Six Trojans earn all-region honors
MASON CITY - Six NIACC softball players earned all-NJCAA Region 11 honors.
The Trojans placed two players on the first-team (Ally Wall and Chloe Thurlby), three players on the all-region second team (Katie Riesselman, Makayla Wirkus and Emma Wall) and Mya Bunkers earned honorable mention all-region honors.
Ally Wall, Bunkers and Wirkus were all second-team selections during their freshman seasons in 2025.
Thurlby, a freshman left-hander, was 23-12 with a 2.68 earned run average. She had 228 strikeouts with 61 walks in 209 1/3 innings pitched.
The 228 strikeouts is NIACC's single-season strikeout record. Thurlby is the first NIACC player to earn first-team all-region honors as a pitcher since Kristen Peka was a first-team pick in 2019.
Ally Wall, a sophomore, hit .377 with 19 doubles, nine home runs and 65 RBIs. She was 11-4 as a pitcher with 71 strikeouts and a 2.88 ERA in 102.0 innings of work.
Riesselman, a sophomore, hit .344 with 16 doubles, 10 home runs and 49 RBIs.
Wirkus, a sophomore, hit .381 with 21 doubles, four home runs, three triples and 32 RBIs.
Emma Wall, a freshman, hit .359 ith 11 doubles, six home runs, three triples and 24 RBIs.
Bunkers, a sophomore, hit .293 with 10 doubles, seven home runs, three triples and 37 RBIs.
NIACC was 40-23 overall and 23-13 in the ICCAC. The 40 wins by the Trojans is a school record.
NIACC earned the fourth seed for the NJCAA Region 11-A tournament and advanced to the regional title game before falling to top-seed Kirkwood.
The six all-region players in 2026 for the Trojans moves the total of all-region players for fifth-year coach Matt Egger era to 31.
