LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. revealed the nine recipients of the 2026 NCAA Division I Rawlings Gold Glove Award®, presented by the NFCA, on Wednesday during a press conference at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.
Highlighting this year’s group is 2026 NFCA Player of the Year Jordy Frahm, who added to her awards case, collecting her first Rawlings Gold Glove as a pitcher. Along with those two honors, Frahm was also voted a first-team NFCA All-American for the fourth time, the 14th student-athlete to do so in the Association’s annals.
Louisiana Tech center fielder Elena Heng is the lone repeat recipient, one year after earning the first Gold Glove for the program and Conference USA. She is the fourth student-athlete to win consecutive Gold Glove accolades.
In addition to Frahm, Texas catcher Reese Atwood (2nd Team) and Florida State shortstop Isa Torres (1st team) were the other NFCA All-Americans to also take home a Gold Glove.
Atwood, along with right fielder Ashton Maloney, represent the Longhorns as the only program with multiple honorees, the first two in program history.
Also representing their universities for the first time are Louisville first baseman Camryn Lookadoo, USF second baseman Kathy Garcia-Soto and FAU left fielder Bella Foran. Foran is also the first Gold Glove winner from the American Conference.
Georgia third baseman Bailey Lindemuth rounds out this year’s winners and is the second Bulldog to collect a Gold Glove, joining second baseman Sydnee Kuma in 2024.
Frahm, Atwood and Maloney are representing their programs at the 2026 Women’s College World Series.
2026 Rawlings Gold Glove presented by the NFCA
Pitcher: Jordy Frahm, University of Nebraska
Catcher: Reese Atwood, University of Texas at Austin
First Base: Camryn Lookadoo, University of Louisville
Second Base: Kathy Garcia-Soto, University of South Florida
Third Base: Bailey Lindemuth, University of Georgia
Shortstop: Isa Torres, Florida State University
Left Field: Bella Foran, Florida Atlantic University
Center Field: Elena Heng, Louisiana Tech University
Right Field: Ashton Maloney, University of Texas at Austin
Recipients of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, presented by the NFCA, were selected by the NFCA’s NCAA Division I All-America Committee, following regional voting to identify the finalists at each position. The group utilized fielding statistics and school-submitted video to closely examine finalists and select the winners at every defensive position. Any student-athlete that competed in the current championship year and was nominated by their head coach who is a member in good standing with the NFCA was eligible for consideration for this prestigious accolade. View procedures HERE.
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