LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Central Missouri Jennies softball team had three players earn 2026 NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) Second Team All-Region honors, including Bailey Brumley (Utility), Marisa Johnson (Designated Player), and Taylor Thompson (Catcher), announced by the NFCA on Friday, May 15.
Brumley, a senior from Blue Springs, Mo., earns her second post-season selection in 2026 after starting all 51 games for the Jens, splitting time between a starting pitcher and first base. Brumley's .325 batting average, 54 hits, including 16 for extra bases, seven doubles, nine homers, 42 RBI, and 28 runs scored all ranked in the top-five for UCM offensively.
In the circle, the First Team All-MIAA selection posted an 11-6 record with a 3.20 ERA, leading the staff with 102 2/3 innings pitched, 79 strikeouts, and six complete-game efforts.
Johnson, a sophomore from De Soto, Kan., led the Jens with an 1.110 OPS and 11 doubles, while ranking top-five on the team in home runs (13), total bases (96), RBI (42), batting average (.346), and hits (46) for good measure.
The First Team All-MIAA selection had 12 multi-hit ballgames on the year, highlighted by a seven-game hitting streak.
Thompson, a junior from Noblesville, Ind., earns her second consecutive NFCA honors after leading the team with an MIAA best 16 homers, 54 RBI, and 107 total bases, while posting top-five offensive marks in hits (51), doubles (eight), slugging percentage (.669), and on-base percentage (.410) for good measure.
The three-time All-MIAA selection recorded 11 multi-hit ballgames and blasted the most round-trippers by a Jen in a single season since Jakki Prater (19) in 2014.
Central Missouri finished the season with an overall record of 33-18, including 14-10 in MIAA play as head coach Susan Anderson improved to an overall record of 772-615, including 591-443 in her 20 seasons at the helm in Warrensburg.
