Missouri catcher Julia Crenshaw was named a third-team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Wednesday.
The honor comes after the senior had the best season of her collegiate career. Crenshaw finished with a team- and career-high .361 batting average with 56 hits, 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 32 RBI. She also scored 48 runs and stole 26 bases.
Crenshaw’s five leadoff homers were tied for second in the country. Her 37 walks were the seventh-most in a single season in program history, and her .723 slugging percentage this year is the ninth-best in program history.
Defensively, she caught an SEC-best nine runners stealing and finished with a .983 fielding percentage.
The O’Fallon product is the 27th Tiger to be named an NFCA All-American and the first since outfielder Alex Honnold earned second-team honors in 2023.
Crenshaw was one of 54 players honored by the NFCA. Women’s College World Series participants Oklahoma and UCLA led the pack with four All-Americans apiece.
Although the Tigers had a down year — finishing with a record of 25-31 — Crenshaw consistently showed up. Her brightest moment of the season came April 18, when she went 3-for-3 with a home run in Mizzou’s 9-1 run-rule victory over then-No. 1 Texas A&M. Eight days later, she slammed two homers in a 7-6 loss to then-No. 15 Alabama.
In 191 games across four seasons with MU, Crenshaw hit .272 with 141 hits, 36 doubles, 27 home runs, 107 RBI, 110 runs scored and 24 stolen bases.