The Big West Release

FULLERTON, Calif. - Cal State Fullerton softball collected 11 honors, including the Pitcher of the Year and Co-Defensive Player of the Year awards, The Big West Conference announced on Wednesday. 

Haley Rainey was named the Big West Pitcher of the Year. She is the seventh Titan to be named the conference pitcher of the year and the fifth individual recipient (Tiffany Boyd won the award three times). Rainey is the second Titan to bring home the award in back-to-back years as Myka Sutherlin earned the honor in 2023. Like Sutherlin, Rainey was phenomenal in the circle for the Titans this season, pitching a six-inning perfect game against Pacific and a no-hitter against UC Santa Barbara. 

Rainey was named the Big West Pitcher of the Week two times this season. She tossed the 59th and 61st no-hitter in school history, the 60th being tossed against Colorado State by teammate Staci Chambers, who joins Rainey on the First Team. She surpassed 300 collegiate career strikeouts this season. Rainey led the conference with 17 wins, a 1.76 ERA and a .213 opposing batting average. Rainey was also named to the All-Big West First Team. 

     

Peyton Toto was named The Big West Co-Defensive Player of the Year, splitting her time between shortstop and first base. She is the fourth Titan to receive the honor, behind former teammate Alexa Neil (2023) and softball alumni KC Craddick (2011) and Julia Valenzuela (2021). Toto also received All-Conference First Team honors following a bounce back season at the plate. She slashed .345/.396/.468 in 2024 compared to her .206 average in 2023. 

She celebrated the 2024 Big West title, senior night and her 200th game played as a Titan on Saturday night (May 11). Toto stole a career-high three bases on Feb. 29 against Michigan and drove in four runs for the third time in her career at Cal State Bakersfield (March 23) after hitting a grand slam. Toto recorded over 300 putouts from the field this season, entering the year with 146 total putouts in the last three seasons combined. She holds a .961 career fielding percentage. 

     

Megan Delgadillo rejoined the Titans after suffering a season-ending ACL tear before conference play in 2023. In her first game back (vs Colorado State, Feb. 9), Delgadillo went 4-for-4 with a double, RBI, stolen base and a run scored. The following week, she went 5-for-5 against BYU, with a double, stolen base and two runs scored. She has set a personal season-best batting average (.420). Delgadillo sits two hits shy of breaking her season-best 80 hits (2022) and 20 RBI (2022). She recorded season-best doubles (10) and triples (5), slugging another season-best .527. 

Delgadillo became the first Titan to win a Big West Weekly award, being named Field Player of the Week on Feb. 19 after going 13-for-19 (.648) at the Littlewood Classic. She had at least one hit in every game, including a double against BYU and Grand Canyon. She had one RBI for the weekend, five runs scored, and three stolen bases. 

Delgadillo earned her 200th career hit as a Titan against BYU after going 5-for-5 against the Cougars. She received her second Field Player of the Week award on April 1. She has surpassed 200 career hits, set new program records for runs scored (168) and hits (265), and broke the all-time Big West record for stolen bases after stealing her 122nd bag versus Toledo. The 2x All-Big West Preseason Team member went 23-for-23 on stolen base attempts and sits 38-for-40 for a total of 145 career steals at the conclusion of the regular season. 



Junior left-hander Staci Chambers powered the Titans right behind Rainey in the circle all season long. Chambers pitched her first career no-hitter against Colorado State (Feb. 11). In the 1-0 win, Chambers walked one batter and struck out eight. 

Chambers pitched a career-high 10 innings in relief at Cal State Northridge. She went on an 18-inning run (five outings) without allowing an earned run between April 27 and May 4. Chambers posted a 2.16 ERA on the season with 16 wins and two saves. Through 139.2 innings, she allowed 115 hits, 43 earned runs, 21 walks and struck out 133 batters. 



Hannah Becerra earned All-Big West Second Team honors, the second of her career, and the 12th Big West award during her time as a Titan. The senior third baseman enters the postseason on a 14-game hitting streak, her longest of the season. Becerra leads the Titans with 10 multi-RBI games and reached base streak (19 games). Her 33 walks lead The Big West and beat her single-season record (32), replacing her top eight record in program history. 

With 127 career walks, Becerra surpassed Missy Taukeiaho (2014-26) for the second-most all-time career walks (110). She sits behind Delgadillo for second-most runs scored with 153 and holds the third highest record for career home runs (37). Becerra slashed .309/.448/.529 on the season, hitting seven doubles, one triple and seven home runs. She led the team with 30 RBI and ranked third in the conference. 



Bailey Wallace joined Becerra on the All-Big West Second Team for the first time in her four seasons. She received an Honorable Mention from the conference in 2023. Wallace has set new career bests this season, slashing .344/.383/.409 with 53 hits, 10 doubles, 23 RBI, 11 walks and 44 putouts. She has maintained a 1.000 fielding percentage throughout all four years. She leads the team (and conference) in sacrifice bunts (12) and games played and starts (53). 



Freshman outfielder Kate Verhoef received All-Big West Freshman Team and Honorable Mention recognition. Verhoef slashed .308/.333/.308 overall with 28 hits, five RBI and 18 runs scored. She went 13-for-19 on stolen base attempts throughout the season, earning eight in conference play. Against Big West opponents, Verhoef batted .346 with 18 hits, three RBI and 12 runs scored. 

Verhoef was named Freshman of the Week on March 25 after slashing .714/.750/.714 over the weekend in Bakersfield, where she went 5-for-7 at the plate with one RBI, two runs and a walk. She made 18 of her 40 putouts in conference play and three of four assists from the outfield against Big West opponents. 

     

Sarah Perez was named to the All-Big West Freshman Team and garnered two Freshman of the Week awards. In conference play, Perez batted .438 with 21 hits (one triple), four RBI and 10 runs scored. Perez batted .277 on the season in 83 at-bats, starting in 19 of the 51 games she appeared in. As the shortstop, Perez made 43 putouts and assisted in 83, posting a .947 fielding percentage. Over half (28) of those putouts came against conference opponents. 



The Titans season will continue after being crowned the 2024 Big West Champions for an automatic bid into the Stanford Regional. The Titans will take on No. 20 Mississippi State for the second time this season on Friday, May 17, at 4:30 p.m. PT.  

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