INDIANAPOLIS – University of Indianapolis was selected in the preseason coaches’ poll as the choice to win the 2025 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) softball title, the league office announced on Tuesday.
The preseason poll is selected by the league’s head coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own team.
No. 1 Indianapolis
- Received 11 first-place votes and 192 total points.
- Ranked third in National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Preseason Poll.
- Won league’s regular season title and advanced to the 2024 GLVC Championship title game.
- Earned at-large bid to NCAA Tournament as a top seed, advancing to World Series Semifinal
- Coached by reigning GLVC Coach of the Year, Melissa Frost, who enters her 21st season after a 60-7 overall and 25-1 GLVC record in 2024.
- Return First Team All-GLVC honoree Jocelyn Calvin, Second Team honoree Jayden Casebolt and Honorable Mention selection Shelby Cook.
No. 2 Lewis
- Received three first-place votes and 183 total points.
- Ranked 22nd in NFCA Division II Preseason Poll
- Earned No. 2 seed in GLVC Championship last season, losing to Indianapolis in the semifinals
- Entered the NCAA Tournament as the fourth seed in the Midwest Regional, going 1-2.
- Coached by Becky Pearl, who enters her 11th year after a 40-17 overall and 21-5 GLVC record in 2024.
- Return First Team All-GLVC selection Delaney Garden, and Second-Team selection Allie Wondrasek
- Garden was named D2CCA All-American Honorable Mention as well as NFCA First Team All-Midwest Region this past season.
No. 3 McKendree
- Received one first-place vote and 166 total points.
- Earned No. 4 seed in GLVC Championship last season, losing to eventual champions Missouri S&T in the semifinals.
- Coached by Heather Tarter, who enters her fourth season after a 36-22 overall and 16-10 GLVC record in 2024.
- Return GLVC Player of the Year, Lauren Harris
- Harris was named NFCA Division II Player of the Year, and D2CCA Ron Lenz Player of the Year this past season.
No. 4 Drury
- Received 160 total points.
- Earned No. 3 seed in GLVC Championship last season, going 1-2.
- Coached by Brooke Gajewski, who enters her second season after a 30-24 overall and 17-9 GLVC record in 2024.
- Return First Team All-GLVC selections Sophia Luetticke and AJ Agers, as well as Honorable Mention honorees Kaley Adzick.
Rounding out the poll respectively in fifth through 14th was University of Missouri-St. Louis (141 points), Maryville University (120), University of Illinois Springfield (115), Truman State University (106), Missouri S&T (104), Rockhurst University (92), Southwest Baptist University (56), Upper Iowa University (45), William Jewell College (44), Quincy Unversity (30), and Lincoln University (21).
The complete poll and voting results can be found below.
| Place |
School |
Points (1st-Place Votes) |
| 1. |
Indianapolis |
192 (11) |
| 2. |
Lewis |
183 (3) |
| 3. |
McKendree |
166 (1) |
| 4. |
Drury |
160 |
| 5. |
Missouri-St. Louis |
141 |
| 6. |
Maryville |
120 |
| 7. |
Illinois Springfield |
115 |
| 8. |
Truman State |
106 |
| 9. |
Missouri S&T |
104 |
| 10. |
Rockhurst |
92 |
| 11. |
Southwest Baptist |
56 |
| 12. |
Upper Iowa |
45 |
| 13. |
William Jewell |
44 |
| 14. |
Quincy |
30 |
| 15. |
Lincoln |
21 |