Pac-12 Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year

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Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding college softball pitcher in the Pac-12 Conference
Country United States
History
First award1999
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.

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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
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]

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
Oregon 52013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
UCLA 1999, 2003, 2019, 2022, 2023
Arizona 42001, 2002, 2004, 2017
Washington 2000, 2009, 2010, 2021
California 32006, 2011, 2012
Arizona State 22007, 2008
Oregon State 12005
Stanford 2024
Utah 0

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