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Barbara, Perez Earn NFCA All-American Recognition
May 28, 2025 | Softball
LOUISIVILLE – Texas A&M softball's Mac Barbara and Mya Perez earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Second Team recognition, the organization announced Wednesday.
Barbara and Perez are the first Aggie duo to earn All-America honors in the same season since 2013, when Cali Lanphear was named to the second team and Mel Dumezich to the third. The pair join Emiley Kennedy (2024) and Julia Cottrill (2023) as Aggies named to an NFCA All-America team under head coach Trisha Ford.
Barbara earned designated player second team honors in her lone season as an Aggie, while the All-American recognition is the second of her career after being named to the third team in 2022. Barbara averaged .366 at the dish hitting 60-for-164, while adding 12 home runs, nine doubles and 68 RBI. Barbara posted a .640 slugging percentage and a .472 on-base percentage, drawing 30 walks while striking out only 11 times. In 28 games against ranked opponents, the graduate led the Aggies with 34 RBI batting .378 at the plate with five doubles and five home runs, while adding 17 runs. During SEC play, Barbara ranked second in the league with 28 RBI and led the team with 25 hits, while adding five home runs, three doubles and 14 runs to earn All-SEC Second Team honors. The Long Beach, Calif., native, started 57 games, including 46 at designated player and the last 11 games of the season at catcher.
Perez garnered her first career NFCA All-America accolade after a breakthrough sophomore season. The Corona, Calif., native broke a 43-year old Texas A&M program single season record with 73 RBI, while her .424 batting average is third best in program history and .804 slugging percentage was sixth best all-time in school history. Nationally, she ranked among the top 20 players in the country in both on-base percentage (.561) and RBI (73). Perez was especially dominant against ranked opponents, hitting .400 with seven home runs and six doubles, producing a .760 slugging percentage. She added 28 RBI, 15 runs and 20 walks in those matchups. In SEC play, Perez garnered All-SEC First Team honors after she ranked second in on-base percentage (.541), fifth in batting average (.393) and seventh in slugging percentage (.721) against league opponents. Perez was the only Aggie to collect multiple SEC weekly honors as Texas A&M set a program record with seven total weekly conference awards during the season.
The NFCA All-America teams are voted on by the Association's All-America Committees. In Division I, the committee is composed of one elected member head coach from each of the NFCA's 10 regions. All student-athletes who were nominated by their member head coach and voted to the first, second or third-team All-Region teams were eligible for All-America consideration. View procedures HERE.
Barbara and Perez are the first Aggie duo to earn All-America honors in the same season since 2013, when Cali Lanphear was named to the second team and Mel Dumezich to the third. The pair join Emiley Kennedy (2024) and Julia Cottrill (2023) as Aggies named to an NFCA All-America team under head coach Trisha Ford.
Barbara earned designated player second team honors in her lone season as an Aggie, while the All-American recognition is the second of her career after being named to the third team in 2022. Barbara averaged .366 at the dish hitting 60-for-164, while adding 12 home runs, nine doubles and 68 RBI. Barbara posted a .640 slugging percentage and a .472 on-base percentage, drawing 30 walks while striking out only 11 times. In 28 games against ranked opponents, the graduate led the Aggies with 34 RBI batting .378 at the plate with five doubles and five home runs, while adding 17 runs. During SEC play, Barbara ranked second in the league with 28 RBI and led the team with 25 hits, while adding five home runs, three doubles and 14 runs to earn All-SEC Second Team honors. The Long Beach, Calif., native, started 57 games, including 46 at designated player and the last 11 games of the season at catcher.
Perez garnered her first career NFCA All-America accolade after a breakthrough sophomore season. The Corona, Calif., native broke a 43-year old Texas A&M program single season record with 73 RBI, while her .424 batting average is third best in program history and .804 slugging percentage was sixth best all-time in school history. Nationally, she ranked among the top 20 players in the country in both on-base percentage (.561) and RBI (73). Perez was especially dominant against ranked opponents, hitting .400 with seven home runs and six doubles, producing a .760 slugging percentage. She added 28 RBI, 15 runs and 20 walks in those matchups. In SEC play, Perez garnered All-SEC First Team honors after she ranked second in on-base percentage (.541), fifth in batting average (.393) and seventh in slugging percentage (.721) against league opponents. Perez was the only Aggie to collect multiple SEC weekly honors as Texas A&M set a program record with seven total weekly conference awards during the season.
The NFCA All-America teams are voted on by the Association's All-America Committees. In Division I, the committee is composed of one elected member head coach from each of the NFCA's 10 regions. All student-athletes who were nominated by their member head coach and voted to the first, second or third-team All-Region teams were eligible for All-America consideration. View procedures HERE.
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