GROVE CITY, Pa. -- After winning a program-record 26 games and the Presidents' Athletic Conference's regular season title in 2025, the Grove City College softball team is well-represented on the All-Conference Teams, as voted upon by the league's 11 head coaches.
Head coach
Kristen Cramer earned Presidents' Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors for the first time in her 11-year career. Senior first baseman
Brooke Brodie (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore) and sophomore left fielder
Evelyn Montone (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) both merited First Team All-PAC honors.
Senior second baseman
Maci Linhart (Columbiana, Ohio/Columbiana), junior center fielder
Noel Anthony (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) and junior shortstop-pitcher
Kyla Campbell (Altoona, Pa./Glendale) all earned Second Team recognition. Honorable Mention All-PAC went to sophomore designated player
Emma Covert (Chicora, Pa./Moniteau) and sophomore pitcher
Abigail Meadors (Warren, Ohio/Champion).
Cramer guided Grove City to a 15-5 conference record and the top seed in the season-ending double-elimination conference tournament. The Wolverines advanced to the championship round of the tournament for the first time in program history.
The Wolverines have won 72 games over the last three seasons, including a 40-20 conference record. Cramer is the first Grove City skipper to earn Coach of the Year in softball since 1998, when Susan Roberts earned the award.
Brodie hit a team-leading .409 this season and also led Grove City with 15 doubles. Brodie also posted a team-best .455 on-base percentage. She ranked third on the team with 33 runs scored, 45 hits and 27 runs batted in. In conference play, Brodie hit a league-high .492 while also leading the conference with 25 runs scored in league play. She compiled a league-best 1.234 OPS (on-base plus slugging) mark in conference play.
Brodie's 15 doubles are the No. 2 single-season mark in program history. She also ranks fifth in program history with 68 runs batted in. Brodie also went 2-2 with two saves in nine pitching appearances this spring.
Brodie earned Honorable Mention All-PAC last season as a junior.
Montone set Grove City single-season program records with 44 runs batted in and 91 total bases. She clubbed a team-leading 21 extra-base hits this year, including five triples and three home runs. Montone hit .399 overall and led the team with a .615 slugging percentage and 37 runs scored.
Montone collected 59 hits, which is the second-highest single-season figure in program history. A two-time First Team All-Conference selection, Montone's .395 career batting average is the third-highest mark in program history.
Linhart earned her fourth All-PAC honor after hitting .373 this season. She ranked second on team with 35 runs scored, 47 hits and a .441 on-base percentage. Her 11 stolen bases also ranked second on the team.
Linhart concluded her career as Grove City's all-time leader in runs scored, having crossed the plate 133 times. Her 167 career hits rank second in program annals, as do her 216 career total bases. She hit .381 for her career, good for fourth in program history.
Anthony set career highs this season in runs (29) and hits (40) while hitting .381. A three-year starter in center field, Anthony led the Wolverines with a dozen stolen bases. She started all 39 games on the way to her first All-PAC citation.
Campbell saw extensive action at both shortstop and in the circle this spring. She compiled a 10-4 record with one save in 19 pitching appearances. Campbell also hit .326 with 10 doubles and 23 runs batted in. She started 33 games this year in her first season at the College.
Covert took over as Grove City's primary DP during the second half of the season. She hit .349 in 26 total games, which included 20 starts. She laced four doubles and drove in 15 runs.
Meadors earned All-PAC honors for the second straight season after leading the team with 12 wins, 124 strikeouts and 133 2/3 innings pitched. She made 19 starts and seven relief appearances this year, finishing the year with two saves and a 3.14 earned run average. Meadors also hit .319 with seven doubles this season.
The conference also recognized senior infielder
Rachel Zona (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) as a member of its Sportsmanship Team. Zona started all 39 games on the left side of the infield, splitting time between third base and shortstop. She hit .302 while also going 6 for 6 on stolen base attempts.
The 2025 season marked the third consecutive spring in which Grove City has set its single-season wins record. The 2023 team won 21 games. Grove City won 25 games last year. The Wolverines' 15 conference wins are also a program standard.
