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Pac-12 Softball Weekly Rundown - May 9, 2023

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SAN FRANCISCO - Its finally here. The first edition of the long-awaited Pac-12 Softball Tournament gets underway on Wednesday with Arizona's iconic Hillenbrand Stadium the backdrop for the initial event.

All nine Pac-12 programs will be in Tucson for the single-elimination tournament, as the week begins on Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT when No. 8 seed and host Arizona faces rival and No. 9 seed Arizona State. That winner will advance to meet top-seeded UCLA in the third quarterfinal on Thursday at 4 p.m. PT.

The other quarterfinal matchups are already set, beginning with No. 3 Utah against No. 6 California at 10 a.m. PT, No. 2 Washington against No. 7 Oregon State at 12:30 p.m. PT and No. 4 Stanford against No. 5 Oregon at 6:30 p.m. PT.

All eight contests will be nationally televised, with Wednesdays first game and Thursdays quarterfinals set to air on Pac-12 Networks. The first of two Friday semifinals will be on ESPNU (4:30 p.m. PT), while the second is carried on ESPN2 (7:30 p.m. PT). Saturdays championship will also be on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. PT.

The winner of the Pac-12 Softball Tournament will receive the Conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

In some ways, the tournament has already delivered. UCLA clinched the No. 1 seed and outright regular-season title on Friday, April 28, but the remaining eight seeds were all up for grabs heading into the final weekend. A thrilling finish had two series featuring the teams vying for seed Nos. 2-5 (Washington at Stanford; Utah at Oregon), while the other two included teams battling for seed Nos. 6-9 (California at Arizona; Arizona State at Oregon State). Prior to this season, the Conferences regular-season champion was the Pac-12s automatic NCAA qualifier.

AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT: The Pac-12s postseason awards, voted on by the leagues nine head coaches, will be announced on Wednesday, May 10 at 9 a.m. PT.

RANKINGS ROUNDUP: Five of the league's nine teams are in the latest USA Today /NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll .

UCLA, which spent a week at No. 1 earlier this season, is No. 2 and followed by No. 5 Washington, No. 7 Stanford, No. 17 Oregon and No. 21 Utah.
The Pac-12 is one of thee leagues with three teams in the top 10 (ACC, Big 12) and the only one with three of the top seven.
At No. 21, the Utes have risen to their highest spot in the poll this season and best since checking in at No. 21 on Feb. 13, 2018.
The Huskies have been in the top 10 in all but three polls in 2023 and at a season-best No. 5, have their highest ranking since they were No. 5 on Feb. 22, 2022.
It's the second time this season the Pac-12 has had a pair of top-five teams. On April 11, UCLA was No. 2 and Stanford was No. 5. Prior to this year, the Pac-12 hadn't had two top-five teams since May 11, 2021, when UCLA was No. 2 and Washington was No. 5.
Seven Conference teams were in the USA TODAY /NFCA preseason poll, the first time since 2013 and 12th time overall that the Pac-12 has had seven ranked teams to open the season, which tied the league's second-most all-time. All eight Pac-10 softball programs were in the preseason Top 25 in 2001.
ESPN.com/USA Softball : #2 UCLA, #5 Washington, #6 Stanford, #17 Utah, #18 Oregon, RV Arizona, RV Arizona State, RV California.
D1Softball : #2 UCLA, #5 Washington, #8 Stanford, #17 Utah, #20 Oregon.
Softball America : #2 UCLA, #5 Washington, #9 Stanford, #15 Utah, #19 Oregon.

RPI CHECK-IN: In the most recent update through games as of May 7, the Pac-12 is the nation's No. 2 conference according to the NCAA's Adjusted RPI rankings (Big 12 - No. 1, SEC - No. 3, ACC - No. 4).

