Awarded for | the most outstanding college softball pitcher in the Pac-12 Conference |
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Country | United States |
History | |
First award | 1999 |
Most recent | NiJaree Canady, Stanford |
The Pac-12 Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year is a college softball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding pitcher. The award has been given annually since 1999. The conference was known as the Pacific-10 before becoming the Pac-12 in 2011.
* | Awarded one of the following College National Player of the Year awards: USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year |
Season | Player | School | Reference |
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1999 | Courtney Dale | UCLA | [1] |
2000 | Jennifer Spediacci | Washington | |
2001 | Jennie Finch | Arizona | |
2002 | Jennie Finch (2) | Arizona | |
2003 | Keira Goerl | UCLA | |
2004 | Alicia Hollowell | Arizona | |
2005 | Brianne McGowan | Oregon State | |
2006 | Kristina Thorson | California | |
2007 | Katie Burkhart | Arizona State | |
2008 | Katie Burkhart (2) | Arizona State | |
2009 | Danielle Lawrie | Washington | |
2010 | Danielle Lawrie (2) | Washington | |
2011 | Jolene Henderson | California | |
2012 | Jolene Henderson (2) | California | |
2013 | Jessica Moore | Oregon | [2] |
2014 | Cheridan Hawkins | Oregon | [3] |
2015 | Cheridan Hawkins (2) | Oregon | [4] |
2016 | Cheridan Hawkins (3) | Oregon | [5] |
2017 | Danielle O'Toole | Arizona | [6] |
2018 | Megan Kleist | Oregon | [7] |
2019 | Rachel Garcia | UCLA | [8] |
2021 | Gabbie Plain | Washington | [9] |
2022 | Megan Faraimo | UCLA | [10] |
2023 | Megan Faraimo (2) | UCLA | [11] |
2024 | NiJaree Canady | Stanford | [12] |
School | Winners | Years |
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Oregon | 5 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
UCLA | 1999, 2003, 2019, 2022, 2023 | |
Arizona | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2004, 2017 |
Washington | 2000, 2009, 2010, 2021 | |
California | 3 | 2006, 2011, 2012 |
Arizona State | 2 | 2007, 2008 |
Oregon State | 1 | 2005 |
Stanford | 2024 | |
Utah | 0 | — |
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