Three members of the Cortland softball team have been selected to the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Region Three all-region team. Senior outfielder
Halle Wright (Ballston Spa) was named to the all-region second team, while sophomore second baseman
Maggie Cummings (Holland Patent) and senior pitcher/designated player
McKenna Barry (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) were honored on the all-region third team.
Wright earned all-region honors for the second time; she was a first-team selection as a second baseman in 2022. This spring, in 41 starts, she batted .414 with two homers, three triples, nine doubles, 35 RBI, 51 runs scored, 25 walks and 10 stolen bases. She had a .512 on-base percentage, and she did not commit any errors in 76 fielding chances, primarily in center field. In four seasons, Wright registered 190 career hits, which is tied for ninth in school history, and had a .397 career batting average in 151 games. She ranks sixth at Cortland with 63 career walks and seventh with 141 runs scored.
Cummings started 37 games this season and batted .385 with a homer, triple, 10 doubles and 19 RBI. She scored 26 runs, walked six times and stole three bases, and she currently ranks sixth nationally in Division III with 17 hit by pitches. Cummings finished the season with a .496 on-base percentage, and she had a .976 fielding percentage with just three errors in 124 chances. She did not commit any errors over the final 25 games of the season.
Barry is an all-region selection for the second straight year; she was a second-team honoree, also in a utility/pitcher slot, last spring. This spring, Barry batted .329 with two homers, 23 RBI, 14 runs, 19 walks and a .450 on-base percentage in 36 games, and in 23 pitching starts she fashioned an 11-6 record with a 2.80 ERA. She allowed 97 hits and struck out 48 batters in 102 and a third innings. In 151 career games over four seasons, Barry batted .336 with 15 homers, 43 doubles, 79 walks and 129 RBI and was 36-13 in the circle with a 2.98 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 66 appearances. She ranks third all-time at Cortland in doubles and walks, fifth in RBI and 11th in homers.
Cortland finished the season with a 25-16 record, including a 21-4 mark over its final 25 games. The Red Dragons reached the 20-win plateau for the 28th straight full season. Cortland won both the SUNYAC regular-season and tournament titles and finished second with a 2-2 record at a four-team NCAA regional hosted by Rowan University to tie for 17th place nationally.