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The Northwest Athletic Conference has selected Kiley Jones from Umpqua Community College as their Athlete of the Week.
Jones, a freshman first baseman and hitter from Nampa, Idaho, was honorarily selected after tragically losing her life in a vehicular accident while traveling with her team after a pair of victories at Grays Harbor on April 18. She led the RiverHawks with a team high 19 RBIs and eight doubles.
RTS will start the 2025 postseason in Athens, Georgia Tuesday for the SEC Tournament. Day 1 action starts at 1 pm EST with No. 12 seed and host Georgia taking on No. 13 seed Kentucky. 14 games are on-tap over five days to crown the SEC Tournament Champion and the conference automatic bid to the NCAA Postseason. Check back here and on all RTS Social Media platforms for live in-game updates throughout the week.
Hog Wild. There is a new No. 1 in this week’s Softball America Top 25. The Arkansas Razorbacks. For the complete Top 25 go to https://www.on3.com/softball/news/softball-america-top-25-rankings-week-14/
Newman University has parted ways with Andrea Gustafson as head coach. Gustafson coached the Jets for six seasons compiling a 94-227 overall record. The program went 7-43 this season.
The University of Tennessee Martin has been put on one years’ probation and fined $25,000 by the NCAA for level II violations within the program. The violations stem from midyear scholarship increases that were required by the coaching staff to be returned along with reimbursing teammates for donations. Additional recruiting violations also occurred under former head coach Brian Dunn, who has also been given a two-year show-cause penalty during which any future institutional employer must restrict him from athletically related activities. Current head coach Chelsea Farmer who served as an assistant coach at the time, was given a one-year show-cause penalty. She also was given a five-game suspension which was served in February. The program also received a two-week ban on all recruiting activities.
Kansas City Kansas Community College Head Coach Lana Ross will be inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Ross has coached for 22 years with previous stops at Iowa Western Community College and Fort Scott Community College. She has compiled 799 wins currently while appearing in the NJCAA World Series four times.
Akron Head Coach Craig Nicholson will be inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame. The veteran coach served 11 seasons as head coach at Central Arizona College where he won four NJCAA National Championships (1997, 1999, 2003, 2005), seven conference championships, and eight regional titles. He compiled a record of 723-90 coaching the Vaqueras.
Menlo College Head Coach Skylynne Ellazar has resigned. She spent the past three seasons leading the Oaks through their transition from NAIA to NCAA DII. Ellazar compiled a record of 35-99.
Former Walters State Head Coach Larry Sauceman will be inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Sauceman coached the Lady Senators to a 1085-382 record over 27 seasons, while making five appearances in the NJCAA World Series. Sauceman retired after the 2024 season.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that Oklahoma City will be one of the hosts for the 2026 WBSC Women’s World Cup Group Stage Events. The “Softball Mecca” at Devon Park will host the games along with the cities of Lima, Peru and Prague, Czechia. The event will be made up of total of 18 teams that are divided into three groups of six squads each at hosting sites. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Finals to be played 2027.