Four members of the Drake University softball team earned 2018 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Midwest All-Region honors, the NFCA announced last week. Redshirt junior Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) was selected to the NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team while sophomores Sarah Maddox (Henderson, Nev.) and Mandi Roemmich (West Des Moines, Iowa) were second team selections. Senior Kailee Smith (Murrieta, Calif.) rounded out the group with her third team selection.
Newman, who missed nearly all of 2017 due to injury, dominated in her return to the circle in 2018.