D1 Softball Rates & Ranks Report #7 for the Week Ending 5/11/25
I rated and ranked 2,412 D1 softball players and here are the results!
Document : College Softball Reporting — Amateur
Source : https://d1softball.com/statistics/#google_vignette
Date Data pulled : 5/11/25 8 PM
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Overview : From an offensive perspective, I rated and ranked 2,412 Division 1 softball players from Start of Season — May 11, 2025, with no minimum Plate appearance requirement. Players were assessed using a neutralized Run Value system to measure their overall offensive production, broken down into two core components:
“The Hit Tool” — Measures a player’s offensive impact via hitting
“The Run Tool”— Captures the value generated from non-hit plate appearances (walks, stolen bases, etc.)
Overall— A sum of run value hitting and run value running, representing overall offensive contribution
Each player is ranked in these three categories: Run Tool, Hit Tool , and Overall . This week I’m releasing a list of all the softball players and breaking down the top 10, as well as the biggest movers!
Before I jump into the Top Player Breakdown. I received some feedback from a reader at a game in real life (pretty cool) and they had some questions about what the rates “Hit Tool” “Run Tool” “Overall Rate” mean and how it works…
So every offensive event has a run value associated with it, and I am breaking that down to a per Plate Appearance Basis. Some readers may ask why don’t you just look at RBI and Runs Scored to determine run value? Well, that’s a good point, but not every team is created equal. Some teams are juggernauts and other are well…not juggernauts, F Tier. If you play on better teams you will have more opportunities to score runs and drive more batters in so it would be “unfair” to judge players using traditional RBI and Runs Scored stats.
My goal was/is measure each players contributions individually and to create a practical statistic. One of the frustrations I have with traditional baseball stats is they do not have much practical use. Does do WAR, OPS, wOBA, etc. really have a use case? Not really. So I give every baseball event has a predetermined set run value. I then break those value down into the Hit Tool Rate (1B,2B,3B,HR) + Run Tool Rate (BB, SB, HBP) = Overall Rate.
Just for fun, a team composed entirely of Bri Ellis’ would score an estimated 11.95 runs per game. #BriBombs
So now that you all have a masters degree in #Bozball lets breakdown the top 10 player by Run Value. Here is the Link to every players Rate & Rank
Top 10 Softballers by Run Value
Bri Ellis is a 5-10 Senior Infielder out of Arkansas. Bri is #1 Overall this week, unchanged for the past month. #3 in The Run Tool, unchanged from last week and #1 in the Hit Tool Rank, unchanged from last week. The senior’s overall rate is .383/PA which is 148.04% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing it with the Hit Tool (28.69% XBH, -0.52% from last week & 21.31% HR rate, -0.81% from last week) and Run Tool (29.90% BB rate, +0.68% from last week). #1 in the country in HR rate, XBH rate, #2 in BB rate. We tip our visors for this weeks #1 Overall Rank Miss. Bri Ellis. Congrats to Bri on taking home SEC Player of the Year honors! Also congrats to Bri on setting the single season homerun (26) and RBI (72) records at Arkansas, and doing it in grand fashion as well!!
Cori McMillan is a senior outfielder from Virginia Tech. Cori is #2 Overall this week, +1 spots from last week. #72 in The Run Tool Rank, +42 spots from last week. #2 in the Hit Tool Rank, +2 spot from last week. The senior’s overall rate is .333/PA which is 115.42% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with the Hit Tool (26.11% XBH rate, +0.94% & 19.11% HR rate, +0.74%) and the Run Tool (20.60% BB rate, +1.48% , 14 bags at a 87.5% success rate ). #2 in the country in HR rate , #3 in XBH rate. We tip our visors for this weeks #2 Overall Rank Miss. Cori McMillan! She now has 30 dingers #1 in the country!!! Congrats to Cori on taking home ACC Player of the Year honors!!
Victoria Altamirano is a junior UTL from Incarnate Word. Victoria is #3 Overall this week, +2 from last week. #5 in The Run Tool Rank, +6 spots from last week. #7 in the Hit Tool Rank, +3 from last week. The senior’s overall rate is 0.331/PA which is 114.17% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with the Hit Tool (22.22% XBH rate, +0.42% & 13.33% HR rate, -0.20%) and the Run Tool (27.41% BB rate,+3.22%, 13 bags at a 92.86% success rate ). We tip our visors for this weeks #3 Overall Rank Miss. Victoria Altamirano ! Congrats to Victoria on being named Southland Conference Softball Player of the Year!!