Led by No. 2 UCLA, two-thirds of the Pac-12 (66.7 percent) is in the nation's top 30 in Adjusted RPI, the second-highest clip among all leagues (SEC - nine of 13 - 69.2 percent). The Bruins are followed by No. 3 Stanford, which also owns the nation's top strength of schedule, No. 12 Washington, No. 18 Oregon, No. 23 Utah and No. 29 California.
The Pac-12 and Big 12 (No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Oklahoma State) are the only leagues with multiple programs in the top five.

NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS: Pac-12 programs combined to go 186-42 (.816) against non-league foes during the regular season, the best non-conference winning percentage in the country ahead of the SEC (.800; 302-75-1).

Last season, Pac-12 teams went 228-68-1 (.769) in non-league games, including the postseason, the second-best mark in the country behind the SEC (342-97; .779).
The Pac-12 is 16-15 against NFCA-ranked opponents in non-conference games this season. After winning just one of its first seven, the league went 15-9 (.625) against ranked non-conference foes the rest of the way.

NO. 1 SEED AND REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPS: The top seed in Tucson, UCLA secured the program's 12th Pac-12 regular-season title in 2023.

UCLA's 21 Pac-12 wins are the most in the Conference since Oregon in 2018 (21-3) and the Bruins' best since they went 22-6 in 1999.
The Bruins completed their Pac-12 slate five games clear of second-place Washington, the largest margin since Arizona (27-1) won it by eight games over Washington (19-9) in 1998.
Following a loss at Oregon on March 24, UCLA has reeled off 23 consecutive wins, including 17 in Conference.
The Bruins' 17-game league winning streak is tied for the second-longest active streak in the country (Oklahoma - 18; South Dakota State - 17), and was UCLA's longest in a single season since 2002.
UCLA's overall 23-game winning streak is second in the country behind Oklahoma (41).
The Pac-12 Batting Champion, Maya Brady is batting .456 with 16 home runs and 56 RBIs this season and is the only player in the country with those numbers. In the hunt for the league's Triple Crown, Brady leads the Pac-12 in batting average, hits (72), total bases (138), extra-base hits (31), on base percentage (.519) and slugging percentage (.873), and ranks second in home runs and RBIs.
In the circle, Megan Faraimo leads the nation with 28 wins this season despite starting just 18 games.

WASHINGTON'S CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE CONTINUES: With its second-place finish and 16-8 record, Washington has been in the top half of the league standings in every season since 2016.

The Huskies have had a winning record in Conference in seven consecutive seasons, the second-longest active streak in the league (UCLA - 9). UW was 11-11 and sixth in 2015.
Washington's eight wins against the top 25 in the NCAA RPI are tied for the eighth most in the country.
The Huskies are 8-7 against the RPI top 25 and one of just five schools with a winning record in such games (minimum five games played), along with Oklahoma, UCLA, Tennessee and Florida State.

UTAH MAKING HISTORY: At 34-13, the Utes have their best record through 47 games since 1997 (36-11).

Utah finished a program-best third in the Pac-12 this season and its 15 Conference wins are its most in its 12 seasons as a member of the league.
The Utes closed their regular season with a sweep of then-No. 13 Oregon in Eugene. It was their third series victory of the year over a ranked foe, previously taking series from then-No. 17 Arizona and then-No. 5 Stanford. In fact, Utah swept its series with Cardinal, the last two in walk-off fashion, for its first three-game sweep of a top-five opponent in program history.
This season, Utah has collected the program's first series victory over Arizona since 2017 and its first-ever series victory over Oregon.

STANFORD'S STRONG SEASON: No. 7 in the latest NFCA rankings, the Cardinal has been a top-10 program in nine consecutive polls, its longest top-10 run since nine straight weeks from Feb. 23 to April 20, 2010.

Stanford had a 21-game winning streak snapped at Oregon on March 18. The Cardinal entered that series against the Ducks with eight consecutive shutouts and an Allee Bunker RBI double in the third inning of game one on March 17 snapped a 56-inning scoreless streak.
The Cardinal is eighth in the nation in ERA (1.61), 12th in shutouts (17), third in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.01) and ninth in fielding percentage (.979).
- Stanford hasn't finished a season with an ERA below 1.70 since 2008 (1.37).
The Cardinal's 21-game winning streak was its longest since winning 28 in a row from Feb. 7 - March 23, 2009.
At 39-12, the Cardinal has its best record through 51 games since 2009 (44-7).

