Where can your softball athlete actually play?
A named, specific list of college softball programs that fit — scored against your batting average and velo and what it really took to make each roster. Every division, D1 through D3. Not a brochure. A map.
Softball programs we've mapped
Each one scored against the athletes it actually recruits.
Scored against real rosters
Not a brochure. We place you against what it actually took to make each program's roster, division by division.
Reach, match, and safety by fit
Ranked by where you can realistically play and contribute — playing time and roster need, not prestige.
Real net cost by family income
What each school costs after aid at your income band, so the list is a plan you can afford, not a wish.
Coach outreach that's ready to send
A personalized first email to each program's coach, built from your own numbers.
Built for softball, position by position
We map every position, and score the ones that have a recruited-caliber stat on their own number:
What it takes
The softball numbers that get you recruited
Where recruited softball players land on batting average, by level, from current college rosters. A directional bar to place yourself against, not a cutoff. Your real fit depends on position, competition, and more.
Women's softball
- D1Top level
- .402
- D2
- .378
- D3
- .343
- NAIA
- .367
- JUCO
- .375
Where softball athletes at each level land
Not a projection — the real outcomes of comparable recruits. At each level of batting average, here's the division mix athletes with those numbers actually reached, and a few of the programs that took them.
e.g. Hendrix College, University of La Verne, University of Redlands
e.g. Auburn University at Montgomery, Menlo College, Colorado Mesa University
e.g. Chapman University, Berry College, Benedictine University
e.g. Western Connecticut State University, University of Chicago, Illinois College
Based on the recruited athletes we have verified high-school stats for. Coverage is deeper at higher divisions, so the mix leans toward them — read it as the shape of the funnel, not exact odds.
Softball recruiting calendar (NCAA D1, 2025–26)
When college coaches can contact, evaluate, or visit you — the dead, quiet, and contact windows that govern softball recruiting. Dates are from the official NCAA calendar; outside the restricted windows, the normal contact rules for your grad year apply.
Women's softball
- Aug 1–Aug 10Contact period
- Aug 11–Aug 27Evaluation period
- Aug 28–Sep 3Dead period
- Sep 4–Nov 9Evaluation period
- Nov 10–Nov 13Dead period
- Nov 14–Nov 23Evaluation period
- Nov 24–Nov 25Quiet period
- Nov 26–Nov 30Recruiting shutdown
- Dec 1–Dec 9Quiet period
- Dec 10–Dec 13Dead period
- Dec 14–Dec 21Quiet period
- Dec 22–Dec 26Recruiting shutdown
- Dec 27–Dec 30Quiet period
Explore softball programs
The roster, coach, cost, and roster turnover for each — and how you'd fit. Every division we cover:
D1
D2
D3
NAIA
Softball recruiting, answered
What does it take to get recruited for softball in college?
It varies by division. FiftyStar scores you against your batting average and velo of the athletes each program actually recruits, across 720 softball programs from D1 through D3, so you see where your numbers really fit instead of guessing. Building the map is free.
How do I reach out to college softball coaches?
A short, specific email with your numbers and your film gets a reply where a mass blast gets ignored. FiftyStar drafts a personalized first email to each program's coach, built from your own softball numbers, ready to send.
What is the difference between D1, D2, and D3 softball recruiting?
They are different levels of play and roster need, and the right fit is about playing time, not prestige. We map all of them (124 D1, 209 D2, 298 D3) and rank where you can realistically play and contribute.
Is FiftyStar free for softball recruits?
Yes. Building your Target Map, the named and scored list of softball programs that fit, is free. Season Pass adds the maintained training plan, tracking, and the full recruiting calendar.
Your softball map, in a few minutes
Enter the basics, see the named and scored list, then refine it to exactly the schools worth your athlete's time.
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