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Thirteen Secure NFCA All-Region VIII Accolades

Official NFCA Release

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Thirteen Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) individuals have been selected to the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) NCAA Division III All-Region VIII Team.
 
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Sydney Nemetz, UW-Platteville’s Melissa Dietz and UW-Stevens Point’s Morgan Harwood were first team selections.
 
Nemetz secured her second straight first team award and owns a 12-3 record across 93.0 innings pitched with 19 starts this season. She has a 1.20 earned run average and a 1.01 WHIP with eight complete games, 79 strikeouts, five shutouts, and a .207 opponent batting average. Nemetz became just the third Titan to reach 400 career strikeouts on April 12 against UW-La Crosse. Her 419 career strikeouts rank second in school history and 11th in conference history.
 
Dietz, the WIAC Kwik Trip Position Player of the Year, also earned first team accolades in 2023. This season, she broke the program single season records with a .526 batting average and 21 doubles. She leads the conference with a .897 slugging percentage, .590 on-base percentage, and 1.487 OPS. Dietz had at least one hit in 32 of the 36 games she played, and 19 multi-hit contests.
 
Harwood claimed first team status for the second consecutive year after setting school single season records with 25 starts and 38 appearances. She leads all WIAC pitchers with 158 strikeouts, while her 16 wins are second in the conference. Harwood started a combined no-hitter against Ripon College (Wis.) on February 27, and College of New England (Maine) on March 21.

Second team honorees on the NFCA squad included: UW-Eau Claire’s Paige Lathrop, Molly Marquardt and Kenna Strunsee; UW-Oshkosh’s Sydney Rau and Sophie Wery; UW-Platteville’s Allison Peters; and UW-Whitewater’s Josie Hammen and Kiarra Kostroski.
 
UW-Eau Claire’s Brooklyn Swanepol and UW-Whitewater’s Bella Eggert were third team picks.
 
Wery was a second team selection in 2023, while Kostroski was a third team pick a year ago.
 
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