Eight Cougars Earn All-CCAA Honors
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos softball team picked up eight All-CCAA honors as Paige Donnelly, Jayline Sloss and Madison Waymire were named to the first team, Jillian Albayati, Savannah Coyle and Delaney Prater garnered second-team honors and Gianna Lombardi and Dahlia Fink were named honorable mentions, the conference office announced on Monday.
As CSUSM's first three-time All-CCAA first-team selection in program history, Donnelly is making her fourth appearance on the all-conference team. The redshirt senior from Poway hit .374 with a 989 OPS, 61 hits, 36 RBIs, 20 runs, 24 walks, five home runs, a triple, 11 doubles, a stolen base, a .546 slugging percentage and a .443 on-base percentage in 53 regular-season games. Donnelly leads the team with 18 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games this season. Donnelly leads the CCAA with five sacrifice flies this season while ranking third with 24 walks, fifth with 36 RBIs and 61 hits and sixth with a .374 batting average. Donnelly was named to the first team in 2022 and 2024 in addition to being selected to the second team in 2023. Donnelly was the conference's first CCAA Player of the Week this season. She is one of two Cougars who have been named to the All-CCAA first or second team all four years of their career.
Earning her second consecutive All-CCAA first-team honor and third overall conference honor as a pitcher, Sloss got a conference-best 39 batters to strikeout looking while accumulating a 15-8 record, 99 strikeouts, a 2.51 ERA, a 1.50 WHIP and .248 opponent batting average in 142.0 innings and 29 appearances. The Bakersfield native will graduate ranked No. 1 in the CSUSM career record books in most games started (102) while No. 2 in strikeouts (401) and innings pitched (599.2). Sloss was named CCAA Pitcher of the Week in consecutive weeks.
Waymire earned her second All-CCAA first team honor. The redshirt senior from Rancho Cucamonga hit .359 with a 1.013 OPS, 56 hits, 26 RBIs, 42 runs, 22 walks, eight home runs, a triple, six doubles, seven stolen bases, a 564 slugging percentage and a .449 on-base percentage in 53 games. In the final regular-season game on Saturday, April 26, Waymire broke CSUSM's streak of reaching base safely in the NCAA Division II era (2015-present) in 24 games. She ranks second on the team with 16 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games. Waymire will graduate ranked No. 4 in the CSUSM career record books in runs (146) and third in walks (84).
Earned her third consecutive second team honor, Albayati was CSUSM's starting third baseman in 2025 and finished the regular season ranked eighth in the nation with 2.79 assists per game. The junior from Anaheim hit .366 with 56 hits, 28 RBIs, 21 runs, six doubles, two triples, four home runs, a .564 slugging percentage and a .449 on-base percentage. Albayati has put together the Cougars' longest hit streak this season at 12 games. She is second on the team with 16 multi-hit games.
A two-way player for CSUSM, Coyle batted .322 with 19 hits in 59 at-bats. In the circle this season, Coyle has an 11-7 record with a 3.08 ERA and is holding opponents to a .269 batting average. She has tallied 68 strikeouts and has walked only 27 batters in 113.2 innings. Coyle will leave CSUSM as the all-time career saves leader with 18 (Cortney Allen is second with eight). She joins Donnelly as the program's first four-time All-CCAA first or second-team honoree.
In 124 at-bats, Prater has tallied a .331 batting average with 41 hits, 10 runs, 21 RBIs, eight doubles, a triple and a home run. This is Prater's second consecutive time being named to the All-CCAA second team.
Lombardi boasted a .303 batting average with 30 hits, including 10 doubles and two home runs this season. The redshirt senior from Santa Clarita was CSUSM's primary catcher this season, appearing in 38 games behind the plate. This is Lombardi's second All-CCAA honor as she was named an honorable mention in 2023.
Fink earned her first All-CCAA honor as an honorable mention pitcher. In her second year as a Cougar, Fink finished the regular season with a 2.63 ERA and an 8-3 record, holding opponents to a .250 batting average. The Bentley transfer registered three complete games and two combined shutouts.
