KANSAS CITY, MO - Texas Wesleyan University softball players Kylie Barnes and Haylie Delarosa have been named 2026 NAIA All-Americans Announced by the NAIA Tuesday Morning. This is the first time TXWES softball has an NAIA All-American since Bailey Tery in 2018. 

Barnes was named to the second team and Delarosa was named to the third team. Barnes and Delarosa have been stellar this year, helping the Rams to a 3rd place finish in the Sooner Athletic Conference and each being named as All-Conference first team members. Barnes set the record for most doubles in a season and is now only three away from tying the career record. Delarosa broke the record for most hits in a season, a record that was held since 1998.

In addition to the three All-American teams, Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year honors have been announced, highlighted by a pair of Sooner Athletic Conference institutions: Analise Rayburn of Oklahoma City and Aubree Ferguson of Science & Arts (Okla.).

Rayburn from OCU goes back-to-back, earning player of the year honors after compiling a .429 average this season, starting all 59 games for the Stars in 2026. Totaling 182 at-bats this season, she scored 74 runs on 78 hits with 23 doubles, two triples, and 26 home runs. She was stellar in situational hitting this season as well, driving in 31 runs with two outs. Her biggest games of the season came against Graceland (Iowa), where she hit three home runs for nine RBI, and against Avila (Mo.) and Langston (Okla.), where she recorded five at-bats in each game. 

Aubree Ferguson of USAO was tabbed as the 2026 Pitcher of the Year after posting a .82 ERA across 31 appearances this season. Ferguson tossed a total of 170 innings in 2026, striking out 175 batters while allowing the defense behind her to grab another 140 groundouts and 174 flyouts. She went 25-3 on the season, starting 26 of those games and going the distance in 21.