CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Butler softball will open the 2024 season ranked No. 15 in the NJCAA Softball D1 Preseason Poll.
The Grizzlies are the top ranked KJCCC team to begin the season, ranked two spots ahead of No. 17 Hutchinson.
A season ago Butler won its seventh straight Region VI championship and eighth consecutive Plains District Championship on the way to a seventh straight NJCAA National Tournament appearance. The Grizzlies entered the 2023 season ranked seventh.
There are eight returning players on the 2024 roster highlighted by Cady Dickey, JaKeyla McDaniel and Aly Hageman who all earned All-KJCCC honors in their freshman campaigns.
The Grizzlies were also picked to win the KJCCC in the 2024 KJCCC Division I preseason coaches poll, released on Jan. 18.
Butler was set to open its season this weekend in Galveston for the Galveston College Island Invitational but will no longer be attending due to rain in the area. The current season opener is set for Feb. 16 in Lufkin, Texas, vs. Monroe College. For any new games added to the schedule, announcements will be made on ButlerGrizzlies.com or on the Butler Grizzlies social media accounts.
| 2024 NJCAA D1 Softball Poll | Preseason - 1-22-24 | |
| 1. Florida Southwestern State (7) 2. Northwest Florida State 3. Wallace State 4. Odessa 5. Grayson 6. McLennan 7. College of Central Florida 8. Walters State 9. Seminole State (OK) 10. Indian River State 11. Chattanooga State 12. Salt Lake 13. Seminole State (FL) 14. Indian Hills 15. Butler 16. Lake Land 17. Hutchinson 18. Bossier Parish 19. Galveston 20. Weatherford |
140 133 126 119 112 105 98 91 84 77 70 63 56 49 42 35 28 21 14 7 |