ON OREGON: Oregon's recent 13-game winning streak, snapped last weekend at home against Utah, was its longest since winning 15 straight in 2021.

During the streak, the Ducks hit .377 with 24 doubles, 20 home runs and 99 RBIs. In the circle, they had a 1.17 ERA with four shutouts, four saves and gave up only 14 earned runs.
Oregon outscored its opposition by 82 runs, 105-23, during the streak.
With her 10th home run of the season Saturday against Utah, Allee Bunker became the only player in the NCAA who has hit 10 or more home runs, while striking out seven times or fewer in each of the last three seasons.

BEARS BRING THE BATS: With its 9-14-1 Pac-12 mark, Cal posted its highest Conference win total since it went 11-11 in 2016.

The Bears' 33 total wins are also their most in a season since 2018 (35-21).
Cal's Conference-leading 67 home runs are second in team single-season history, trailing only the 84 it hit in 2012.
The Bears are 23-5 this season when scoring first and 31-7 when scoring at least three runs.
Cal's offense has been explosive in the middle innings, scoring more than half of its runs (146 of 289; 50.5 percent) runs in frame Nos. 3-5.

USA SOFTBALL COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS: Two from the Pac-12 were named to USA Softball's list of 10 finalists for the 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year on May 3 in UCLA's Maya Brady (UCLA) and Megan Faraimo.

Pac-12 student-athletes have won the honor six times previously since it began in 2002, most recently by UCLA's Rachel Garcia in 2018 and 2019. In addition to Garcia, Stacey Nuveman won for the Bruins in 2022, Washington's Danielle Lawrie took home back-to-back awards in 2009 and 2010, and Stanford's Ashley Hansen won in 2011.
Five made their list of 25 finalists revealed on April 19 in Brady, NiJaree Canady (Stanford), Faraimo, Baylee Klingler (Washington) and Alana Vawter (Stanford).
The Top 3 Finalists will be revealed on Wednesday, May 17, followed by the announcement of the 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year prior to the NCAA Womens College World Series slated for June 1-9 at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex.

WBSC WORLD CUP ROSTER: On April 14, a national-best eight players from the Pac-12 were named to USA Softball's first U.S. Womens National Team (WNT) roster of the 2023 season that will compete at the WBSC World Cup from July 11-15 in Fingal-Dublin, Ireland.

Ali Aguilar (Washington), Sis Bates (Washington), Maya Brady (UCLA), Ally Carda (UCLA), Megan Faraimo (UCLA), Hannah Flippen (Utah), Baylee Klingler (Washington) and Gwen Svekis (Oregon), will be led in Ireland by Team USA and UW head coach Heather Tarr .
UCLA and Washington lead all programs with three players apiece on the 16-person roster.
Competing in Group A, the U.S. will be joined by world-ranked No. 3 Chinese Taipei, No. 9 Australia, No. 16 Great Britain, No. 17 Ireland and No. 43 Botswana.

IN THE DRAFTS: Led by first-round picks Baylee Klingler and Megan Faraimo , a total of five Pac-12 softball student-athletes were selected in the 2023 Women's Professional Fastpitch Draft on April 17 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.
On May 8, Faraimo (No. 2), Klingler (No. 6) and Arizona State's Yannira Acua (No. 10) were three of the 14 selections in the 2023 Athletes Unlimited Collegiate Softball Draft . In Athletes Unlimited, teams are re-drafted by player captains every week and a scoring system is used for both teams and players. The upcoming season is set to run from late July until September with all games being played in Rosemont, Ill. at Parkway Bank Sports Complex. All games will air on ESPN platforms.

WEEKLY AWARDS: Utah's Mariah Lopez picked up her third national weekly award of the season when she was named D1 Softball's National Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday.

