LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After a stellar senior season. Lee University softball outfielder Ana Macha was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All South Region Second team. The 2025 NFCA squads are comprised of 208 student-athletes from 115 programs.
The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association's eight regions with first and second-team selections. NFCA member head coaches from each respective region nominated their student-athletes and voted for the teams. All the honorees are now eligible for selection to the 2025 NFCA Division II All-America squads.
Ana Macha was also named to the First Team All-GSC this season. Ana Macha has had a dynamic season at the plate for the Lady Flames. She has the best batting average in the GSC. She has more hits than anyone else. Macha had the second most steals, top five in runs scored, and top sixth in on base percentage. Defensively, she has a .963 fielding percentage, as an outfielder she has over 50 putouts and two assists. Macha was a Second Team All-GSC in 2023.
Head Coach Emily Russell is proud of what Macha was able to accomplish this season. "Ana had a great season. I'm proud of the work she did and the way she played for the team. She led the gsc in hitting through the regular season and was at the top for stolen bases as well. She is a dynamic player that has a heart for her team and teammates. She deserves to be an all American on the field and in the locker room."
No. 1 ranked University of Texas at Tyler led all programs and the South Central region with eight All-Region selections, five on the first team. Four programs – No. 2 Francis Marion University (Southeast), No. 9 Western Washington University (West), No. 3 West Texas A&M University (South Central) and Wilmington University (East) – collected five plaudits apiece. All five Patriots earned first-team accolades, followed by the Vikings with four. The Lady Buffs posted two on the first team and the Wildcats had one.
Joining UT Tyler, Francis Marion, Western Washington and Wilmington as region leaders were No. 10 East Stroudsburg University (Atlantic), No. 17 Tiffin University (Midwest), No. 13 Saint Leo University (South) and the duo of No. 6 Augustana University and Missouri Southern State University in the Central.
East Stroudsburg, Tiffin, University of Bridgeport (East) and Saint Leo each had four student-athletes honored. The Warriors and Dragons posted three first teamers apiece, followed by the Purple Knights with two and one from the Lions.
Sixteen more programs came away with three nods with Missouri Southern (Central), Caldwell University (East) and No. 8 Angelo State University (South Central) boasting all first team selections. No. 5 University of Tampa (South) and No. 14 Pace University (East) each earned two first-teamers.
Conference players and pitchers of the year from member institutions (must be nominated by member head coach and receive votes) are added to the second team if they were not already voted to an All-Region squad.
The 2025 NFCA Division II All-America teams will be announced on Wednesday, May 21 at the NCAA Division II Championship Banquet in Chattanooga, Tenn.
