Eastern Illinois players Kendall Grover and McKenzie Oslanzi added more hardware to their season collection as both were named second team All-Region by the NFCA on Thursday afternoon (May 15).

Grover earned All-Region honors at third base for the third straight season becoming the second player in program history to earn All-Region three times (Haley Mitchell).

Oslanzi earned second team All-Region for the second straight year at pitcher.

Grover was the 2025 OVC Player of the Year becoming the first player to earn the award in back-to-back years in conference history.  She was named to the OVC All-Tournament team helping the Panthers secure their second NCAA Tournament bid.  Grover enters the NCAA Tournament hitting .411 with an OPS of 1.232 and on-base percentage of .512.  Grover led EIU with ten home runs adding 16 doubles, three triples and 34 RBI.  She led the OVC this season with 33 walks.

Oslanzi was named the 2025 OVC Pitcher of the Year becoming the fourth Panther to win the award.  She was named to the OVC All-Tournament team helping the Panthers secure their second NCAA Tournament bid.  Oslanzi led the OVC with 20 wins with a 2.40 ERA.  She had 131 strikeouts in 198.2 innings of work in the circle.  Oslanzi was even more dominant in OVC play with a 13-5 with a 1.71 ERA.

EIU will play in 2025 NCAA Tournament on Friday facing No. 6 national seed Texas in the Austin Regional.  Michigan and UCF round out the bracket.