By: Logan Tracy, Assistant Director of Communications
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A total of 14 members from the 2025 Montana State University Billings softball team were recognized with 2025 Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar Athlete honors, headlining an impressive year in the classroom for the Yellowjackets.
To qualify for the honor from the NFCA, student-athletes must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher across the 2024-25 academic year. The list of the Yellowjacket's recipients isbelow:
Name |
Year |
GPA |
Hometown |
Ashley Akers |
SO |
3.90 |
Des Moines, IA |
Mia Andersen |
SO |
3.83 |
Laurel, MT |
Lauren Blaschak |
SR |
4.00 |
Billings, MT |
Emily Brevig |
FR |
3.72 |
Dillon, MT |
Kennedy Dypwick |
FR |
3.65 |
Missoula, MT |
Kaylin Galvin |
SR |
3.73 |
Reno, NV |
Avery Gray |
FR |
3.56 |
Gillette, WY |
Caitlyn James |
SR |
3.92 |
Quincy, CA |
Kendall Klemp |
SO |
4.00 |
Helena, MT |
Bryn Lucht |
SO |
3.77 |
Wauconda, IL |
Peyton Roberge |
FR |
3.83 |
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA |
Alexis Tovar |
JR |
3.55 |
Nampa, ID |
Riley Warden |
SO |
3.97 |
Monroe, WA |
Shelby Wasilewski |
SO |
3.85 |
Fox Lake, WA |
The Yellowjackets (16-28, 11-11 GNAC), succeeded on and off the field in the 2025 season under first year head coach
Joe Yegge, qualifying for the program's second ever trip to the GNAC Championships and surpassing the previous season's win total. In the classroom, Yellowjacket softball student-athletes also combined to earn one of the best team GPA's of teams in MSUB's athletic department, totaling a 3.60 GPA.