2025 Season Recap: Softball

The Lead
The 52nd season of Cyclone Softball was a memorable one, as Iowa State put forth its best conference performance in its 30 years as a member of the Big 12, finishing third in the conference. The Cyclone bats produced at a high clip, churning out a top five all-time performance at the plate. After losing 11 players from its 2024 roster, eight freshmen and a pair of transfers helped the Cyclones claim their third 30-plus win season of the Pinkerton Era.

Key Storylines
- Four Cyclones earned All-Big 12 honors, as freshman Jessie Clemons was named to the First and Freshman Team, Sereniti Trice to the Second and Freshman Team, Tatum Johnson to the Second Team and Karlee Ford to the Freshman Team.

- The Cyclones earned their first road series win over a ranked opponent at No. 17 Oklahoma State, taking the series 2-1.

- The Cyclones hit the 30-win mark for the third time in the last eight years (under Pinkerton). Prior to his arrival, ISU hadn't won 30 or more games since 1989.

-Angelina Allen collected her 200^th career hit at Oklahoma State on April 11. She became just the seventh player in program history to hit the mark.

- ISU recorded the third-highest single-season batting average (.288) in program history, and eclipsed 400 total hits for the eighth time. ISU's 410 total hits are tied for the fifth-most in a single ISU season, while ISU's 263 runs scored were the fourth most in a single season.

- Coach Pinkerton earned his 200th win as an ISU coach this season, making him one of just three in program annals to hit the milestone.

- Iowa State earned its first road Big 12 sweep since 2019 in Orlando, defeating UCF in three straight games. The road series sweep also happened to be the team's first since 2021.

- Iowa State scored its most runs in a game since 2017 at Utah. ISU's 18 runs against the Utes are tied for the fourth-most in a single game in program history.

- ISU freshman pitcher Sami Potvin hurled a five-inning perfect game on 3/2 against Grambling State. It is the 15th no-hitter in program history and just the second perfect game.

- Iowa State made the Big 12 semifinals for the third time in the last four seasons, as it fell to No. 12 Arizona by a score of 6-3.

- Iowa State's pitching staff was dominated by two arms this season: Lauren Schurman and Jaiden Ralston. At the end of the regular season, both Ralston and Schurman ranked in the top 10 nationally in terms of pitching appearances this year. In the final stats, Schurman had the fourth most appearances (48) and Ralston was 12th with 44.

- Unanimous All-Big 12 First Team member Jessie Clemons was the true definition of a utility player in her rookie campaign, starting at six different positions for ISU. Clemons not only showed position flexibility but also had a stellar year at the plate. She had the second-highest batting average by a freshman (.367), third-most hits by a freshman (65) and third-most RBI by a freshman (36) in school history. Clemons was named to the Freshman All-American Second Team by D1Softball, becoming the first in school history to earn such recognition.

-Iowa State had three players collect weekly honors from the Big 12, with both Tatum Johnson and Sydney Malott earning Player of the Week honors and Lauren Schurman earning Pitch of the Week.

- A record-high five Cyclones earned CSC Academic All-District, as Angelina Allen, McKenna Andrews, Reagan Bartholomew, Sydney Malott and Lauren Schurman nabbed recognition.

-ISU increased its batting average from 2024 by .016, scored 29 more runs, collected 47 more hits and drove in 20 more RBI.

Players Mentioned

Angelina Allen

McKenna Andrews

Reagan Bartholomew

Jessie Clemons

Karlee Ford

Tatum Johnson

Sydney Malott

Sami Potvin

Jaiden Ralston

Lauren Schurman

Sereniti Trice

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