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Alabama Softball Places Three on USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List

Montana Fouts, Lexi Kilfoyl and Kaylee Tow represent the Crimson Tide on the preseason list

OKLAHOMA CITY – Montana Fouts, Lexi Kilfoyl and Kaylee Tow represent Alabama on USA Softball's preseason watch list for its 2022 Player of the Year award, released Wednesday.

Fouts has appeared on the preseason list in three straight seasons and was a finalist for the award in 2019 and 2021. Kilfoyl is making her second-straight appearance while Tow is making the second of her career, previously doing so in 2020.

The Crimson Tide is one of six schools to have at least three athletes represented, along with Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan, Oklahoma State and UCLA. Nine Southeastern Conference schools have at least one player on the list, the most of any conference.

The Top 25 finalists for the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 20. While an athlete does not have to be on the Preseason Watch List to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual winner of the award will come from the Top 25. The Top 10 will be revealed May 4 with the Top 3 coming May 18 and the winner announced in Oklahoma City prior to the start of the Women's College World Series.