Also the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, Lopez threw two complete games in a sweep at Oregon, allowing one earned run and throwing the first seven-inning no-hitter by a Utah pitcher since 2012. In the series opener, she gave up four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in a 3-1 win. In her no-hitter on Sunday, she retired 15 of the 16 batters she faced with six strikeouts, including striking out the side in the seventh.
Teammate Karlie Davison was honored as both the Pac-12 Player and Freshman of the Week for her performances in Eugene. Davison a crucial role in the road sweep, going 4-for-8 with three home runs and a 1.625 slugging percentage.
Nationally, Pac-12 players have collected five of the NFCA's 26 weekly awards thus far (player, pitcher). Utah's Mariah Lopez (Feb. 14, April 18) has won two Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week awards this season, while UCLA's Megan Faraimo received the honor for the second time in her career on March 21. Offensively, UCLA's Maya Brady and Arizona's Olivia DiNardo were named Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Players of the Week on Feb. 14 and March 7, respectively.
Pac-12 players have also won eight of the 39 national awards (player, pitcher, freshman) handed out by D1 Softball.

QUICK HITTERS

ARIZONA: The Wildcats lead the Pac-12 in scoring (6.83) and fielding percentage (.985). Arizona is ranked second in the Conference in batting average (.329), slugging percentage (.521), and on-base percentage (.415). Arizona ranks in the top 20 in the NCAA in all of those categories.
ARIZONA STATE: Senior infielder Jordyn VanHook is tied for sixth in the nation with 19 home runs after launching just five in her first three seasons. Half of her 38 hits in 2023 have gone over the fence. She is third in the NCAA in home runs per game (0.40).
CALIFORNIA: Cal's 151 extra-base hits (67 HR, 78 2B, 6 3B) lead the Pac-12 with UCLA (141) in second and Washington (134) in third.
- The Golden Bears took down then-No. 2 UCLA on March 11, 8-0, for their first win over a top-five team since 2012. They took two of three from Arizona State March 24-26, their first series win against the Sun Devils since 2012.
OREGON: Allee Bunker is the only player in program history ranked in the UO career top five in hits, doubles, runs and RBI. She's now third in hits (281), second in doubles (46) and fifth in runs (161) and RBIs (167).
OREGON STATE: With 53 career home runs, Frankie Hammoude has set the school record ( Tarrah Beyster - 52 - 1997-2000).
STANFORD: Freshman NiJaree Canady has only given up seven earned runs in 94 innings and leads the country with a 0.52 ERA this season. No one in the Conference has finished with an ERA under 0.50 since UCLA's Keira Goerl in 2002 (0.48).
UCLA: Megan Faraimo is 17 strikeouts away from becoming just the third player in UCLA history to record 1,000 strikeouts in a career. In the 1,000 K club are Anjelica Selden (1,441; 2005-08) and Keira Goerl (1,095; 2001-04).
- Megan Grant (54 RBIs) and Jordan Woolery (45) are the only true freshmen in Bruin history to each have at least 37 RBIs in a single season. Their 99 combined RBIs are the most by a freshman duo in a single season in UCLA history and are second behind Indiana's Taryn Kern and Avery Parker (103) for the most by a freshman duo this season. Grant's 54 RBIs rank second among freshmen in the nation, trailing only Kern (67).
UTAH: The Utes are 15th in the country in batting average, hitting .321 as a team, and 19th in scoring, averaging 6.11 runs per game. Utah's 1.89 steals per game average is 28th nationally and its 89 total stolen bases are just three shy of the school record of 92 set in 1994.
WASHINGTON: With a 15-5 record this season, first-year pitcher Ruby Meylan is tied for fifth in the Conference in victories. Her win total is second in the NCAA among Power 5 freshmen (RyLee Crandall, Baylor - 16).
- Meylan is tied for eighth in the NCAA with six saves and one shy from tying the single-season program record from Tia Bollinger in 2002 (7).

