The Johnny Bench Award is given to the best catcher in the nation.  This year, it was awarded to Reese Atwood.

Announced by the Cincinnati Reds and Johnny Bench on Wednesday afternoon, Junior catcher Reese Atwood was named the winner of the 2025 Johnny Bench Award. Atwoo ...

There have been 25 seasons of NCAA Division I softball this century and now it is time to recognize some of the greatest backstops to play the game. There are t ...

Coastal Carolina catcher Caden Bodine won the Johnny Bench Award presented by MSA Sport as the Top Male NCAA Catcher.

Coastal Carolina University baseball standout Caden Bodin will receive the 2025 Johnny Bench Award recognizing him as the ...

Longhorns softball had a reason to celebrate as Reese Atwood made history. The Longhorn star became the first catcher in program history to win the Johnny Bench Award. Each year, the award is given to ...

The San Mateo Slammers, the travel program for San Mateo Youth Softball Association, had an especially strong summer season, with three teams moving on.

Though the Maders are understandably proud of their time as umpires, these days their pride and focus are directed on a young umpire named Emmett Mader, their grandson and nephew, respectively. The ...

Brice Knox started the winning rally in the big game against Mooresville on Tuesday with a hit, and then he made a ...

Before we turn our attention to 2025-26 we’re recognizing Indiana’s top-performing girls high school athletes from the past ...

Softball, that friendly, fun game that many Americans grow up playing, suddenly finds itself entangled in a hardball debate about sexual orientation, editorial judgment and the future of the Supreme ...