OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Hawai'i is ranked No. 13 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Preseason Top 25 released today. Meanwhile, Fresno State received votes in the poll.
Hawai'i is coming off its best season in program
history (50-16), during which it set the NCAA record for home runs in a
season with 158. The Rainbow Wahine return NFCA All-Americans Melissa
Gonzalez and Kelly Majam, along with WAC Player of the Year Jessica
Iwata and WAC Pitcher of the Year Stephanie Ricketts.
The complete poll is listed below.
2011 USA Softball Preseason Poll
| Rank |
Team |
2010 Record |
Points |
Final 2010 Ranking |
| 1. |
Arizona (9) |
52-13 |
488 |
2 |
| 2. |
UCLA (10) |
50-11 |
462 |
1 |
| 3. |
Alabama (1) |
52-11 |
420 |
8 |
| 4. |
Georgia |
50-13 |
405 |
4 |
| 5. |
Florida |
49-10 |
389 |
6 |
| 6. |
Oklahoma |
47-12 |
382 |
10 |
| 7. |
Tennessee |
49-15 |
367 |
3 |
| 8. |
Michigan |
49-8 |
353 |
11 |
| 9. |
Missouri |
51-13 |
340 |
9 |
| 10. |
Arizona State |
44-17 |
309 |
13 |
| 11. |
Washington |
50-9 |
299 |
5 |
| 12. |
California |
44-19 |
266 |
12 |
| 13. |
Hawai'i |
50-16 |
252 |
7 |
| 14. |
Oregon |
36-20 |
229 |
14 |
| 15. |
Texas |
43-15 |
217 |
19 |
| 16. |
LSU |
44-16 |
208 |
18 |
| 17. |
Georgia Tech |
51-11 |
179 |
16 |
| 18. |
Stanford |
37-19 |
165 |
T24 |
| 19. |
Texas A&M |
44-16 |
121 |
22 |
| 20. |
BYU |
46-13 |
96 |
15 |
| 21. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
45-18 |
80 |
17 |
| 22. |
Oklahoma State |
44-16 |
71 |
23 |
| 23. |
Florida State |
44-18 |
61 |
RV |
| T24. |
Illinois |
45-8 |
56 |
21 |
| T24. |
Ohio State |
39-14 |
56 |
T24 |
WAC teams receiving votes: Fresno State (9).