NFCA Golden Shoe Award

The NFCA Golden Shoe Award is an award given by New Balance to the best college softball base stealer from an NFCA member institution. A committee of elected head coaches selects the winner of the award.^[1]

NFCA Golden Shoe Award

Awarded for	Best base stealer in college softball
Country	United States
Presented by	New Balance
History
First award	2005
Most recent	Megan Delgadillo, Cal State Fullerton

Winners

Year	Player	School	Ref
2005	Sharonda McDonald	Texas A&M	[2]
2006	Caitlin Lowe	Arizona
2007	Caitlin Lowe	Arizona
2008	Rhea Taylor	Missouri
2009	Chelsea Bramlett	Mississippi State
2010	Emily Allard	Mississippi State
2011	Wendi Reed	Northwestern
2012	Chelsea Bramlett	Jackson State
2013	Raven Chavanne	Tennessee
2014	Taylor Gadbois	Missouri	[3]
2015	Morgan Zerkle	Marshall	[4]
2016	Katie Lacour	Southeastern Louisiana	[5]
2017	Elicia D'Orazio	Marshall	[6]
2018	Cortni Emanuel	Georgia	[7]
2019	Jaquelyn Ramon	Southeastern Louisiana	[8]
2020	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic		[9]
2021	Jenna Wildeman	Central Arkansas	[10]
2022	Alexis Johns	South Florida	[11]
2023	Mihyia Davis	Louisiana	[12]
2024	Megan Delgadillo	Cal State Fullerton	[13]

References

1. "New Balance / NFCA Golden Shoe Award Winners". nfca.org. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
2. "2021 Schutt Sports / NFCA DI Natl. Freshman of the Year Top 30 revealed". nfca.org. April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
3. "Gadbois Honored with NFCA's Golden Shoe Award". mutigers.com. July 11, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
4. "NFCA Announces 2015 Golden Shoe Award Winners". nfca.org. July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
5. "NFCA Announces 2016 Golden Shoe Award Winners". nfca.org. July 11, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
6. "2017 New Balance/NFCA Golden Shoe Award collegiate winners announced". nfca.org. June 19, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
7. "Fifty-four student-athletes named 2018 NFCA DI All-Americans". nfca.org. May 30, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
8. "2019 NFCA Division I All-Americans revealed". nfca.org. May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
9. "NFCA awards update". nfca.org. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
10. "2021 NFCA Division I All-Americans revealed". nfca.org. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
11. "2022 NFCA DI All-Americans released". nfca.org. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
12. "2023 NFCA DI All-Americans revealed". nfca.org. May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
13. "2024 NFCA Division I All-America teams revealed". nfca.org. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.