The Central College softball team is again a leader in the classroom as 11 players were named Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes.

The complete national list will be released this fall but the perennially powerful Dutch program has a tradition of academic achievement under NFCA Hall of Fame coach George Wares, ranking in the top 20 in All-America Scholar-Athletes in Division III seven times, including five top-10 academic finishes since 2010. No team was named last year due to the global pandemic and cancelation of the spring championships but Central had a combined 32 honorees in the three previous seasons.

The award recognizes those student-athletes who have posted a 3.50 grade point average or higher in the previous academic year. Central, which has made a record 30 NCAA Division III tournament appearances with four national championships, has had players receive NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors 118 times since 2010.

Center fielder Sara Tallman leads Central as a four-time NFCA honoree. Last year Tallman was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team. She posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average this past year.

Name Yr. Hometown ’20-21 GPA Major
Katie Banowetz Sr. Grand Mound, Iowa 3.81 Exercise science
Madison Farrington So. Marshalltown, Iowa 3.84 Biology
Carson Fisk So. Searsboro, Iowa 3.60 Elementary education
Taryn Hintz Fr. Primghar, Iowa 3.60 Exercise science
Sydni Huisman So. Treynor, Iowa 3.60 Actuarial science
Emma Lowden So. Winterset, Iowa 4.00 Exercise science
Skyler Sadler So. Lisbon, Iowa 3.84 Accounting/business finance
Sara Tallman Grad Pella, Iowa 4.00 Elementary education
Jocy Timmerman Fr. Fort Dodge, Iowa 3.79 Biology
Lindsey Wilson Fr. Fort Collins, Colo. 3.53 Exercise science
Parker Wilson Fr. Fort Collins, Colo. 3.50 Exercise science