The 2015 University of Dayton softball team awards, which are peer-voted, went to the following:

White Allen Most Valuable Player: Natalie Mariano
Offensive Player of the Year: Tiffany Ricks
Defensive Player of the Year: Natalie Mariano
Rookie of the Year: Manda Cash
Most Improved Player: Kathryn Hess

Mariano, a senior leftfielder from Strongsville, Ohio, has, three times, been named Dayton's Defensive Player of the Year. This marks her first time being voted as the White Allen Most Valuable Player. She was an Atlantic 10 First Team all-conference selection and a two-time A-10 College Sports Madness Player of the Week during the 2015 season. 

Ricks, a senior from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, earned Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. She was named the 2015 A-10 Player of the Year and also was selected First Team all-conference. Ricks repeated as an NFCA All-Region pick after leading the A-10 in homeruns and ranking third in batting average (.399). 

Cash, a left-handed pitcher from Columbus, Ohio, had a terrific freshman campaign, bringing home A-10 Rookie of the Year honors as well as being named to the NFCA All-Region Second Team. She was also Second Team All-Atlantic 10, named to the all-conference All-Rookie Team and selected to the A-10 All-Championship Team. She ranked first in the nation in saves, 11th in ERA (1.49), and 14th in strikeouts per seven innings (4.81). 

Hess, a junior catcher from East Hampton, N.Y., started 42 games during the 2015 season, compared to just nine her sophomore year. Her batting average went up from .195 to .279 and she was nearly flawless, defensively, with a .997 fielding percentage. She was ranked sixth in the NCAA for sacrifice hits per game (.40). 

University of Dayton softball had a phenomenal season in 2015 with the following team accomplishments:
• Earned the program's first Atlantic 10 Regular Season title
• Broke the UD record for single-season wins – 39-14
• Made its third consecutive, fourth in the last five years, and seventh overall appearance in the A-10 Championship
• Advanced to the A-10 Tournament Championship final for the first time in history
• Broke the program's single-season record for conference wins with 20 (the old record was 12)
• Went undefeated at home for the first time in program history
• Set new program records in: batting average (.291), saves (10), wins (39), winning percentage (.736), strikeouts (353), shutouts (12), runs allowed (155), earned runs allowed (118), hits allowed (296), doubles allowed (60), triples allowed (13), home runs allowed (24).