Meet the five finalists for 2025 Indiana Miss Softball
The winner of this year's award will be announced at the SCAI All-Star games 21 at IU's Andy Mohr Field in Bloomington.
Meet this year's finalists.
Geyer finished her senior season with a 1.17 ERA (18 earned runs allowed) and it actually raised her career average to 0.98. She was that dominant in the circle, stringing together three consecutive seasons with a sub-1.00 ERA and totaling 1,096 strikeouts — 228 of which came this spring.
The Western Michigan signee did this while also raking at the plate, batting .434 with 157 hits, 119 RBIs and 24 home runs for her career. She batted .444 with 40 hits, 37 RBIs, 12 doubles, a triple and five homers as a senior.
Geyer led the Cougars to a Class 3A state championship as a sophomore, batting .478 with a career-high eight homers, and posting a 0.99 ERA with a career-high 300 strikeouts over 155 innings in the circle.
Marx is a three-sport standout and among the most-decorated athletes in school history. She won three sectional titles with two state runner-up finishes in volleyball, helped secure a basketball state championship as a freshman and is currently in search of her fourth consecutive softball state finals appearance (titles in 2022 and 2023).
Limited to her softball career, Marx set the single-season hits record as a freshman, broke it as a sophomore, then surpassed it once more with a couple hits in Tuesday's regional, leaving her with 56 for the season and 226for her career. The standout outfielder has also scored 43 runs and stolen 23 bases this season, and has 191 runs, 226 hits and 118 steals for her career — placing her among the all-time state leaders in each category.
The future Buckeye batted an astonishing .588 (50 hits) against one of the state's toughest schedules as a senior. She only struck out three times, drew five walks and rounded out her line with 33 runs, a couple doubles and eight RBIs. Neal is a career .480 hitter with 153 hits, 114 runs scored, 35 RBIs and a paltry 22 strikeouts in 345 plate appearances.
In addition to boasting a career-best .936 fielding percentage (42 putouts and two assists on 47 total chances), Neal broke her own school record with 39 steals, leaving her with 111 through four varsity seasons.
Neal, a state track qualifier, helped the Dawgs to 63 wins during her career, with back-to-back 18-win campaigns.
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Stieneker exploded offensively this season, setting career-highs in average (.582), runs (52), hits (57), RBIs (49), doubles (20), triples (3), home runs (14) and stolen bases (8). She did her damage across 120 plate appearances (98 at-bats), and did so while striking out just nine times.
The Marshall commit finished her career with a .459 average, 174 hits, 121 runs, 154 RBIs , 49 doubles and 29 homers. She did not strike out more than nine times in any of her four varsity seasons, and established herself as a dependable fielder, posting a .929 career fielding percentage on 325 total chances.
Stieneker took part in two sectional championship runs, with the Golden Bears reaching the semistate finals her freshman season.
Already a phenomenal fielder, Zachary is amidst her best season yet at the hot corner, committing a career-low one error on 45 chances at the hot corner with 17 putouts and 27 assists. She's increased her efficiency at the plate, as well, batting a career-high .548 with 46 hits in 84 at-bats. The Notre Dame commit has also driven in 60 runs, scored 43 runs herself, and rounds out her line with 10 doubles, four triples and seven home runs.
Zachary is batting .481 for her career with 192 hits, 172 RBIs, 19 home runs, 19 triples, 41 doubles and 166 runs scored. She's also stolen 77 bases in four seasons (20this spring), and led the Kingsmen to a 4A state championship her sophomore season.
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