LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The UIndy softball team earned the No. 3 spot in the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Preseason Poll, released Tuesday. The Greyhounds are coming off a record-setting season, earning a program-record 60 wins, a Midwest Region title and a deep World Series run.
 
Entering her 21st season as the UIndy head coach, eight-time GLVC Coach of the Year Melissa Frost returns three all-conference performers from last year's club, including All-Midwest Region first-teamer Jocelyn Calvin.
 
The Greyhounds were joined by GLVC-rival Lewis (No. 22) in the initial national rankings. UIndy is set to open the 2025 slate at the Music City Invitational in Smyrna, Tenn., Jan. 31.
 
 
NFCA DII PRESEASON COACHES POLL

RK	TEAM (1st-place votes)	PTS
1.	UT Tyler (16)	400
2.	Western Washington	384
3.	UIndy	362
4.	Lenoir-Rhyne	356
5.	Wilmington	325
6.	AUM	317
7.	Augustana	310
8.	North Georgia	273
9.	Rogers State	256
10.	Tampa	255
11.	Angelo State	227
12.	Mississippi College	213
13.	West Texas A&M	192
14.	Francis Marion	187
15.	Cal State Dominguez Hills	182
16.	East Stroudsburg	159
17.	Trevecca Nazarene	142
18.	Northwest Nazarene	123
19.	Wingate	106
20.	Southern Nazarene	86
21.	Colorado Mesa	84
22.	Lewis	49
23.	Cal State San Marcos	47
24.	Oklahoma Christian	46
25.	Central Oklahoma	30

Others receiving votes: Nova Southeastern (27), Pittsburg State (24), Kutztown (21), Grand Valley State (10), Pace (7).