D1Softball Preseason All-Americans

Top Stories D1Softball Staff - February 6, 2023

With Oklahoma winning back-to-back national titles and reloading via the transfer portal, it’s no surprise the Sooners make up a majority of D1Softball Preseason All-Americans.

The top-ranked Sooners lead all teams with eight selections, including six on the first team. Tiare Jennings, the No. 1 player on the D100, leads the way for OU, joined by Cydney Sanders, Jayda Coleman, Grace Lyons, Kinzie Hansen and Jordy Bahl.

No. 2 UCLA also has three honorees, with first-team pitcher Megan Faraimo joined by second-team selections Sharlize Palacios and Maya Brady.

No. 3 Oklahoma State (Kelly Maxwell and Rachel Becker), No. 5 Florida (Skylar Wallace and Kendra Falby), No. 8 Arkansas (Hannah Gammill and Chenise Delce), No. 16 Kentucky (Kayla Kowalik and Erin Coffel) and Wichita State (Addison Barnard and Sydney McKinney) each place two players on either the first or second team.

Thirteen schools have one representative: Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Clemson, Florida State, Miami (Ohio), Northwestern, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tennessee, UCF and Washington.

The Big-12 leads all conferences with seven players on the first team and 10 All-Americans overall. The SEC has eight All-Americans, including three first-team selections, followed by the Pac-12 with seven overall selections. The ACC (3) and American (3) also have multiple representatives, while Violet Zavodnik (BYU, WCC) and Karli Spaid (Miami, MAC) are the lone representatives from their respective conferences.

D1Softball’s staff selects the preseason All-America teams with one guiding principle in mind – to identify the best and most valuable college softball players for the 2023 season.

First Team

Position	Player	University
C	Kinzie Hansen	Oklahoma
1B	Cydney Sanders	Oklahoma
2B	Tiare Jennings	Oklahoma
SS	Grace Lyons	Oklahoma
3B	Baylee Klingler	Washington
OF	Kiki Milloy	Tennessee
OF	Jayda Coleman	Oklahoma
OF	Addison Barnard	Wichita State
UT/P	Jordy Bahl	Oklahoma
UT	Jada Cody	UCF
UT	Skylar Wallace	Florida
UT	Sydney McKinney	Wichita State
UT	Yanni Acuña	Arizona State
SP	Kelly Maxwell	Oklahoma State
SP	Kathryn Sandercock	Florida State
SP	Megan Faraimo	UCLA
SP	Montana Fouts	Alabama

Second Team

Position	Player	University
C	Sharlize Palacios	UCLA
1B	Karina Gaskins	Notre Dame
2B	Allie Skaggs	Arizona
SS	Erin Coffel	Kentucky
3B	Hannah Gammill	Arkansas
OF	Kendra Falby	Florida
OF	Maya Brady	UCLA
OF	Voilet Zavodnik	BYU
UT/P	Valerie Cagle	Clemson
UT	Kayla Kowalik	Kentucky
UT	Haley Lee	Oklahoma
UT	Rachel Becker	Oklahoma State
UT	Karli Spaid	Miami (OH)
SP	Danielle Williams	Northwestern
SP	Alex Storako	Oklahoma
SP	Chenise Delce	Arkansas
SP	Alana Vawter	Stanford