Fort Hays State softball enters the national rankings for the first time in the program’s NCAA Division II history, ranked No. 21 in the latest NFCA Division II Poll released on March 13. Fort Hays State is currently 15-3 overall. The doubleheader sweep at Newman Tuesday was not figured into the most recent rankings.

Fort Hays State is one of two programs from the MIAA referenced in the March 13 poll, as Central Oklahoma is currently ranked No. 8. Fort Hays State made a splash nationally this past week in Florida with a win over No. 11 Tampa at Tampa, and then a win over then No. 24 Winona State, which moved up a spot this week to No. 23.

Fort Hays State has received votes in the poll in previous years, but finally makes its way into the national rankings in the program’s 14th year of existence at the NCAA Division II level.

Below is the complete Top 25 poll for March 13, 2013…

Rk	Team	Record	Pts	Previous Rk
1	West Texas A&M (13)	19-1	393	3
2	Valdosta State (2)	20-5	377	1
3	Indianapolis (1)	18-2	368	4
4	Armstrong	17-2-1	343	6
5	Southeastern Oklahoma State	21-6	339	2
6	Rollins	28-2	324	7
7	Grand Canyon	18-5	282	13
8	Central Oklahoma	14-4	271	9
9	North Georgia	19-6	268	8
10	Texas Woman’s University	22-6	263	12
11	Tampa	16-5	230	11
12	Colorado School of Mines	17-2-1	212	10
13	West Virginia Wesleyan	13-5	174	15
14	Sonoma State	18-7	168	25
15	Molloy	11-3	154	20
16	California (Pennsylvania)	11-0	149	17
17	West Alabama	14-5	127	19
18	Grand Valley State	10-2	123
19	Midwestern State	19-4	121	22
20	Cal State Dominguez Hills	15-7	117	5
21	Fort Hays State	13-3	112
22	Francis Marion	17-9	84
23	Winona State	13-3	39	24
24	Columbus State	20-9	33
25	North Alabama	18-8	29

Others Receiving Votes: Gannon (28), LIU Post (20), Abilene Christian (16), UC San Diego (12), Flagler (7), Dixie State (6), Augustana (SD) (4), Drury (4), Adelphi (2), USC Aiken (1).