RIVER FOREST, ILL. -- Following the conclusion of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Softball Tournament, the 2025 All-Conference list was released featuring four Cougar athletes and naming Head Coach Sarah O'Malley-Fisher as Coach of the Year alongside her coaching staff.


McKyler Morris (Belvidere, Ill.) was the lone Cougar named to All-NACC First Team for her strong sophomore season. Primarily working as a centerfielder for the Cougars, Morris started and appeared in all 41 games this season for the Cougars while finishing the season with a .411 batting average, the highest among all Cougars. Additionally, she led the team in hits with 50, RBIs with 33, and home runs with four. Morris finished sixth in the conference in batting average, eighth in doubles, and 11th in fielding percentage. She finished the year with 61 putouts, eight assists, and only one error. This is Morris's first All-Conference recognition.

Jessica Geng (Phoenix, Ariz.) rounded out her career with All-NACC Second Team recognition for a star-studded senior season. As the primary catcher for the Cougars, Geng finished the season with a .386 batting average, the second highest on the team. Geng also started and appeared in all 41 games this year while seeing a team-high 127 at bats while collecting 49 hits, 29 RBIs, and 70 total bases. She led the team in doubles with 15 while going a perfect six-for-six on stolen bases. In the field, Geng was responsible for 88 putouts, eight assists, caught three runners stealing, and only allowed one passed ball for a fielding percentage of .932. In the conference, Geng finished fifth in doubles, fifth in sacrifice flies, and 14th in caught runners stealing. This is Geng's first All-Conference recognition.

Emily Garcia (Eastvale, Calif.) also picked up All-NACC Second Team recognition for her contributions behind the bat and in the field this season. Splitting the season as the designated player and at second base, Garcia appeared in 39 games for the Cougars with 31 of those being starts. Garcia boasted a .380 batting average with 41 total hits, ten doubles, one triple, and two home runs on the year. She contributed 19 RBIs while leading the team in stolen bases going eight-for-eight. In the field, Garcia picked up 35 putouts, 22 assists, and only one error on the year. She finished the season eighth in the NACC in on base percentage, tenth in runs scored, and second in hit by pitch. This is Garcia's first All-Conference recognition.

Alyssa Campos (Eastvale, Calif.) rounded out the accolades with All-NACC Honorable Mention recognition. Campos came to life in her freshman campaign finishing the season with a .313 batting average in 38 total appearances. She picked up 26 total hits, six doubles, and two home runs that came in the final two games of the season. In the field, Campos picked up 32 putouts and 67 assists with a final fielding percentage of .943. In addition to her work in the field, Campos saw 39 innings inside the circle for the Cougars where she collected 14 strikeouts in her 17 appearances. In the NACC, Campos finished sixth in sacrifice flies and 14th in assists. This is Campos's first All-Conference recognition. 


Coaching Staff of the Year
For the first time in her career, O'Malley-Fisher picked up the nod for Coach of the Year alongside her stacked coaching staff. O'Malley-Fisher completed her 13th season at the helm of the Cougar Softball program where she led the team to their first 20+ win season since 2019. In addition to picking up 23 wins on the season, O'Malley-Fisher led the team to 16 conference wins, marking the most conference wins in her career. During her career at CUC, O'Malley-Fisher has coached two All-Americans and various NACC All-Conference, NFCA All-Region, and CSC Academic All-District team members. Additionally, in her first ten years with the Cougars she has guided them to five 20 plus win seasons, including a school record 26 in 2018. Under her guidance the Cougars have appeared in the conference tournament five times. In the 2023 season, the team maintained the No. 1 batting average in the conference for majority of the season. Additionally, multiple Cougars and the team were atop the top five in the nation for runs per game and doubles per game.

Next to O'Malley-Fisher is a stack of assistants in Dave Golitko, Izzy Ortiz, Sydney Paulauskis-Lauher, Taylor Kulaszewicz, and first year graduate assistant Bella Archuletta. Ortiz, Paulauskis-Lauher, Kulaszewicz, and Archuletta are all alumnis of the program. Golitko, in his ninth season with the Cougars, can be seen coaching third base while working with the hitters and breaking down film. An integral part of creating the scouting report, Golitko focuses on the technical aspects of the game and helps translate adjustments to the players. Ortiz, a former Cougar outfielder, assists with the hitters and third base coaching while focusing her time on the outfielders. Paulauskis-Lauher and Kulaszewicz, former pitcher/infielder and catcher for the Cougars, respectively, work with the pitchers and catchers. Kulaszewicz primarily can be seen calling pitches for the team in game. This season, Paulauskis-Lauher led the pitching staff to an ERA of 4.59, the lowest since 2017 while utilizing eight arms throughout the season. Archuletta, a former Cougar infielder, focused this season on assisting with the hitters and infielders while running various day-to-operations for the team.