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Central Michigan University
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Central Michigan Softball had their name on five spots in the post-season awards for the 2025 season. Carly Sleeman and Mackenzie Langan were honored as First Team All-MAC members after stellar years in MAC play. Sleeman ends her regular season as a sophomore posting an impressive .390 batting average which […]
Carly Sleeman and Mackenzie Langan were honored as First Team All-MAC members after stellar years in MAC play.
Sleeman ends her regular season as a sophomore posting an impressive .390 batting average which is 15th best in the conference. Sleeman posted high offensive numbers all season for the Chippewas, including 30 hits in MAC play, four doubles, nine home runs, 27 RBI and slugged .792 across 25 games played.
Against Bowling Green this season, Sleeman charted her 48th RBI of the 2025 year – the best in a single season in program history.
In MAC play, Sleeman threw four runners out who attempted to steal on her, holding her opponents to just nine stolen bases across 25 games. Three of the four runners caught by Sleeman had been caught one time in the entirety of the 2025 season – by the Chippewa catcher.
In twelve different MAC games, there was not one runner who even attempted to steal on Sleeman.
The last Chippewa catcher to earn first team honors was Masion Kalina in 2018.
Mackenzie Langan emerged as not only a strong arm for the Chippewa squad, but also as a perennial arm in the MAC. Langan boasts a 2.03 ERA in conference play which is second best in the conference through the 25 games played for CMU.
Langan collected nine wins in her 10 games started for CMU through MAC play with 65.6 innings pitched, allowing just 61 hits, good for 10th best in the conference. The junior struck out 53 conference foes, 11 of which were strikeouts looking. Holding her opponents to just a .241 batting average, Langan truly emerged as one of the best in the MAC earning her first team honor.
Langan is the first pitcher for CMU to be named First Team All-MAC since Grace Lehto earned the honor in the 2023 season.
Earing Second Team All-MAC honors were sophomore Grace Koenig and freshman London Williams.
Koenig, who earns the spot as a third baseman for the Chippewas hit .364 in MAC play, with 24 hits, 16 runs scored, five doubles, a triple and a home run with 13 RBI.
The last third baseman to earn a post season honor for CMU was Amy Hudson in 2008.
Serving as the designated player for CMU all season, freshman London Williams has already established herself as one of the greats in Chippewa softball from an offensive standpoint. Williams posted a .338 batting average in conference play with 27 hits, six doubles, seven home runs.
Williams’ offensive numbers were not only impressive on the Chippewas’ team, but also throughout the MAC.
Of all players, Williams ranked in the top 25 in seven categories through MAC play – the most by any freshman in the conference. Williams total for home runs, slugging percentage, OPS, walks and hit by pitch totals, doubles, on-base percentage and runs scored rank her in that top 25.
Her batting average and total number of hits rank her in the top 30 in the conference.
These numbers earned Williams not only a Second Team All-MAC honor, but also a spot on the All-Freshman team.
Three CMU Softball players have ever tagged a spot on either First or Second Team All-MAC and a spot on the All-Freshman team in the same season: London Williams (2025), Allison Curtis (2016) and current assistant coach for CMU, Brittini Merchant (2008).
Maddison Diekman also earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team after her standout year at the plate and defensively. Starting every MAC game as the Chippewa shortstop, Diekman boasted a .957 fielding percentage with 32 putouts, 34 assists over 69 chances.
At the plate, Diekman served as both the leadoff and in the nine-hole for CMU in her freshman season.
Diekman posted a .302 batting average in conference play, charted 16 hits, three doubles with eight RBI. Diekman also drew eight walks for CMU with four stolen bases.
The two earning the honor marks the first time in program history that the Chippewas have had two freshmen named to the All-Freshman team, with 12 total honorees in program history. Most recently when Carly Sleeman earned the honor in the 2024 season.
Team 47 will start the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Wednesday, May 7th in Akron, Ohio. The Chippewas enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed and will face NIU, the No. 6 seed for their first game.
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