Pac-12 Conference Softball Player of the Year

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Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding college softball player in the Pac-12 Conference
Country United States
History
First award1987
Most recent Maya Brady, UCLA

The Pac-12 Conference Softball Player of the Year is a college softball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1987 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1999 season, the Pac-12 Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher. The conference was known as the Pacific-10 before becoming the Pac-12 in 2011.

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Key

*Awarded one of the following College National Player of the Year awards:

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
NFCA National Player of the Year

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolReference
1987 Lisa Longaker
Jodi Rathbun
UCLA
Arizona State
[1]
1988 Lisa Longaker (2) UCLA
1989 Katie Wiese Oregon
1990 Lisa Longaker (3) UCLA
1991 Lisa Fernandez UCLA
1992 Lisa Fernandez (2) UCLA
1993 Lisa Fernandez (3) UCLA
1994 Susie Parra Arizona
1995 Laura Espinoza Arizona
1996 Jenny Dalton Arizona
1997 Alison McCutcheon Arizona
1998 Alison McCutcheon (2) Arizona
1999 Stacey Nuveman UCLA
2000 Jessica Mendoza Stanford
2001 Stacey Nuveman (2) UCLA
2002 Stacey Nuveman (3) UCLA
2003 Natasha Watley UCLA
2004 Kristen Rivera Washington
2005 Kristen Rivera (2)
Caitlin Lowe
Washington
Arizona
2006 Andrea Duran UCLA
2007 Kaitlin Cochran Arizona State
2008 Kaitlin Cochran (2) Arizona State
2009 Kaitlin Cochran (3) Arizona State
2010 Megan Langenfeld UCLA
2011 Ashley Hansen Stanford
2012 Valerie Arioto California
2013 Amber Freeman Arizona State [2]
2014 Ally Carda UCLA [3]
2015 Ally Carda (2) UCLA [4]
2016 Hannah Flippen Utah [5]
2017 Hannah Flippen (2)
Kaityana Mauga
Utah
Arizona
[6]
2018 Rachel Garcia UCLA [7]
2019 Rachel Garcia (2) UCLA [8]
2021 Rachel Garcia (3) UCLA [9]
2022 Baylee Klingler Washington [10]
2023 Maya Brady UCLA [11]

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
UCLA 181987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Arizona 61994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2017
Arizona State 51987, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
Washington 32004, 2005, 2022
Stanford 22000, 2011
Utah 22016, 2017
California 12012
Oregon 11989
Oregon State 0

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