WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue lands four players on the NFCA All-Region teams with Moriah Polar and Haley Painter landing on the First Team, while Anna Moore and Julia Gossett earned a place on the second team.
The All-Region First Team accolade marks the second consecutive year Polar earned the honor after stellar seasons in both 2025 and 2026.
The USA Softball Top 25 Player of the Year finalist put together one of best campaigns seen in Purdue softball history, breaking two individual Purdue records (single-season hits, single-season runs scored), tying the career-triples record, and writing herself into the Big Ten record book and NCAA record book, tying for second in single-season hits and taking the seven spot for single-season batting average, respectively.
The current national leader in hits (101), and the Big Ten leader in hits, batting average (.555), and stolen bases (31), Polar adds to her postseason awards resume with her second-career All Region honor. Last week, the junior earned her first-career All-Big Ten First Team honor and her second-career Defensive Team honor.
Painter became Purdue’s first designated player to make the All-Big Ten first team and the All-Region First Team for the first time since Katie Mitchell in 2007. The senior is no stranger to conference accolades, earning All-Mountain West Second Team in 2024 as well as NFCA All-West Region.
In 2026, Painter finished the season batting .340 with 49 hits, 12 homers, and 58 RBI. She concludes her career with 48 home runs, hitting 36 in her three seasons at Nevada.
Making her first appearance on the Second Team after being a Third-Team honoree in 2025, Gossett earned her first postseason award for the 2026 season.
Gossett’s 2026 campaign included pitching a career-high 163.2 innings while also earning career-highs in wins (14), ERA (3.12), appearances (37), starts (21), complete games (14), and strikeouts (162). Gossett’s four saves this season also tie for second in the single-season Purdue records.
In the Big Ten, the junior’s 3.12 ERA was good for ninth best, while she was fourth in saves, ninth in strikeouts, and third in innings pitched.
Moore, alongside Polar, etched herself into the Purdue record book as one the program’s top first year players. The NFCA Top 25 Freshman of the Year finalist broke Purdue’s freshman home run record, broke the single-season RBI record, and tied the program’s single season record.
The Indianapolis native finished the season hitting just below .400 (.393) with 59 hits, 61 RBI, and a team-leading 14 home runs. Moore earned her fourth and fifth Big Ten accolades this year, landing on both the All-Big Ten First Team, and the All-Big Ten freshman team, now taking her spot on the NFCA All-Region Second Team.
Moore is the first freshman since Katy McJunkin in 2014 to earn a spot on an All-Region team.
Purdue broke the 23-year-old program-record for longest win streak this season, setting a new mark at 14 games. As a team, Purdue broke five records this season: single-season RBI, single-season runs scored, single-season home runs, and single-season double plays.
Freshman Anna Moore, junior Moriah Polar, and graduate student Haley Painter, each earned a spot on the All-Big Ten First team for the first time in their careers after helping Purdue to one of its best seasons in the history of the program. This is the first time since 2001 that Purdue has had three players land on the First Team, and the only other instance in its history.
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