NFCA All-America Team

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Four Centennial Conference softball players have been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America team, the most in conference history. Gettysburg senior pitcher Paige Forry was named to the second team, while Gettysburg sophomore outfielder Audrey Bergan, Swarthmore freshman pitcher Lilly Goldberg and Ursinus senior shortstop Samantha Mallen were selected to the third team. 

Forry, a senior pitcher, earns her first All-America honor after claiming her third appearance on the all-region team. The Centennial Conference (CC) Pitcher of the Year for the third straight season, she appeared in 42 games with 33 starts. Recording 24 complete games that has included 10 shutouts, she went 30-7 in the circle with a 1.26 earned-run average. She struck out 215 batters in 216 innings while walking just 35. She also had four saves. Her strikeout totals and program-record wins are both best in the conference and top five in the nation. She had seven games this season with eight or more strikeouts and threw a perfect game against Stevens on Mar. 1.

Bergan, a sophomore outfielder, claims her first All-America accolade after making her second all-region appearance. The first-team all-conference player started all 49 games and led the team and conference with a .466 average and 76 base hits. She scored 56 runs and added 25 RBIs from the leadoff spot. She also walked 24 times for a .537 on-base percentage and 1.083 OPS. Her hit and run totals are single-season program records. She had a 25-game hitting streak earlier this season and has recorded multiple hits in 26 games this year.

The two players are the first-ever NFCA All-Americans in Gettysburg program history.

Goldberg is the Garnet's second All-American in program history, joining Gwen Glatz who earned second team honors in 2022. Earlier this week, Goldberg was announced as the NFCA Division III Freshman of the Year. In her first year at Swarthmore, the Pittsford, N.Y. native went 18-6 in the circle with a 1.18 ERA and 0.89 WHIP across 28 appearances. Goldberg pitched 14 complete games, recorded seven shutouts, and allowed just 26 earned runs in 154.2 innings.
 
Goldberg struck out 156 hitters while walking just 24, limited batters to 5.16 hits per game, and held opponents to a .198 batting average. She was named First Team All-Region, the Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year, and First Team All-Centennial.
 
Mallen becomes the third player in program history to earn All-American honors and the first since Janetta Trecroce earned back-to-back honors in 1996 and 1997. Nicole Kiwak was the first Ursinus softball All-American in program history back in 1995. She was one of 55 student-athletes to earn a spot on the Division III All-American team. 
 
The Belle Mead, New Jersey native also garnered NFCA All-Region V First Team honors and was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Year in addition to adding her second straight All-Centennial First Team honor. Mallen put together one of the best individual seasons in program history by setting the Ursinus single-season hits, stolen bases, and runs scored record while also retaking the Centennial Conference single-season stolen base record. She became the first player in Ursinus program history to record 200+ hits for her career and now owns the Bears career hits, stolen bases, and runs scored program record.  
 
In 2025, Mallen posted a career best .462 batting average that ranked third in the Centennial Conference and led the Centennial with 67 hits after the regular season. She ranked second in the Centennial with 49 runs scored and swiped 48 bases that also ranks third in all of NCAA Division III. Mallen had multi-hit games in 22 of the Bears 42 games and stole at least one base in 32 of them with only being thrown out twice. She also hit a double and recorded five RBI. Mallen will finish her career with 202 hits which ranks fourth all-time in Centennial Conference history, 139 runs scored, 120 stolen bases, and 49 RBI