ICYMI: Maya Johnson is withdrawing from the portal and returning to Belmont for her senior season. The 2025 All-American and MVC Pitcher of the Year has 757 career strikeouts and a 1.63 ERA. d1softball.com/maya-johnson-r…

Maya Johnson’s decision to withdraw from the portal was about more than softball. A change in Belmont’s DNP program format allows her to begin her doctorate while playing her senior season as a Bruin. She discussed the decision on Thursday's epsidoe of InTheCircleSB🥎.

Way too early Mid Major Top 25 for 2026: 1 Grand Canyon 2 Liberty 3 Belmont 4 San Diego St 5 FAU 6 Texas State 7 Boise St 8 South Florida 9 Omaha 10 Southeastern (LA) 11 Miami of Ohio 12 Boston 13 ULM 14 Wichita St 15 Charlotte 16 Cal State Fullerton 17 Southern Illinois

Any current Belmont students want to be a bullpen catcher this year? If so, please email me at [email protected] or Erin Kuba at [email protected]. Our bullpen catchers are so valuable to our program!

Second-best mid-major player in the country. Maya Johnson 💯 #ItsBruinTime

If you only work hard when you feel motivated, you’ll never be consistent enough to reach your biggest goals. To succeed in life, you need to have the discipline to work hard even when you don’t feel like it.

A 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝟐𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟑 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭❗ 🙌 📰 🔗 bit.ly/4onVt9T #EverydayExcellence

Why Belmont Softball? -MVC Tournament Champs -3.7 Team GPA -Nashville (literally a free concert last night with Riley Green, Sheryl Crow, and more) -Beautiful Campus -Winning Culture -Transformational Experience

And I’ll give you my own list: -amazing coaches -amazing teammates -the most supportive athletic administrators -flexibility to major in anything as an athlete -career connections -a standard of student athlete success both on and off the field And the list goes on and on!

The AUSL events have closed for 2025. So why not look ahead to 2026? An early rookie mock draft of the next wave of stars who will go pro next season. on3.com/softball/news/…

Learn more about all of our institutional nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award on our website! 📰: bit.ly/3JF5yPU #TheValleyRunsDeep

𝙊𝙪𝙧 @ncaa 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 nominee, Maya Johnson❗️ 👏 📰 🔗 bit.ly/4835dAL #ItsBruinTime

Happy to be raising funds and awareness for a disease that has so personally impacted me! support.lupus.org/site/TR/WTELN/…

What a great morning having our whole team support Lupus Foundation of America and Maya Johnson. Proud of how our team shows up for each other.

So grateful to have teammates, coaches, and an athletic department who support me the way Belmont Athletics does… they always make me feel loved and it truly is something special!!

🚨MAJOR NEWS🚨 Maya Johnson joining Softball America as social media correspondent! 🔗bit.ly/4pvMog1 #ItsBruinTime

Maya has a lot of fun ideas for the spring and let’s everyone see a behind the curtain look into one of softball’s best stories.

Today was a memorable practice.

All athletes make mistakes, but what separates great athletes from average athletes is the ability to learn from mistakes and stay resilient.

“Belmont is a piece of my heart”❤️ Be sure to catch Maya Johnson and the Bruins in action this softball season #ItsBruinTime