AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Softball junior catcher Reese Atwood was named the winner of the 2025 Johnny Bench Award, Johnny Bench and the Cincinnati Reds announced Wednesday. Atwood is the first player in program history to earn the prestigious award.
The Johnny Bench Award annually recognizes the top NCAA Division I male and female catchers along with the top high school baseball and softball catchers from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia. Atwood and Coastal Carolina baseball's Caden Bodine were tabbed the top catchers at the collegiate level.
Atwood, a unanimous First-Team All-American and the Diamond Sports/NFCA Catcher of the Year, was instrumental in Texas' run to its first-ever Women's College World Series title.