LOUISVILLE, KY. – University of Missouri-St. Louis junior pitcher Hannah Perryman is one of 10 student-athletes from across the country to be selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 10 List for the inaugural Schutt Sports/NFCA DII National Player of the Year award.
 
Behind the collaboration between the NFCA and the NCAA Division II Head Coaches Committee, and the generosity of Schutt Sports, the award was created to honor the outstanding athletic achievement among softball student-athletes throughout Division II.
 
Perryman, named to the 50-member watch list in February made the Top 25 cut earlier this season before landing a spot on the Top 10 along with Caitlyn Calhoun (Valdosta State), Renee Erwin (West Texas A&M), Morgan Foley (Indianapolis), Vianna Gutierrez Touchtone (St. Mary's), Sarah Kennedy (Augustana), Kim McMillan (North Georgia), Courtney Poole (North Georgia), Lacey Taylor (West Texas A&M) and Jenelle Trautmann (Augustana).
 
Perryman has had an impressive year in the circle for the Tritons; most notably, tying and then breaking the NCAA Division II record for single season and career perfect games, as she now stands at five and six, respectively. This season, the junior was thrice named GLVC Pitcher of the Week and also twice recognized as Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Pitcher of the Week. The Streamwood, Illinois, native leads the league in opposing batting average (.137), strikeouts per game (13.51), and hits allowed per game (3.37). She finished second in the loop in batters struck out (301), wins (22), and doubles allowed per game (.54), while ranking third in ERA (1.30), batters struck out looking (57), hits allowed (75), and runs allowed per game (1.57). Moreover, she ranks in the top 10 for innings pitched (156), saves (3), appearances (33), games started (27), runs allowed (35), earned runs allowed (29), walks allowed (22), doubles allowed (12), and walks allowed per game (0.99). On the national stage, the southpaw leads all DII pitchers in strikeouts per seven innings (13.9) while tied for fourth in shutouts (10) and a single-game high of 18 strikeouts, fifth in hits allowed per seven innings (3.66) and sixth in total strikeouts (295). Her 1,061 career strikeouts currently rank 23^rd all-time in NCAA DII, while this season she also became the NCAA DII career leader in strikeouts per seven innings (13.1).
 
The Top 3 finalists will be announced on May 14 with the 2015 Division II National Player of the Year revealed on Wednesday, May 20.