McKayla Timmons is a 6-0 Redshirt Senior Catcher out of Ball State. McKayla is #4 Overall this week, -2 from last week. #1 in The Run Tool, unchanged from last week and #14 in the Hit Tool Rank, -3 from last week. The senior’s overall rate is 0.325/PA which is 110.34% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with the Hit Tool (22.06% XBH rate, -1.71% & 11.76% HR rate, -0.53%) and the Run Tool (24.00% BB rate, +0.97%, 20 bags at a 80.00% success rate ). We tip our visors for this weeks #4 Overall Rank Miss. McKayla Timmons! Congrats to McKayla on being named MAC Player of the Year!!
5. Desirae Spearman is 5-08 sophomore RHP/UTL out of New Mexico State. Desirae is #5 Overall this week, -1 from last week. #13 in The Run Tool , +3 from last week. #6 in the Hit Tool Rank, +1 from last week. The sophomore’s overall rate is 0.322/PA which is 108.16% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with her Hit Tool (23.44% XBH rate -0.29% from last week & 15.63% HR rate -0.48% from last week) and her Run Tool (29.26% BB rate, +1.61%). #6 in the country in HR%, #12 in XBH%, and #4 in BB%. We tip our visors for this weeks #4 Overall Rank Miss. Desirae Spearman! Congrats on being named All-CUSA 1st Team!
Allison Benning is a 6-0 Senior Pitcher/Utility from North Florida. Allison is #6 Overall this week, +1 from last week - #4 in The Run Tool, +2 from last week and #18 in the Hit Tool, -5 from last week. The senior’s overall rate is 0.313/PA which is 102.88% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with the Hit Tool (20.44% XBH rate , -0.49% & 13.87% HR rate, -0.86%) and her legs (33.18% BB rate +0.69% from last week and only 5.21% SO rate, +0.14% from last week). #1 in country in BB%, #11 in HR%, #32 in XBH%, we tip our visors for this weeks #7 overall selection Miss. Allison Benning. #StopWalkingAllison Congrats on being named ASUN Softball Championship MVP!
7. Taylor Minnick is senior outfielder from Indiana University. Taylor is #7 Overall Rank this week, -1 spot from last week. #125 in The Run Tool Rank, +10 spots from last week. #4 in the Hit Tool Rank, -1 spot from last week. The senior’s overall rate is 0.306/PA which is 98.07% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with her Hit Tool (28.00% XBH rate -0.99% from last week & 10.67% HR rate -0.93% from last week) and her Run Tool (15.79% BB rate, -0.78% from last week ).She is #2 in XBH%. We tip our visors for this weeks #3 overall rank Miss. Taylor Minnick. Congrats on being named All-Big Ten 1st Team!
Aaliyah Jenkins is a senior Catcher from Nevada. Aaliyah is #8 Overall this week, +1 from last week. #27 in The Run Tool Rank, +15 spots from last week. #12 in the Hit Tool Rank, 0 spots from last week. The senior’s overall rate is 0.303/PA which is 96.23% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with the Hit Tool (23.49% XBH rate, -0.04% from last week & 10.24% HR rate, -0.22%) and Run Tool (13.94% BB rate, +0.40% from last week). 31 stolen bases in 36 attempts. We tip our visors for this weeks #8 Overall Rank Miss. Aaliyah Jenkins ! Congrats to Aaliyah on being named Mountain West Player of the Year!!
Megan Grant is a 5-10 Junior Utility from UCLA. Megan is #9 Overall this week, -1 spot from last week. #51 in The Run Tool Rank, +5 spots from last week. #7 in the Hit Tool Rank, -1 spots from last week. The senior’s overall rate is 0.301/PA which is 94.57% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with the Hit Tool (25.00% XBH rate , -1.56% & 16.43% HR rate, -1.54% from last week) and her legs (21.58% BB rate, -0.39% from last week and only 3.68% SO rate, +0.79% from last week!!!). #4 in HR rate, #4 in XBH rate. We tip our visors for this weeks #9 overall rank Miss. Megan Grant! Congrats on being named 1st Team All-Big Ten!!
Jazzy Burns is a 5-3 sophomore catcher/utility from Ohio State . Jazzy is #10 Overall this week, +1 from last week. #557 in The Run Tool Rank, -35 spots from last week. #3 in the Hit Tool Rank, +1 spots from last week. The senior’s overall rate is 0.300/PA which is 94.15% better than the average player of .155/PA. She is doing with the Hit Tool (25.00%XBH rate, 0.00% & 15.13% HR rate, +0.27% from last week) and Run Tool (15.43% BB rate, -0.34% from last week). Tied #4 in the country in XBH rate & #7 in HR rate. We tip our visors for this weeks #10 overall rank Miss. Jazzy Burns.
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