With the Wayne State College softball season to open in early Feb., a conference preseason poll was announced.
According to a release from Wayne State Athletics, the Wildcat softball team was selected 13th in the 2025 Northern Sun Conference Softball Preseason Coaches Poll.
WSC received 43 points in voting after placing 14th in the league last year with records of 8-40 overall and 4-20 in NSIC games. Senior pitcher Samantha Felt and sophomore outfielder Jordyn Klein were listed as Wildcats to Watch in the NSIC this season.
Augustana, who won last year’s regular-season and NSIC Tournament titles, was the unanimous selection to win the NSIC this season receiving 14 first-place votes and 196 points followed by Concordia-St. Paul in second at 174 points. Minnesota State was third receiving the remaining first-place ballot (cannot vote for own team) and 163 points with Minnesota Duluth (157) and Winona State (155) rounding out the top five teams.
Felt, a 5-8 right-handed pitcher from Waukee, Iowa (Waukee HS) was listed as the Wildcat Pitcher to Watch after leading the Wildcats’ staff last season in innings pitched (112.1) and earned run average (4.86). She had a team-high 24 starts and fired three complete games.
Klein, a 5-8 sophomore outfielder from Omaha (Millard West HS) was listed as the Wildcat Player to Watch after leading the Wildcats last season in hits (46) and doubles (10). She also led the team in batting average (.299) and total bases (58) while starting 46 of 48 games in the outfield.