The Cougars (38-18) will make their fourth appearance in the CCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed on Wednesday at 12 p.m., facing No. 6 seed Cal State Dominguez Hills.
The winner of the tournament will receive the CCAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament beginning on May 8. The Cougars were the No. 3 seed in the most recent West Region poll.
2025 CCAA Softball All-Conference Team | |||
Player of the Year: | Tereise Tosi , Cal State San Bernardino | ||
Pitcher of the Year: | Marissa Quintero, Cal State East Bay | ||
Newcomer of the Year: | Iris Bejarano, Sonoma State | ||
Freshman of the Year: | Sophia Newcomb, Sonoma State | ||
Coach of the Year: | Claire Sua-Amundson, Cal State East Bay | ||
All-CCAA First Team | |||
Pos. | Name | Yr. | School |
C | Annelise Garcia | Sr. | Cal State East Bay |
1B | Paige Donnelly | Sr. | Cal State San Marcos |
2B | Rylee McDaniel | Jr. | San Francisco State |
SS | Kai DeLeon | Sr. | San Francisco State |
3B | Tereise Tosi | Sr. | Cal State San Bernardino |
OF | Amari Houston | Sr. | Sonoma State |
OF | Jay Ross | Sr. | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
OF | Madison Waymire | Sr. | Cal State San Marcos |
P | Marissa Quintero | So. | Cal State East Bay |
P | Charlie Johnson | Jr. | Sonoma State |
P | Jayline Sloss | Sr. | Cal State San Marcos |
UT (P) | Ashlee Toy | Sr. | Cal State East Bay |
UT (NP) | Marissa Farias | Fr. | Cal State East Bay |
DP | Alyssa Smokey | Jr. | Cal Poly Humboldt |
At-Large (1B) | Kaiya Dickens | Sr. | Sonoma State |
At-Large (UT) | Sophia Newcomb | Fr. | Sonoma State |
All-CCAA Seconod Team | |||
Pos. | Name | Yr. | School |
C | Marley Gonzales | Sr. | San Francisco State |
1B | Katlyn Gifford | Jr. | Cal Poly Humboldt |
2B | Kennedy Gustin | Jr. | Chico State |
SS | Aiyana Curry | Jr. | Chico State |
3B | Jillian Albayati | Jr. | Cal State San Marcos |
OF | Alexis Aguado | Sr. | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
OF | Shannon Galliano | Sr. | Cal State San Bernardino |
OF | Delaney Prater | Sr. | Cal State San Marcos |
P | Gaige Garcia | Sr. | Cal Poly Humboldt |
P | Ava Paquin | Fr. | Sonoma State |
P | Amelie Valdez | Fr. | Chico State |
UT (P) | Savannah Coyle | So. | Cal State San Marcos |
UT (NP) | Jasmine Moreno | Sr. | Sonoma State |
DP | Marissa Jordan | Jr. | San Francisco State |
At-Large (OF) | Alyssa Ramirez | Jr. | Cal Poly Humboldt |
At-Large (DP) | Alexa Zumstein | Sr. | Cal State East Bay |
Honorable Mention C – Gianna Lombardi (CSUSM); 1B – Iris Bejarano (SSU), Jenna Porto (CSUEB), Bri Goris - ! (CSUSB); SS – Shelby Shanks (HUM), Mireya Rico (CSUDH); 3B – Anastacia Alba (CSUMB), Ysabella Cortez (CSUEB), Lauren Mirtoni (SSU); OF – Abreanna Alba (CSUMB), Daniella Guerrera - +, % (SFSU), Hannah Levy (CHICO) UT (NP) – Nani Areola (CSUMB), Alex Hooper (CSUSB); DP – Lillianna Garcia (CSUDH); P – Brooke Blackmon (CSUSB), Dahlia Fink (CSUSM), Kylie Loertscher (CHICO), Kadence Nulick (CSUMB), Ashley Ogata (CSUDH), Mari Takeda Bajan (SFSU), Samantha Vargas (CSUSB). |
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