OKLAHOMA CITY –– Only 10 Finalists remain in the hunt for the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, USA Softball announced today. The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women’s collegiate softball, recognizes the outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female players across the country.Jocelyn Alo | Oklahoma | Utility | Senior

Mark Allister is the author of Women’s College Softball on the Rise: A Season Inside the Game. He will be writing on DIII softball this spring and would welcome story ideas and comments at allister@stolaf.edu

Gabbie Plain traveled nearly 8,000 miles from her home in Sydney, Australia to Seattle to play college softball at the University of Washington. Plain moved away from the people she knew and loved, her friends, and the lifestyle she had grown up with to the other side of the world. Her recruiting process started really late in her final year of high school.