2023 NCAA Most Improved Player: Tennessee's McKenna Gibson

Tennessee's McKenna Gibson is Softball America's NCAA Most Improved Player for the 2023 college softball season.

Gibson, a sophomore in 2023, recorded career-best marks in average (.362), OPS (1.232), runs (36), hits (59), doubles (11), home runs (15), RBIs (60), slugging (.718), walks (39) and on-base percentage (.514) this spring.

SA's 2023 Second-Team All-America selection at first base batted .253 as a freshman in 2022. She went on to end the 2023 season with a 23-game reached-base streak and posted 14 multi-RBI contests throughout the campaign.

This year, Gibson helped lead the Lady Vols to the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2015.

Stanford, Tennessee Advance To 2023 WCWS Semifinals

Stanford and Tennessee advanced to the national semifinals on Day 3 of the 2023 Women's College World Series.