SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Eight Omaha softball players earned All-Summit League honors, it was announced Tuesday. For the second straight year, a Maverick was named Summit League Pitcher of the Year with sophomore Maddia Groff earning the honor. Senior shortstop Maggie O'Brien was crowned Summit League Defensive Player of the Year.

Earning spots on the First Team All-Summit were M. Groff, O'Brien and infielder Sydney Thomason. Outfielders Marra Cramer and Ava Rongisch were named to the Second Team and infielder Katherine Johnson, outfielder Sammy Schmidt and infielder Haley Wilwerding were named Honorable Mention All-Summit.

Omaha native Maddia Groff return home to the Metro in 2025, transferring in from Southern Illinois. In 31 appearances this season, Groff made 25 starts logging a record of 23-4 overall with two saves in the regular season, including a mark of 11-1 in conference play. Heading into the Summit League tournament, Groff owns a conference-best ERA of 0.93 allowing just 10 earned runs in over 75 innings pitched in league play. Overall, Groff held batters to a .176 average at the plate over 580 recorded at-bats. Her overall ERA of 1.32 ranks eighth in Division I.

Groff was in the circle for five shutouts, including a solo and combined perfect game. She tossed six complete games in 2025.

The Marian grad recorded 225 strikeouts thus far in 2025, the seventh most in the nation.

Four-year starter Maggie O'Brien has played in 200 games in black and red and is one of two 2025 seniors, joining Sydney Thomason, to start in every game of their collegiate careers. O'Brien averaged .299 overall, driving in 23 RBI with 12 extra-base hits. The everyday shortstop scored 33 runs for the Mavericks and belted 46 hits. With a .383 slugging percentage, O'Brien went 12-for-13 in stolen base attempts in 2025.

The Summit League Defensive Player of the Year for the first time in her career, O'Brien follows Lynsey Tucker (2024) as Mavericks to earn the plaudit. With a .945 fielding percentage, O'Brien recorded 109 catches for 42 putouts and 61 assists and was instrumental in turning six double plays this season. O'Brien recorded a season-best four assists twice, against Seton Hall (Feb. 14, 2025) and Loyola Marymount (Feb. 28, 2025).

Leading the team with a .357 average at the plate, senior Sydney Thomason belted a team-high 13 home runs and is one shy of tying for fifth-most in a single-season at Omaha. Logging 53 RBI, Thomason owns 14 doubles and a total of 50 hits in 2025. She has scored 34 runs and owns 15 multi-hit games (team lead). Thomason has two games on her ledger this season of five or more RBI and closes the regular season having reached base safely in seven straight games.

Cramer earns a spot on the Second Team All-Summit League after 18 starts in league play (all games). The Liberty, Mo. product totaled nine RBI off of four doubles, two triples and one home run against league foes. More than half of her hits in conference play were for extra bases. Scoring seven runs, Cramer owns a league OBP of .293 and has walked four times. Cramer is one of four Maverick everyday fielders with perfect fielding percentages.

Rongisch, with a .472 slugging percentage, knocked in 34 hits, including eight doubles and six home runs for 27 RBI. Rongisch ended the regular season with hits in back-to-back games and tallied a five-game hitting streak during the campaign. Rongisch tied with Emma Durr fourth-longest reached base streak on Omaha's 2025 club, reaching base at least once in 11 consecutive battles.

Sophomore Katherine Johnson mashed 11 doubles, five homers and one triple in 2025 en route to Summit League Honorable Mention recognition. The Omaha native finished the regular season with an on-base percentage of .325 and finished 4-for-6 in stolen base tries. Sammy Schmidt averaged .274 overall with four home runs and 20 RBI. Haley Wilwerding homered eight times and recorded a slugging mark of .500. 

2025 All-Summit League Softball Teams and Individual Awards 
Player of the Year: Abby Gentry, South Dakota State
Pitcher of the Year: Maddia Groff, Omaha
Defensive Player of the Year: Maggie O'Brien, Omaha
Freshman of the Year: Ava Kleinfeldt, St. Thomas
Coach of the Year: Jennifer Trotter, St. Thomas
 
First Team
P – Maddia Groff, Omaha
P – Ava Kleinfeldt, St. Thomas
P – Ella Cook, St. Thomas
C – Brooke Dumont, South Dakota State
INF – Mia Jarecki, South Dakota State
INF – Abby Gentry, South Dakota State
INF – Sydney Thomason, Omaha
INF – Laken Lienhard, St. Thomas
INF – Maggie O'Brien, Omaha
OF – Avery Wukawitz, St. Thomas
OF – Ella McGee, South Dakota
OF – Kaitlyn Raymond, St. Thomas
OF – Akayla Barnard, South Dakota State
DP/UTL – Ella Cook, St. Thomas
 
Second Team
P – Clara Edwards, South Dakota
P – McKenna Young, South Dakota
P – Makaela Carr, North Dakota
C – Abi Brown, South Dakota
INF – Katie Joten, North Dakota
INF – Abbi Stierlen, St. Thomas
INF – Tatum Villotta, South Dakota
INF – Emma Vike, South Dakota State
INF – Rylie Jones, South Dakota
OF – Chloe Woldruff, North Dakota State
OF – Marra Cramer, Omaha
OF – Autumn Iverson, South Dakota
OF – Ava Rongisch, Omaha
DP/UTL – Madison Evans, South Dakota

Honorable Mention
P – Tayler Baker, South Dakota State
P – Sylvia Shromoff, South Dakota State
P – Jacie Albrecht, North Dakota
C – Kameron Monson, St. Thomas
INF – Delaney White, South Dakota
INF – Haley Wilwerding, Omaha
INF – Amai Hanta, North Dakota State
INF – Katherine Jones, Omaha
OF – Star Cortez, North Dakota
OF – Briona Woods, Kansas City
OF – Camryn Lasota, North Dakota
OF – Sammy Schmidt, Omaha
OF – Gianna Lickel, Kansas City
DP/UTL – Callie Honig, North Dakota

Omaha softball is the top seed in the 2025 Summit League Championship, playing the winner of #4 North Dakota vs. #5 North Dakota State on Thursday, May 8 at 11 a.m. CT on the Summit League Network powered by Midco Sports Plus. Last week, Omaha clinched a share of the Summit League regular season title for the first time in program history.

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