LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Seventeen members of the 2022 San Francisco State softball team were among the 7,527 collegiate student-athletes who earned Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2021-22 academic year.

The Gators had nearly every player on the roster earn the honor: Jazzy Contreras, Kai DeLeon, Lehua DeLeon, Amanda Engel, Madeline Eshbach, Marley Gonzales, Daniella Guerrera, Lexi Holihan, Sydney Jenkins, Taylor Kelly, Kaitlyn Maddux, Kira Nilson, Halle Nugent, Samantha Renteria, Brylynn Vallejos, Teya Vincent, and Maya Weigel-Murphy.

As a team, the Gators posted a 3.61 cumulative GPA, which is among the Top 25 GPA in NCAA Division II. Team GPAs and scholar-athletes are submitted by NFCA member head coaches. To be eligible, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.5 or better cumulative GPA for the 2021-22 academic year only.

Established in 1983, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) is the professional growth organization for fastpitch softball coaches from all competitive levels of play. Although collegiate coaches comprised the majority of the organization's membership in the early days, today they are joined by high school, travel ball, professional and international coaches, along with umpires, clubs, companies and fans of fastpitch softball. Growing from 40 members in 1983 to over 5,500 today, the NFCA boasts members from all 50 states and several international countries.