LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For the first time since 2022, the Heidelberg University Softball team had multiple players earn all-region honors through the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). Freshman Cara Meyer was a second team selection and sophomore Haley Gockstetter was a third team honoree.  

Meyer bounced around the field defensively before settling into the role of every day right fielder. The First Team All-OAC selection put together a historic freshman season, highlighted by a record 22 doubles. Along with the doubles record, Meyer closed the season with three home runs, 81 putouts, 36 runs scored, 70 hits, 39 RBIs, and a standout .461 batting average.  She is the first freshman in school history to earn NFCA All-Region laurels.

In the circle, Gockstetter earned First Team All-OAC honors after a sensational season for The Berg. She set the program's single-season record with 174.1 innings pitched, and tied the record with 19 wins. The sophomore closed the season with 83 strikeouts, bringing her career total to 119 through her first two seasons with the Student Princes.

Meyer and Gockstetter are the first pair of teammates to earn the NFCA nod since Kat Brady and Emma Dean in 2022.