Myka Sutherlin, Cal State Fullerton Softball Pitcher of the Week Senior • Pitcher • Gilbert, Ariz.

• Myka Sutherlin fired another 13.1 innings of shutout softball as first-place Cal State Fullerton swept Hawai’i at home, for a league-best seventh Big West Pitcher of the Week award this year, 10th career, and record fifth in succession.

• Sutherlin (19-7) first twirled a one-hit shutout in Friday’s 1-0 decision. The fifth-year senior right-hander allowed just one walk to the initial batter and a two-out double to Haley Johnson in that same frame before getting Izabella Martinez swinging and retiring 19 of the final 20 (last 10 in a row) apart from an error in the fourth. The second-year Pacific transfer struck out the side in order in the second for four straight, three more in the fourth around the miscue, and finished with 13 strikeouts.

• Sutherlin threw 6.1 more scoreless innings in Saturday’s 3-0 victory, surrendering four singles with zero walks and seven punch-outs in a final outing at Anderson Family Field.

• The Titan ace has thrown 15 complete games in 2023, with nine shutouts. Sutherlin has a league-best 216 strikeouts this year and 370 at Fullerton, reaching double digits nine times with a high of 14 twice.

• The Titans (33-16, 20-4 Big West) are winners of a season-high 14 straight and hold a two-game lead over Long Beach State heading into the two teams’ series in Long Beach to round out the regular season. Friday night’s opener will air live on ESPNU at 7 p.m., with Fullerton needing a single win to repeat as The Big West champion.

• This is the first instance of a Big West softball student-athlete earning five consecutive weekly honors. Former LBSU standout Meredith Cervenka grabbed at least a share of the last four pitcher awards of 2003.

• Sutherlin is one off of matching former LBSU ace Brooke Turner’s single-season record of eight Big West Pitcher of the Week awards from 2008. The Gilbert, Ariz., product had three selections a season ago.

Also Nominated: Lauryn Carranco (CSUN); Jada Cecil (UC San Diego); Sophia Fernandez (Long Beach State); Brooke Perez (UC Riverside); Sophia Ramuno (Cal Poly); Camryn Snyder (UC Santa Barbara); 

Mikayla Carman, CSUN Softball Field Player of the Week Sophomore • Outfielder • Huntington Beach, Calif.

• Mikayla Carman guided CSUN to a road series sweep at UC San Diego to pick up a first career Big West Field Player of the Week award.

• The true sophomore drove in the game-winning runs in two of the three contests. Carman capped off a 3-for-4 performance in Friday’s opener with a two-out, two-run double to the opposite field in right center in the eighth that put the Matadors ahead for good in the 4-3 victory. The Huntington Beach product knocked in three and scored the other.

• Carman’s single (one of four total for both teams in the game) up the middle with one gone in the top of the seventh was the difference in the 1-0 decision over the Tritons in Saturday’s series finale, as Shaylan Whatman raced around from second.

• For the weekend, Carman hit .364 (4-for-11) and slugged .455 with a .364 on-base percentage, one run scored, a double, four RBI and a sacrifice bunt. The leftfielder made two clean putouts defensively.

• Carman gives CSUN two consecutive Big West Field Player of the Week awards, as teammate Alexa Landeros was the May 1 recipient. The second-year Matador was the final Big West Freshman of the Week of 2022 on May 16.

Also Nominated:  Jacquelyn Bickar (Long Beach State); Leah Brito (UC Riverside); Sam Denehy (UC Santa Barbara); Alexa Neil (Cal State Fullerton); 

Lauryn Carranco, CSUN Softball Freshman of the Week Freshman • Pitcher • Clovis, Calif.

• True freshman right-hander Lauryn Carranco went 2-0 in a pair of seven-inning outings as third-place CSUN swept UC San Diego on the road, garnering a third Big West Freshman of the Week distinction.

• Carranco pitched into the eighth frame of the Matadors’ 4-3 extra-inning victory to begin the set on Friday evening. The Clovis native and 2022 graduate of Clovis High School gave up three runs, two of them earned, on seven hits (all singles) and one walk, striking out four.

• Carranco then took a no-hitter into the sixth inning of Saturday’s 1-0 triumph, allowing two singles and two walks with seven strikeouts en route to a fifth complete game and second shutout this season. Carranco threw 209 pitches on the weekend, 139 for strikes, and improved to 8-7 with four straight wins over the last two weekends.

• Carranco is now tied with Makayla Medellin of Long Beach State, each at three Big West Freshman of the Week awards this season, with prior selections on April 10 and just last week on May 1. Teammate Isabella Alonso was the March 20 recipient to give CSUN a league-best four rookie awards for 2023.

Also Nominated: Makayla Medellin (Long Beach State); Brooke Perez (UC Riverside); Sophia Ramuno (Cal Poly); 

2023 Big West Softball Weekly Winners