EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Softball sophomore first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana) has been named to the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II Player & Pitcher of the Year Top 50 List in an announcement by the National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association Thursday.
Fair, the reigning Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week, is currently hitting .435 with 12 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 30 RBI. She leads USI with a .739 slugging percentage has a .509 on-base percentage in 2022.
On Monday, Fair was named the GLVC Player of the Week after hitting .550 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 10 RBI to lead the Screaming Eagles to a 6-0 record in league play.
Fair is one of six players from the GLVC and one of eight players from the Midwest Region to find a spot on the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II Player & Pitcher of the Year Top 50 List.
She was joined from the GLVC by Drury University’s Kristina Bettis, University of Illinois Springfield’s Carly Chovanec, University of indianapolis’s Kenzee Smith, McKendree University’s Kenzee Smith and Lindenwood University’s Amanda Weyh. Grand Valley State University’s Hannah Beatus and Lydia Goble rounded out the Midwest Region’s presence on the list.
USI (22-8, 8-0 GLVC) returns to action Saturday at noon when it hosts Rockhurst University in a GLVC doubleheader at the USI Softball Field.
