NFCA Division II Top 25 Player of the Year List
Hillsdale College senior softball player Bekiah Kastning's season isn't finished, but she has already been named one of the very top players in all of NCAA Division II.
Kastning and 24 others were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top 25 Player of the Year list. The list reflects the 25 best players in Division II according to the coaches association. These 25 are in contention for National Player of the Year honors.
Only one other GLIAC player, Wayne State's Lyndsay Butler, appears on this list.
Although she's had a tremendous first three seasons with Hillsdale, Kastning has taken her game to another level in 2017. She set the school's single-season record for hits, notching her 77th in last Sunday's win over Ohio Dominican. She's batting .478 with five triples, 15 doubles and two home runs.
She currently ranks in the GLIAC's top five in nine different offensive categories, and amazingly, has only been struck out once in conference play all year. Kastning also has a 1.000 fielding percentage from center field, which does not illustrate the superior speed and instincts she routinely shows at her position.
A 2015 and 2016 Second Team All-Region selection, Kastning has grown into one of the finest all-around hitters in school history. She is second in Hillsdale history with 235 career hits, and her 105 RBI, 117 runs scored, 13 home runs and 45 stolen bases are all top-five marks. Her 13 career triples are also tied for the most by any player in school history.