(LOUISVILLE) - Three members of the Trine University softball team have earned first team honors in the 2026 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-American awards.
Senior Debbie Hill earned first team honors as the Joan Joyce Utility/Pitcher award winner. It marks the third time in four seasons Hill has received the named first team selection.
Classmate Emma Lee earned first team honors in the outfield, while junior Tyra Marcum was selected as an at-large first baseman.
Hill becomes the first Trine player to earn NFCA All-American honors in all four seasons with the program. The New Whiteland, Indiana native has broken program career records for doubles, home runs and RBIs and became the NCAA Division III softball record holder for career walks. She also leads the Thunder pitching staff with a 1.53 earned run average.
Marcum earned first team All-American honors for the third straight season. The Goshen native becomes just the third Thunder player to receive the award three times. She is tied for the team lead with 16 home runs while leading the team with a .969 slugging percentage, 58 hits and 19 doubles.
Lee earned her first All-American selection after recording career highs in RBIs, hits, slugging percentage and home runs this season. Defensively, the Cottage Grove, Wisconsin native committed just one error in center field for a .985 fielding percentage. She is tied for the team lead with 16 home runs and leads the team with 59 RBIs.
The Thunder have now produced multiple All-Americans in four straight seasons. The three first-team selections tie the program's mark set during the 2024 season.
Trine opens play at the 2026 NCAA Division III Softball Championship final site on Thursday against Belhaven University. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia.