D1Softball selected Grand Canyon all-region star
Kristin Fifield at No. 65 and All-American transfer
Ashley Trierweiler at No. 81 on its Preseason D100 List for the nation's top college softball players, based on last season's offensive stats, defensive impact, value to the team, advanced metrics and postseason success.
KRISTIN FIFIELD | #65

Fifield, who earned No. 55 on the D100 list last year, led the nation in RBIs for 10 weeks of the 2023 season, capping her senior campaign with 85 RBIs, a .346 batting average, 65 hits, a .467 on-base percentage, 21 home runs, 19 doubles, an .803 slugging percentage, and a .992 fielding percentage.
The graduate student claimed National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region first team, her third All-WAC first-team honor in addition to WAC All-Defensive Team and WAC All-Tournament after notching 16 multi-hit games, 21 multi-RBI games and a season-high hit streak of eight games.
No shortage of eyes will be on the El Paso, Texas, native this season after she already broke the GCU Division-I era career RBI record (185), GCU all-time career home run record (44) and Lopes single-season home run record (21) last season.
ASHLEY TRIERWEILER | #81

Trierweiler, listed No. 42 and on the All-America second team by D1Softball last season, finished second nationally among Division I players in batting average at .486 and third in on-base percentage at 584. Before transferring from Santa Clara to GCU, she led the West Coast Conference in those categories, along with runs (50), hits (71), doubles (14), walks (34) and total bases (108). She also holds WCC records for highest batting average in a career (.440) and a season (.486).
The center fielder posted a .984 fielding percentage, in addition to a 21-game hit streak, 37-game on-base streak and 18 multi-hit games to earn a spot on the NFCA All-America third team, College Sports Communicators Academic All-America second team and NFCA All-Region first team.Â
Trierweiler brings extra flare to an already acclaimed GCU program and takes the field as a Lope for the first time this season.
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