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D1Softball preseason top 100 players ranking list

Editor’s note: The following article was published first on d1softball.com.

The 2024 college softball season is but a few weeks away, and as we get ready for live games and top performances, it’s also time to reveal the annual D100 list of the top players in the nation. Our goal with this list was to identify the best and most valuable college softball players in the game today.

Valerie Cagle earned National Player of the Year honors last year for her efforts on both sides of the ball, both in the pitching circle and at the plate. Cagle is our top-ranked player entering 2024, as she should continue that prowess with her arm and her bat.

Oklahoma, the three-time defending national champions, has the most players on the list of any program, with seven Sooners in the top 100 including six in the top 26. Georgia and Florida State each placed five players on the list, while six schools placed four players each on the list.

The SEC leads all conferences with 29 players on the list, followed by the Big 12 with 18 and the ACC and Pac-12, who each placed 15 players in the rankings. The Big Ten checks in with five ranked players, led by No. 2 Jordy Bahl in her first season as a Nebraska Cornhusker.

Among non-Power 5 conferences, the Sun Belt leads the way with three ranked players, headlined by No. 25 Jessica Mullins of Texas State. The American, Missouri Valley, Summit League, WAC, Patriot League, MAC, CAA, Atlantic 10 and the West Coast Conference are also represented by at least one player in the rankings.

Players who missed a majority of the 2023 season and incoming freshmen were not considered for the list.

Rank	Player	Team	Position
1	Valerie Cagle	Clemson	P/UT
2	Jordy Bahl	Nebraska	P
3	Jayda Coleman	Oklahoma	OF
4	NiJaree Canady	Stanford	P
5	Skylar Wallace	Florida	SS
6	Kiki Milloy	Tennessee	OF
7	Maya Brady	UCLA	SS
8	Tiare Jennings	Oklahoma	2B
9	Maddie Penta	Auburn	P
10	Erin Coffel	Kentucky	SS
11	Kinzie Hansen	Oklahoma	C
12	Taryn Kern	Stanford	IF
13	Alana Vawter	South Carolina	P
14	Jayda Kearney	Georgia	OF
15	Alyssa Brito	Oklahoma	IF
16	Megan Grant	UCLA	UT
17	Kelly Maxwell	Oklahoma	P
18	Allie Skaggs	Arizona	2B
19	Sara Mosley	Georgia	3B
20	Karli Spaid	Miami (Ohio)	IF
21	Ruby Meylan	Washington	P
22	Taylor Pleasants	LSU	SS
23	Mariah Lopez	Utah	P
24	Sydney Berzon	LSU	P
25	Jessica Mullins	Texas State	P
26	Nicole May	Oklahoma	P
27	Kendra Falby	Florida	OF
28	Jahni Kerr	Florida State	OF
29	Karina Gaskins	Notre Dame	1B
30	McKenna Gibson	Tennessee	1B
31	Korbe Otis	Florida	OF
32	Addison Barnard	Wichita State	OF
33	D’Auna Jennings	Duke	OF
34	Jordan Woolery	UCLA	IF
35	Ciara Briggs	LSU	OF
36	Sydney Kuma	Georgia	2B
37	Carlie Scupin	Arizona	1B
38	Lexi Kilfoyl	Oklahoma State	P/UT
39	Karlyn Pickens	Tennessee	P
40	Kaley Mudge	Florida State	OF
41	Dariana Orme	Baylor	P
42	Billie Andrews	Nebraska	IF
43	Cassidy Curd	Duke	P
44	Shelby Walters	Georgia	P
45	Brianna Copeland	Indiana	P/UT
46	Ana Gold	Duke	IF
47	Alex Honnold	Missouri	OF
48	Shaylon Govan	Baylor	1B
49	Rylin Hedgecock	Arkansas	DH
50	Olivia Lackie	South Alabama	P
51	Sharlize Palacios	UCLA	C
52	Michaela Edenfield	Florida State	C
53	Emma Kauf	Oregon	C
54	Mihyia Davis	Louisiana	OF
55	Emma Lemley	Virginia Tech	P
56	Mac Morgan	Texas	P
57	Sam Gress	Charlotte	P
58	Nia Carter	Arkansas	OF
59	Tori Kniesche	South Dakota State	P
60	Kelsey Hall	Arizona State	OF
61	Jenna Laird	Missouri	SS
62	Sarah Gordon	Georgia	C
63	Kayla Roncin	Boston	SS
64	Taylor Krapf	Minnesota	C
65	Kristin Fifield	Grand Canyon	OF
66	Mia Scott	Texas	UT
67	Julia Cottrill	Texas A&M	C
68	Kenleigh Cahalan	Alabama	SS
69	Makenna Reid	Florida State	P
70	Sarah Willis	UCF	P
71	Bri Ellis	Arkansas	1B
72	Autumn Owen	North Carolina	C
73	Cydney Sanders	Oklahoma	1B
74	Payton Gottshall	Tennessee	P
75	Kalei Harding	Florida State	UT
76	Kayla Beaver	Alabama	P
77	Daneica Coffey	LSU	3B
78	LeighAnn Goode	Texas	2B
79	Taylor Minnick	Indiana	OF
80	Haley Denning	Utah	OF
81	Ashley Trierweiler	Grand Canyon	OF
82	Caroline Hudson Wang	Oklahoma State	C
83	Mya Dodge	Missouri	OF
84	Emma Ritter	Virginia Tech	OF
85	Cylie Halvorson	Arkansas	1B
86	McKenzie Clark	Clemson	OF
87	Jenna Perez	Loyola Marymount	P
88	Kailey Wyckoff	Texas Tech	C
89	Reese Atwood	Texas	C
90	Jada Cody	UCF	UT
91	Samantha Heyer	Northern Iowa	P
92	Jackie Lis	Southern Illinois	SS
93	Allie Light	San Diego State	P
94	Devyn Netz	Arizona	P/UT
95	Aminah Vega	Duke	IF
96	Kamryn Meyer	Omaha	P
97	Tatum Anzaldo	Cal	SS
98	Isabella Smith	Campbell	P
99	Allison Boaz	Boston	P
100	Emma Schutter	Dayton	OF

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