STAT LINES

NCAA Top-10 Team Rankings: Batting Avg. - UCLA (2nd, .345), Arizona (5th, .329); ERA - UCLA (6th, 1.56), Stanford (8th, 1.61); Fielding % - Arizona (2nd, .985), Washington (6th, .982), Stanford (9th, .979); OBP - UCLA (7th, .420), Arizona (10th, .415); Scoring - Arizona (6th, 6.83), UCLA (10th, 6.56); Shutouts - UCLA (4th, 20); Strikeout-to-walk ratio - UCLA (2nd, 5.12); Stanford (3rd, 5.01); Winning % - UCLA (2nd; .926).
NCAA Top-10 Individual Rankings: Batting average - Maya Brady, UCLA (7th, .456); ERA - NiJaree Canady, STAN (1st, 0.52), Megan Faraimo, UCLA (8th, 1.11); Hits - Maya Brady, UCLA (9th, 72) Hits allowed per seven innings - NiJaree Canady, STAN (4th, 3.35); Home runs - Jordyn VanHook, ASU (5th, 19); Home runs per game - Jordyn VanHook, ASU (3rd, 0.40); RBIs - Allie Skaggs, ARIZ (6th, 59); Saves - Morgan Scott, ORE (8th, 6), Ruby Meylan, WASH (8th, 6); Strikeout-to-walk ratio - NiJaree Canady, STAN (2nd, 9.41); Strikeouts per seven innings - NiJaree Canady, STAN (1st, 11.9); Total bases - Maya Brady, UCLA (3rd, 138); Victories - Megan Faraimo, UCLA (1st, 28).

powHER OF THE PAC: All nine Pac-12 softball programs are led by female head coaches.

The Pac-12 is one of just two leagues in the country that features exclusively female head coaches (Ivy League).
Six of the nine are leading their alma maters - Jessica Allister (STAN), Amy Hogue (UTAH), Kelly Inouye-Perez (UCLA), Caitlin Lowe (ARIZ), Chelsea Spencer (CAL) and Heather Tarr (WASH).

PRESEASON PAC-12 COACHES POLL : For the third consecutive season, UCLA was voted by the Conferences softball head coaches as the leagues preseason favorite for the upcoming campaign.

The Bruins, which have made seven straight trips to the Women's College World Series, collected all eight available first-place votes and totaled 64 points to top the annual poll. It's the first time since 2016 (Oregon) that a Pac-12 team has garnered every available first-place vote. Coaches may not vote for their own teams.
Stanford was second with 54 points, and followed closely by Washington (53 points), which picked up the remaining first-place vote. Coming off its first Super Regional appearance since 2011, the Cardinal boasts its highest-ever position in the preseason poll. Stanford had been picked third twice previously, in 2002 and 2006.
Oregon collected 39 points and Arizona 30 to round out the top portion of the rankings. Oregon State was sixth (25 points), California seventh (21 points), Utah eighth (20 points) and Arizona State ninth (18 points).

RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS: The Pac-12 returns six NFCA All-Americans from a season ago, including the league's reigning Player ( Baylee Klingler , WASH) and Pitcher ( Megan Faraimo , UCLA) of the Year. In addition to Klingler (first-team All-American) and Faraimo (second-team AA), also back are Arizona State's Yannira Acua (second-team AA), Arizona's Allie Skaggs (second-team AA), California's Makena Smith (third-team AA) and Utah's Ellessa Bonstrom (third-team AA).

PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE: The Conference's six returning All-Americans are also featured on the first-ever Preseason All-Pac-12 Team , which was voted on by the league's head coaches. UCLA has a league-high five players on the team in Maya Brady , Faraimo, Aaliyah Jordan , Sharlize Palacios and Brooke Yanez . Washington is second with four ( Madison Huskey , Klingler, Lindsay Lopez , Sami Reynolds ).

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: The nations most successful softball conference, Pac-12 programs have combined to win 24 of the 40 NCAA softball championships all-time, 18 more than the next closest league, and all nine Pac-12 teams have made appearances in the Womens College World Series. Of the 13 different programs to have won an NCAA softball championship, five are from the Pac-12: UCLA (12), Arizona (8), Arizona State (2), California (1) and Washington (1).

