosen as the 2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA NJCAA Division III National Player of the Year. Moore was a force at the plate this season for the Jersey Blues, earning NFCA All-America honors in her first collegiate…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma City University’s Jaci Smith has been named the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA NAIA National Player of the Year, the Association announced on Monday.  Click Here: toulon rugby shop melbourne A three-time first-team NFCA All-American, Smith registered one of the most productive offensive seasons in NAIA history. She posted NAIA single-season records…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Forty-eight student-athletes from 23 schools in three-member regions have garnered 2019 NFCA National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I All-America Team recognition, the Association revealed on Thursday. Additionally, Tanjala Smith of Tyler Junior College was selected the New Balance/NFCA NJCAA DII Golden Shoe Award recipient, while Chipola College’s Candela Figueroa took home…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Forty-eight student-athletes from 23 schools in three-member regions have garnered 2019 NFCA National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I All-America Team recognition, the Association revealed on Thursday. Additionally, Tanjala Smith of Tyler Junior College was selected the New Balance/NFCA NJCAA DII Golden Shoe Award recipient, while Chipola College’s Candela Figueroa took home…

ESPN’s college softball coverage saw double-digit viewership growth throughout the season scoring its most-watched Women’s College World Series production since 2015, most-viewed Super Regionals since 2008 and best regular season since 2016.  ESPN’s coverage of this year’s 15-game Women’s College World Series tournament (May 30 – June 4) averaged one million viewers, up 20% year-over-year….

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –After guiding Rock Valley College to an incredible sixth consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DIII National Championship, head coach Darin Monroe and his staff have been named NFCA NJCAA DIII National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association announced Friday morning. Monroe, along with assistant coaches D.J. Johnson and Vivi Marquez,…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Coming off a 2019 national championship, Chipola College, under the direction of Belinda Hendrix, has been named the 2019 NFCA NJCAA DI National Coaching Staff of the Year. Under the guidance of Hendrix, associate head coach Jimmy Hendrix and assistant coach Kelly Brookins, the Indians captured the program’s third NJCAA DI national…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –After guiding Rock Valley College to an incredible sixth consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DIII National Championship, head coach Darin Monroe and his staff have been named NFCA NJCAA DIII National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association announced Friday morning. Monroe, along with assistant coaches D.J. Johnson and Vivi Marquez,…