Cal State Fullerton's Miranda Takes Frosh and Pitcher Award, Kaupe of Hawai'i Claims Field Player Honor

Raci Miranda, Cal State Fullerton 
Softball Pitcher Player of the Week 
Freshman • Pitcher • Strawberry, Ariz.

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• Cal State Fullerton pitcher Raci Miranda went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 11.1 innings and compiled 10 strikeouts to earn The Big West Softball Pitcher of the Week award. 
 
•  Miranda's week started with a save in a mid-week matchup against Loyola Marymount. She tossed the final two innings in a 4-2 win, allowing only one hit and one strikeout. 
 
• In the series opener against UC Santa Barbara, the freshman righty threw the final 1.2 innings as the Titans came from behind for the 5-3 triumph. 

• The Strawberry, Ariz. product threw 3.2 innings of scoreless work with four strikeouts in a 10-1 five-inning win in game two.

• Miranda got her third win of the weekend in the series finale, striking out three in 4.0 innings of work and giving up two runs, both unearned. 

Also nominated: Jada Cecil (UC San Diego), Chrys Hildebrand (UC Riverside), Brianna Lopez (Hawai'i);
Nawai Kaupe, Hawai'i 
Softball Field Player of the Week 
Graduate Student • Shortstop • Wailuku, Hawai'i 

29103• Hawai'i shortstop Nawai Kaupe slashed .750/.833/1.500 with two runs, eight RBI and three walks in a three-game sweep of CSU Bakersfield to claim The Big West Softball Field Player of the Week award. 
 
• Kaupe went 2-for-3 with three RBI as the Rainbow Wahine earned a 10-3 win in the series opener.
 
• The Wailuku, Hawai'i product hit 1-for-2 with one run and two RBI in a 10-1 five-inning triumph in game two. 

• Kaupe was perfect from the plate in the series finale, going 3-for-3 with two runs, three RBI and a home run in a 5-1 Hawai'i victory. 

Also nominated: Jessi Alcala (Cal State Fullerton), Marissa Burk (UC Riverside), Sam Denehy (UC Santa Barbara), Anna Dethlefson (UC Davis), Clarissa Reynoso (UC San Diego), Juju Sargent (Cal Poly), Kennedi Sorensen (CSUN);

Raci Miranda, Cal State Fullerton 
Softball Freshman of the Week 
Freshman • Pitcher • Strawberry, Ariz. 

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• Cal State Fullerton pitcher Raci Miranda went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 11.1 innings and compiled 10 strikeouts to earn The Big West Softball Pitcher of the Week award. 
 
•  Miranda's week started with a save in a mid-week matchup against Loyola Marymount. She tossed the final two innings in a 4-2 win, allowing only one hit and one strikeout. 
 
• In the series opener against UC Santa Barbara, the freshman righty threw the final 1.2 innings as the Titans came from behind for the 5-3 triumph. 

• The Strawberry, Ariz. product threw 3.2 innings of scoreless work with four strikeouts in a 10-1 five-inning win in game two.

• Miranda got her third win of the weekend in the series finale, striking out three in 4.0 innings of work and giving up two runs, both unearned. 

Also nominated: Jacquelyn Bickar (Long Beach State), Taylor Burdette (UC Riverside), Jada Cecil (UC San Diego), Kate Judy (Cal Poly), Brianna Lopez (Hawai'i);

2022 Big West Weekly Award Winners



 

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