SAN FRANCISCO - Led by first-round picks Baylee Klingler and Megan Faraimo, a total of five Pac-12 softball student-athletes were selected in Monday's 2023 Women's Professional Fastpitch Draft in Oklahoma City. Lasting six rounds with four selections per round, the 24-pick event featured the Pac-12's five all chosen within the first 16 picks.

Klingler, the 2022 Pac-12 Player of the Year, went No. 2 overall to the Texas Smoke, while Faraimo, the Conference's reigning Pitcher of the Year, was chosen fourth overall by the USSSA Pride. The Pac-12 was the only league with multiple first-round selections.

Faraimo's UCLA teammate, Brooke Yanez, was also chosen by the USSSA Pride in the third round with the 12th overall pick. In the fourth round, California's Makena Smith went to the Smash It Sports Vipers with pick No. 15 overall and was follow one selection later by Oregon's Allee Bunker, who was taken 16th overall by the USSSA Pride.

UCLA was one of five programs with multiple players selected along with Alabama, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Florida State.

All draftees are required to exhaust their college eligibility, or finish their final season with their respective colleges, before signing a professional contract to play with one of the league’s four franchises.