LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For the first time since 2019, Bradley Softball had a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region selection with senior pitcher/utility Grace French (Benicia, Calif./Benicia) voted a Second-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region pick announced Thursday.
French, who earned NFCA All-Mideast Region honors for the first time in her career, is Bradley's first Second-Team NFCA All-Mideast honoree since Maria Schroeder in 2018 and first Brave to garner NFCA all-region recognition dating back to 2019 when Allison Apke and Kealia Wysocki were both third-team selections.
A Second-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection this spring, French led the Braves in homers (7) and RBI (32) to go with her .