The Nebraska Wesleyan University softball team was picked second in the 2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Preseason Coaches’ poll that was released on January 26. The Prairie Wolves received 85 total points and one first place vote to finish second in the poll.

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior softball player Marcia Kennedy was named to the Capital One Academic All-America® Softball Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Kennedy was named to the Academic All-America® Third-Team in the college division.

Nebraska Wesleyan had two softball players selected to the 2011 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) NAIA All-Region team. Junior outfielder Dani Bryant was selected to the Southwest Region First-Team while senior first baseman Marcia Kennedy was chosen to the Second-Team.