Montana Fouts Becomes Four-Time All-American with 2023 First Team Honors
You can add another distinction to the legendary career of Alabama softball pitcher Montana Fouts.
The fifth-year ace was named a 2023 NFCA Division I First Team All-American Wednesday afternoon.
It is the second time in her career she has been named a first team All-American and fourth time overall (Second Team in 2019 and 2022), making her the seventh player in program history to earn NFCA All-American four times. She is the 41st player in college softball history to be a four-time NFCA All-American.
Fouts joins the likes of Haylie McCleney, Brittany Rogers, Jackie Traina, Kelsie Dunne and Kelly Kretschman as Crimson Tide legends who earned All-American status four times.
This season, Fouts has a 25-10 record with a 1.48 ERA and 319 strikeouts, which leads the country. With her win in the Super Regional final against Northwestern, Fouts picked up the 100th victory of her career.
In her final season with the Crimson Tide, she has led Alabama back to the Women's College World Series for the third time in her career. The fifth-ranked Crimson Tide opens play Friday at 11 a.m. against No. 4 Tennessee.
Fouts was the only Alabama player listed to any of the 2023 NFCA All-American teams. Former Alabama pitcher Lexi Kilfoyl, now with Oklahoma State, was named to the Third Team. The full list is below:
NFCA Division I- First Team
P Ashley RogersUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville
P Megan Faraimo University of California, Los Angeles
P Montana Fouts University of Alabama
C Terra McGowan University of Oregon
1B Baylee Klingler University of Washington
2B Tiare Jennings University of Oklahoma
3B Alyssa Brito University of Oklahoma
SS Skylar Wallace University of Florida
OF Kiki Milloy University of Tennessee, Knoxville
OF Jayda Coleman University of Oklahoma
OF Jayda Kearney University of Georgia
Joan Joyce UT/P Valerie Cagle Clemson University
DP or UT/Non-P Rylin Hedgecock University of Arkansas
At-Large-SS Sydney McKinney Wichita State University
At-Large-SS Maya BradyUniversity of California, Los Angeles
At-Large-P Jordy Bahl University of Oklahoma
At-Large-P Maddie Penta Auburn University
At-Large-C Kinzie Hansen University of Oklahoma
NFCA Division I- Second Team
P Kathryn Sandercock Florida State University
P Kelly Maxwell Oklahoma State University
P Alana VawterStanford University
C Kayla Kowalik University of Kentucky
1B Shaylon Govan Baylor University
2B Allee Bunker University of Oregon
3B Megan Grant University of California, Los Angeles
SS Erin Coffel University of Kentucky
OF Yannira Acuña Arizona State University
OF D'Auna Jennings Duke University
OF Alex Honnold University of Missouri
UT/P Taylor Roby University of Louisville
DP or UT/Non-P Karly Heath University of Louisiana at Lafayette
At-Large-2B Taryn Kern Indiana University, Bloomington
At-Large-1B McKenna Gibson University of Tennessee, Knoxville
At-Large-2B Rachel Becker Oklahoma State University
At-Large-P Autumn PeaseUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities
At-Large-P Chenise Delce University of Arkansas
NFCA Division I- Third Team
P Lexi Kilfoyl Oklahoma State University
P Sydney Berzon Louisiana State University
P Mariah Lopez University of Utah
C Taylor Krapf University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
C Julia Cottrill Texas A&M University, College Station
1B Jordan Woolery University of California, Los Angeles
2B Sydney Kuma University of Georgia
3B Makena Smith University of California, Berkeley
SS Billie Andrews University of Nebraska, Lincoln
OF Sami Reynolds University of Washington
OF Mihyia Davis University of Louisiana at Lafayette
OF Ashley Trierweiler Santa Clara University
UT/P Brianna Copeland Indiana University, Bloomington
DP or UT/Non-P Kayla Konwent University of Wisconsin, Madison
At-Large-P Ruby Meylan University of Washington
At-Large-DP or UT/Non-P Taylor Minnick Indiana University, Bloomington
At-Large-C Autumn Owen Marshall University
At-Large-SS Kiley Naomi Oklahoma State University
At-Large-SS Kayla Roncin Boston University
See also:
WCWS Notebook: Alabama's Montana Fouts Has Rock Star Status
Everything Alabama Softball Said at WCWS Opening Press Conference
Practice Notes from Alabama Softball's Return to the Women's College World Series
