Split evenly with five pitchers and five position players, the Top 10 Finalists hail from eight different NCAA Division I universities while representing six athletic conferences across the country including the Big 12 with four member schools, the American Athletic Conference (AAC) with two, and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference (SEC) each with one school apiece. The Top 10 Finalists include three fifth-year/graduate students, four seniors, two juniors and one freshman. Last season McKinney became the program's first NFCA All-American, earning Third Team honors. The reigning American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, McKinney is the program's all-time leader in hits and batting average. She also has five triples, 12 doubles, 12 home runs, 35 RBI and 62 runs scored this season.

The Norborne, Mo., native leads the nation in hits (77) and runs per game and ranks second in batting average (.490). She joins Jocelyn Alo (Oklahoma), Jordy Bahl (Oklahoma), Georgina Corrick (USF), Danielle Gibson (Arkansas), Baylee Klingler (Washington), Grace Lyons (Oklahoma), Kelly Maxwell (Oklahoma State), Keely Rochard (Virginia Tech) and Danielle Williams (Northwestern). McKinney became the first Shocker in program history to make the Top 25 watch list last month and made more history on Wednesday. USA Softball trimmed its list to 10 for Collegiate Player of the Year on Wednesday, and Wichita State junior shortstop Sydney McKinney has made the cut.

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