Kim Doss

1 week ago | azdesertswarm.com | Kim Doss

Photo by Ryan Kelapire Arizona softball’s Devyn Netz, Sydney Stewart, and Dakota Kennedy became the program’s largest group of NFCA All-Americans since 2021 on Wednesday when the coaches organization announced its three All-American teams. Netz also earned a Gold Glove. The trio increased the number of All-American honors for the Wildcats to 114, tying with UCLA for the most all-time. A total of 60 different players earned those 114 honors.

1 week ago | azdesertswarm.com | Kim Doss

Photo by Ryan Kelapire Two national awards were announced on Tuesday, and Arizona pitcher/infielder Devyn Netz was in the mix for both. Netz earned her second First Team All-American honor of the season, getting the designation by D1 Softball this week after getting it from Softball America last week. The redshirt senior joined junior outfielder Dakota Kennedy, junior shortstop Tayler Biehl, and grad student pitcher/infielder Miranda Stoddard on the CSC Academic All-District team.

1 week ago | azdesertswarm.com | Kim Doss

Photo via @AZAthletics on Twitter A team of 22 with two pitchers who hit better than a lot of position players may just be too many. That’s one way to view the march out of Arizona softball, which reached eight with the addition of second baseman Logan Cole. Cole became the eighth this week. The majority of the entrants went in immediately after the portal opened. The group included left-handed pitcher Aissa Silva, who has announced that she will stay close to home by transferring to ASU.

2 weeks ago | azdesertswarm.com | Kim Doss

Photo by Ryan Kelapire If the last few transfer seasons have been relatively quiet for Arizona softball, this year is turning out to be anything but. Four more players have entered the transfer portal according to Softball America and D1 Softball, although only three of them appeared in any games at Arizona. Redshirt freshman pitcher Ryan Maddox, sophomore catcher Emily Schepp, and sophomore outfielder Zaedi Tagalog all entered the portal on May 21. The trio all played for Arizona this season.

2 weeks ago | azdesertswarm.com | Kim Doss

Picture by Ryan Kelapire The end of the 2025 Arizona softball season was a class half-empty or class half-full situation. The Wildcats won 48 games, finished second in their inaugural Big 12 regular season, played for the conference title in Oklahoma City, hosted regionals, and had some of the best individual performances by the pitching staff in years.