Player guide

25 prompts for college softball players

Every question below runs on real NCAA box scores, play-by-play and roster history. Swap [Team] for the program you are looking at and paste it straight into magisterial.

Coverage: NCAA D1, D2 and D3 plus NAIA and JUCO. Rosters, class years, staff history and season stats run across every division. Situational splits — runners in scoring position, two-out, inning-by-inning — come from play-by-play and are NCAA-only. Prompts marked Player plan use automated coach outreach, part of the $2.99 Player plan.

Where you would fit in the lineup

Your line, next to the players already getting the at-bats.

  • 01

    I hit [your slash line] last season. Where would that rank in [Team]'s lineup, and across [Conference]?

  • 02

    Show me [Team]'s lineup last season — at-bats, average, on-base and slugging by position.

  • 03

    I'm a pitcher with a [X] ERA over [N] innings. How does that compare to [Team]'s circle last season and to the division median?

  • 04

    What does a median D2 starting catcher actually hit over a full season?

  • 05

    If I put up my numbers in D1 instead of where I play now, where would I rank among [position]s?

At-bats and innings that are about to open

Softball staffs are small. One graduation can hand you the circle.

  • 06

    Who is graduating out of [Team]'s circle, and how many innings leave with them?

  • 07

    How many at-bats does [Team] have to replace in the middle of the order next season?

  • 08

    Break [Team]'s roster into class years by position — where is the logjam, and where is the hole?

  • 09

    Which teams in [Conference] are losing their number-one pitcher to graduation this year?

Reading the coach

How many arms they trust, and whether freshmen actually play.

  • 10

    What share of [Team]'s at-bats and innings went to freshmen in each of the last three seasons?

  • 11

    How many pitchers did [Team] actually use last season, and how were the innings split?

  • 12

    How many of [Team]'s regular starters over the last three years arrived as transfers or JUCO players?

  • 13

    Trace [Coach]'s career — every program, every season, and what the record did after they arrived.

  • 14

    Do players leave [Team] at an unusual rate? Compare their roster turnover to the rest of the division.

Programs that need what you do

Find the weakness your skill set answers.

  • 15

    Which teams struck out the most and walked the least last season — who needs a disciplined bat?

  • 16

    Which teams leaned on a single pitcher for almost every inning, and is she graduating?

  • 17

    Which teams got the least production out of the outfield last season?

  • 18

    Find programs with a losing record whose everyday lineup was mostly juniors and seniors.

  • 19

    Which D2 and D3 programs within 250 miles of [City] have the biggest hole at [position] next season?

Transfer and JUCO paths

Who moves up, from where, and what happened when they got there.

  • 20

    Which D1 programs took the most transfers from D2, D3 and JUCO over the last three seasons?

  • 21

    Where do players who leave [Team] end up — same level, a level up, or a level down?

  • 22

    Show me D3 pitchers who transferred to D1 in the last three years, and what they had thrown before the move.

Make the case, then make contact

Situational numbers travel further than a season average.

  • 23

    How did I hit with runners in scoring position and in two-out situations last season?

  • 24

    How did I perform against the best pitching staffs on my schedule?

  • 25

    Find head coaches whose circle or middle of the order is graduating, and draft an intro email built around my numbers.Player plan

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