Four Dukes Selected to Sports Illustrated Softball All-Quarter-Century Team

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Former James Madison softball stars Odicci Alexander, Megan Good, Jailyn Ford, and Kate Gordon have all been named to the Sports Illustrated Softball All-Quarter-Century Team, the publication released on Friday.

In a fan-driven vote, the publication released a list of names, organized by positional groups, throughout the summer to be voted on, highlighting the best collegiate softball players of the last 25 years.

On the 36-player list, Gordon represented the Dukes as one of the six outfielders selected, while Alexander, Good, and Ford claimed three out of the five spots amongst utility players.

Combined, the four former Dukes earned numerous all-conference and all-region laurels to go along with 12 All-American selections, eight player of the year honors, seven pitcher of the year nods, along with Good being recognized as the 2017 Division I NFCA National Player of Year during their time in Harrisonburg.

The quartet was also members of five conference championship teams, eight NCAA Regional appearances, and three NCAA Super Regionals.

Along with their laundry list of accolades, Alexander and Gordon most notably led the program to its first-ever berth in the Women's College World Series in 2021, where the Dukes were the first unseeded team in WCWS history to begin competition with two-straight wins.

The full list of athletes selected is as followed:

P: Cat Osterman (Texas)

P: Jennie Finch (Arizona)

P: Monica Abbott (Tennessee)

P: Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma)

P: NiJaree Canady (Texas Tech)

C: Kinzie Hansen (Oklahoma)

C: Stacey Nuveman-Deniz (UCLA)

C: Jessica Shults (Oklahoma)

C: Reese Atwood (Texas)

C: Chelsea Bramlett (Mississippi State)

1B: Bri Ellis (Arkansas)

1B: Jade Rhodes (Auburn)

1B: Lauren Chamberlain (Oklahoma)

1B: Shay Knighten (Oklahoma)

1B: Samantha Ricketts (Oklahoma)

2B: Kat Rodriguez (North Carolina)

2B: Emily Carosone (Auburn)

2B: Tiare Jennings (Oklahoma)

2B: Amanda Kamekona (UCLA)

2B: Sierra Romero (Michigan)

SS: Aileen Morales (Georgia Tech)

SS: Kristen Brown (North Carolina)

SS: Jess Oakland (Duke)

SS: Sis Bates (Washington)

SS: Grace Lyons (Oklahoma)

3B: Kasey Cooper (Auburn)

3B: Amber Patton (DePaul)

3B: Sydney Romero (Oklahoma)

3B: Jessie Warren (Florida State)

3B: Mia Scott (Texas)

OF: Kate Gordon (James Madison)

OF: Jayda Coleman (Oklahoma)

OF: Jessica Mendoza (Stanford)

OF: Kiki Milloy (Tennessee)

OF: Maya Brady (UCLA)

OF: Amanda Lorenz (Florida)

DP: Jocelyn Alo (Oklahoma)

UT: Jordy Bahl (Nebraska)

UT: Odicci Alexander (JMU)

UT: Megan Good (JMU)

UT: Jailyn Ford (JMU)

Still active in the professional softball world, Alexander was part of the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) this summer as a member of the Bandits, while Ford pitched and played first base on the New York Pride, a team out of the Pro Women's Fastpitch Softball League.

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