Five Eagles Garner CSC Academic All-District Softball Recognition

The College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced on Tuesday (May 26) afternoon that five Ashland University softball players have earned spots on the 2026 CSC Academic All-District teams:

• Senior third baseman Amanda Kolar graduated with a 3.63 cumulative grade-point average as a Fine Arts major. This past spring, she hit .342 with 23 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, three home runs, and 36 RBIs, and was named to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference all-tournament team.
• Senior pitcher Delaney Lis graduated with a 3.84 cumulative GPA as an Exercise Science major. She was 13-8 with a 3.15 earned-run average and 79 strikeouts this past season, and was a second-team all-conference and all-tourney team selection.
• Junior shortstop Sophia Martin sports a 3.80 cumulative GPA through the spring 2026 semester as an Integrated Social Studies Education major. A .322 hitter in 2026, she also collected 26 runs scored, 11 doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 30 RBIs and four stolen bases, and was a conference all-tournament team choice.
• Junior outfielder Delaney Maynard has a 3.51 cumulative GPA as an Exercise Science major. An all-conference second-teamer this spring, Maynard hit .284 with 29 runs scored, 10 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 28 RBIs.
• Senior second baseman Danielle Robbins graduated with a 3.99 cumulative GPA as a Primary Grades/Intervention Dual Education major. She was second-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region and second-team all-conference this spring, and hit .377 with 44 runs scored, two doubles, three triples, 13 RBIs and 23 stolen bases.

The 2026 CSC Academic All-America softball teams will be revealed on June 16.
 
Ashland softball finished 33-19 overall and 17-6 in the Great Midwest. The Eagles were runners-up in the Great Midwest Tournament, and reached the NCAA Division II postseason and won a D-II playoff game for the first time in 11 years.
  Delaney Lis, P, 2026, 2025, 2024
Sophia Martin, SS/3B/C, 2026, 2025
Danielle Robbins, 2B, 2026, 2025, 2024
Amanda Kolar, 3B, 2026
Delaney Maynard, OF, 2026
Lily Rockwell, 1B, 2025, 2024
Ashley Veldheer, OF, 2025, 2024
Bryn Grabowski, P, 2024
Lauren McMillin, OF, 2023
Kylie Asmus, 1B, 2018
Ally Farrah, OF, 2017
Taylor Menhart, OF, 2015
Franki Gironda, 1B, 2012
Emlyn Knerem, P, 2012
Logan Hursey, DP, 2011
Alicia Longstreth, C, 2002, 2001
Tara Ringler, 3B, 1998
Desi Gillman, OF, 1995, 1994, 1993
Heather Lefford, SS, 1994
Danielle Somogyi, OF, 1993