The Marshall Thundering Herd softball team represents

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...

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. The team participates in the

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. They are currently coached by head coach Morgan Zerkle. They play their home games at Dot Hicks Field. The Thundering Herd have made two NCAA Tournament appearances, most recently in 2017. Dot Hicks Field 2020

NCAA Regional appearances

Year-by-year results

National Awards

*All-Americans :Autumn Owen, C - 2023 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American Third Team :Mya Stevenson, OF - 2022 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American Third Team :Morgan Zerkle, SS - 2017 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American Second Team :Jordan Dixon, P - 2017 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American Third Team :Rachel Folden, C - 2006, 2007 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American Second Team; 2005, 2008 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American Third Team *

NFCA Golden Shoe Award The NFCA Golden Shoe Award is an award given by New Balance to the best college softball College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softb ...

:Morgan Zerkle – 2015 :Elicia D'Orazio – 2017

Former players

Marshall Thundering Herd Softball Alumni

References

External links

Official website
Sports clubs and teams established in 1994 {{softball-team-stub