LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma Baptist softball players
Sammie Greene and
Morgan Max were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's (NFCA) All-Central Region First Team on Thursday.
This is Greene's first all-region honor of her career and third for Max.
During the 2025 campaign, these two helped the Bison to a 36-17 record and runner-up finish in the Great American Conference.
Greene's final season on Bison Hill was incredible. The Clovis, Calif., native was an All-GAC First Team member and the conference's Player of the Year. She posted career-highs in batting average (.384), hits (63), runs (44), homers (11), slugging (.646), on-base percentage (.444) and steals (36).
The Bison's centerfielder ranked in the top eight of the GAC in nine categories and during the season became the first player in OBU's 50-year history to reach 200 career hits and 100 stolen bags. Plus, Greene finished her OBU career with 149 runs, second-most in school history.
Max, who's from Moore, Okla., was awesome not only in the batter's box but in the circle. An All-GAC First Team member, she led the conference in on-base percentage and was second in slugging (.739). Max finished second in the GAC with 53 RBI, the third-best total in OBU single-season history and was slotted third with 11 bombs.
Also of significance, she earned 37 walks, the most in OBU history passing a 2007 total of 36. As for her pitching efforts, Max earned eight saves, the most by a Bison pitcher in the D2 era and fourth-best total in the country. She will also leave school with the fifth-most RBI (132), fourth-most homers (27) and sixth-most doubles (36).
