Top 25 Finalists Announced for Division II Player of the Year

The second-annual Division II National Player of the Year award will be handed out in 2016 and the top twenty-five finalists who will vie to receive it have been announced.

Twenty-two Division II programs are represented by at least a single player on the list, as well as fifteen conferences. Humboldt State with three and North Georgia with a pair were the only teams to place more than one player on the list of finalists.


Notable names on the list include national headline-grabbers Morgan Foley of Indianapolis and Hannah Perryman of Missouri-St. Louis, as well as the award's inaugural winner in 2015, North Georgia's Courtney Poole. The list is comprised of fourteen seniors; six juniors; and five sophomores.

The current list of twenty-five will be narrowed down to the top ten finalists on May 6, with the final trio named on May 12 and the National Player of the Year trophy being awarded on May 17.

The full list of finalists can be found below:

Stephanie Adkins	Pitcher	Saint Leo
Kaitlyn Bannister	Third Base	Alabama-Huntsville
Janessa Bassett	Outfield	Dixie State
Lyndsay Butler	Pitcher/Outfield	Wayne State (Mich.)
Morgan Foley	Pitcher	Indianapolis
Ally Foster	Utility	Bellarmine
Brooke Goad	Outfield	Southern Arkansas
Stephanie Hartness	Outfield	North Georgia
Haley Hodges	Catcher/Infield	Southern Indiana
Hanna Holland	Outfield	Humboldt State
Courtney Iacobacci	Outfield	Fairmont State
Makayla Kovac	Shortstop	Colorado Mesa
Lexi Loos	Outfield	Wayne State (Neb.)
Brenna Martini	Third Base	Adelphi
Katie Obemma	Pitcher	Humboldt State
Hannah Perryman	Pitcher	Missouri-St. Louis
Courtney Poole	Pitcher	North Georgia
Kiley Rusen	First Base	Valdosta State
Jessica Simmons	Second Base	SE Oklahoma State
Lacey Taylor	Catcher	West Texas A&M
Carley Tysinger	Pitcher	Catawba
Kelsey Vining	Outfield	Montevallo
Katelyn Vinson	Third Base	Midwestern State
Madison Williams	Pitcher	Humboldt State
Kat Zabielski	First Base	NYIT