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE ( Full Schedule )

Wednesday, May 10
#9 Arizona State at #8 Arizona	Pac-12 Networks	6 p.m. PT
Thursday, May 11
#3 Utah vs. #6 California	Pac-12 Networks	10 a.m. PT
#2 Washington vs. #7 Oregon State	Pac-12 Networks	12:30 p.m. PT
#1 UCLA vs. #8 Arizona/#9 Arizona State	Pac-12 Networks	4 p.m. PT
#4 Stanford vs. #5 Oregon	Pac-12 Networks	6:30 p.m. PT
Friday, May 12
Semifinal Game 1	ESPNU	4:30 p.m. PT
Semifinal Game 2	ESPN2	7:30 p.m. PT
Saturday, May 13
Championship Game	ESPN2	7 p.m. PT

CONFERENCE STANDINGS ( Expanded Standings )

Teams	Pac-12 Record	Overall Record
#2 UCLA	21-3	50-4
#5 Washington	16-8	37-11
#21 Utah	15-9	34-13
#7 Stanford	14-10	39-12
#17 Oregon	14-10	35-14
California	9-14-1	33-18-1
Oregon State	6-17-1	15-28-1
Arizona	6-18	28-24
Arizona State	6-18	22-25

PAC-12 SOFTBALL WEEKLY AWARDS

	Player	Pitcher	Freshman
Feb. 13	Maya Brady, UCLA	Megan Faraimo, UCLA	Taylor Tinsley, UCLA
Feb. 20	Jordyn VanHook, ASU	NiJaree Canady, STAN	NiJaree Canady, STAN
Feb. 27	Devyn Netz, ARIZ	Stevie Hansen, ORE	Ruby Meylan, WASH
March 6	Olivia DiNardo, ARIZ	NiJaree Canady, STAN	Olivia DiNardo, STAN
March 13	Ellessa Bonstrom, UTAH	Brooke Yanez, UCLA	Megan Grant, UCLA
March 20	Ellessa Bonstrom, UTAH	Megan Faraimo, UCLA	Abby Dayton, UTAH
March 27	Madison Huskey, WASH	Megan Faraimo, UCLA	Alana Johnson, WASH
April 3	Aaliyah Jordan, UCLA	Megan Faraimo, UCLA	Elon Butler, CAL
April 10	Sami Reynolds, WASH	Alana Vawter, STAN	Abby Dayton, UTAH
April 17	Maya Brady, UCLA	Mariah Lopez, UTAH	Megan Grant, UCLA
April 24	Terra McGowan, ORE	Morgan Scott, ORE	NiJaree, Canady, STAN
May 1	Allee Bunker, ORE	NiJaree Canady, STAN	NiJaree Canady, STAN
May 8	Karlie Davison, UTAH	Mariah Lopez, UTAH	Karlie Davison, UTAH

NATIONAL WEEKLY HONORS

	Award - Recipient
Feb. 14	Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week - Maya Brady, UCLA
Feb. 14	Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week - Mariah Lopez, UTAH
Feb. 14	D1 Softball Player of the Week - Maya Brady, UCLA
Feb. 14	D1 Softball Freshman of the Week - Ruby Meylan, WASH
Feb. 21	D1 Softball Freshman of the Week - NiJaree Canady, STAN
Feb. 27	D1 Softball Player of the Week - Devyn Netz, ARIZ
Feb. 27	D1 Softball Pitcher of the Week - Stevie Hansen, ORE
March 7	Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week - Olivia DiNardo, ARIZ
March 7	D1 Softball Freshman of the Week - NiJaree Canady, STAN
March 21	Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week - Megan Faraimo, UCLA
April 18	Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week - Mariah Lopez, UTAH
May 2	D1 Softball Freshman of the Week - NiJaree Canady, STAN
May 9	D1 Softball Pitcher of the Week - Mariah Lopez, UTAH