Division 1 Softball Player Rates & Ranks Report for the Week Ending 4/28/25
I rated & ranked 2406 Division 1 softball players and here are the results...
Document : College Softball Reporting — Amateur
Source : https://d1softball.com/statistics/#google_vignette
Date Data pulled : 4/28/25 4:00 PM
Overview : From an offensive perspective, I rated and ranked 2,406 Division 1 softball players from Start of Season — April 28, 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!
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Top 10 Softballers by Run Value
Bri Ellis (unchanged) is a 5-10 Senior Infielder out of Arkansas. Bri is #1 Overall this week, unchanged from last week. #6 in The Run Tool, +1 spot from last week and #1 in the Hit Tool Rank, unchanged from last week. The senior is doing it with the bat (29.09% XBH, -0.32% from last week & 21.82% HR rate, +0.25% from last week) and contributing with her legs (27.22% BB rate, -1.26% from last week). She is really producing with the bat and getting on base at a high clip, #1 in HR%, #2 in the country in XBH%, #5 in BB%. We tip our visors for this weeks #1 Overall Rank Miss. Bri Ellis. She’s a fun follow on Twitter as well , @briellis1
McKayla Timmons (+1) is a 6-0 Redshirt Senior Catcher out of Ball State. McKayla is #2 Overall this week, unchanged from last week. #1 in The Run Tool, unchanged from last week and #8 in the Hit Tool Rank, -1 from last week. The redshirt senior is doing it with the bat (25.00% XBH rate, 0.00% from last week & 12.93% HR rate, +0.43% from last week) and contributing with her legs (23.98% BB rate, -1.66% from last week & 16 net stolen bases, +1 from last week ). A catcher that can run & hit… that’s a rare combination, and she is doing at elite levels. It’s really something. We tip our visors for this weeks #2 Overall Rank Miss. McKayla Timmons!
Taylor Minnick (+2) is senior outfielder from Indiana. Taylor is #3 Overall Rank this week, +2 spots from last week. #119 in The Run Tool Rank, +6 spots from last week. #2 in the Hit Tool Rank, +2 spots from last week. The senior is doing with the bat (29.10% XBH rate +0.65% from last week & 11.19% HR rate +0.62% from last week) and her legs (16.96% BB rate, +0.93% from last week ). She is producing with the bat. She is #1 in XBH% over Bri Ellis by .01%. We tip our visors for this weeks #3 overall rank Miss. Taylor Minnick. Congrats to Miss. Minnick on becoming IU’s leader in doubles.
Desirae Spearman (-1) is 5-08 sophomore RHP/UTL out of New Mexico State. Desirae is #4 Overall this week, -1 spot from last week. #15 in The Run Tool Rank, +1 from last week. #7 in the Hit Tool Rank, -1 from last week. The Sophomore is doing with the bat (23.28% XBH rate -1.49% from last week & 15.52% HR rate -0.67% from last week) and her legs (27.71% BB rate, -0.29%). She is really producing with the bat, and getting on base at a high clip. #5 in the country in HR%, #14 in XBH%, and #4 in BB%. We tip our visors for this weeks #4 Overall Rank Miss. Desirae Spearman!
Megan Grant (-1) is a 5-10 Junior Utility from UCLA. Megan is #5 Overall this week, -1 spot from last week. #57 in The Run Tool Rank, +13 spots from last week. #5 in the Hit Tool Rank, -2 spots from last week. The junior is doing with the bat (27.27% XBH rate , -1.30% & 18.18% HR rate,-1.46% from last week) and her legs (21.95% BB rate, +0.10% from last week and only 3.05% SO rate, -0.26%from last week!! ). #2 in HR%, #3 in XBH%, #34 in SO% , #32 in BB% . We tip our visors for this weeks #5 overall rank Miss. Megan Grant!
Cori McMillan (+/-0) is a senior outfielder from Virginia Tech. Cori is #6 Overall this week, unchanged from last week. #105 in The Run Tool Rank, +39 spots from last week. #4 in the Hit Tool Rank, +1 spot from last week. The senior is doing with the bat (24.48%XBH rate, +0.03% & 17.48% HR rate, +0.45%) and her legs (19.55% BB rate, +0.99% ). #3 in the country in HR%, #8 in XBH%, . We tip our visors for this weeks #6 Overall Rank Miss. Cori McMillan! Also forgot to post last week but congrats to Cori on breaking her own single season homerun record with 22 dingers. She now has 25, #1 in the country!!!
Allison Benning (+2) is a 6-0 Senior Pitcher/Utility from North Florida. Allison is #7 Overall this week - #5 in The Run Tool and #17 in the Hit Tool. The junior is doing with the bat (20.63% XBH rate , +0.47% & 14.29% HR rate, +0.58%) and her legs (32.11% BB rate +3.05% from last week and only 5.26% SO rate, -0.32% from last week). #1 in country in BB%, #9 in HR% We tip our visors for this weeks #7 overall selection Miss. Allison Benning
Victoria Altamirano (+/-0) is a junior UTL from Incarnate Word. Victoria is #8 Overall this week, unchanged from last week. #12 in The Run Tool Rank, +7 spots from last week. #13 in the Hit Tool Rank, unchanged from last week. The senior is doing with the bat (20.61% XBH rate, -0.36% from last week & 12.21% HR rate, -0.69%) and her legs (24.04% BB rate, +1.69% from last week). We tip our visors for this weeks #8 Overall Rank Miss. Victoria Altamirano !
Jazzy Burns (-2) is a 5-3 sophomore catcher/utility from Ohio State . Jazzy is #9 Overall this week, -2 from last week. #554 in The Run Tool Rank, +237 spots from last week. #3 in the Hit Tool Rank, -1 spots from last week. The sophomore is doing with the bat (25.52%XBH rate, -1.76% & 15.17% HR rate, -0.74% from last week) and her legs (15.56% BB rate, +1.89% from last week). #5 in the country in XBH% & #7 in HR%. We tip our visors for this weeks #9 overall rank Miss. Jazzy Burns.
Aaliyah Jenkins (+/-0) is a senior Catcher from Nevada. Aaliyah is #10 Overall this week, +1 from last week. #42 in The Run Tool Rank, +7 spots from last week. #12 in the Hit Tool Rank, +10 spots from last week. The senior is doing with the bat (22.97% XBH rate, +1.08% from last week & 10.81% HR rate, +1.32%) and her legs (12.97% BB rate, +0.18% from last week). 26 stolen bases in 31 attempts. We tip our visors for this weeks #10 Overall Rank Miss. Aaliyah Jenkins !
Biggest Movers
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That’s all for this week, thank you for reading. This is likely my last week doing the college softball report as I have fulfilled my commitment. I am trying to get a career with a MLB team FO, and before I started writing the softball report I made a commitment to a ranking system for all of minor league baseball. It’s a large task and a big time commitment. If this blog does really well maybe I’ll reconsider making another commitment to softball, but my main focus is baseball.
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