HILO, Hawai'i – Hawai'i Hilo Softball senior shortstop Jayda Favela was selected to the Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-West Region Second Team, capping a record-setting season and distinguished career as a Vulcan.
Favela's West Region rankings: No. 2 assists per game (2.82), No. T5 hits (77), No. 6 batting average (.423), No. 6 stolen bases (22), No. 7 assists (138), No. 7 on-base percentage (.470), No. 8 runs (47).
Favela was one of seven student-athletes from the Pacific West Conference voted to the D2 CCA All-West Region Teams, which also included teams from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and California Collegiate Athletic Association. Western Washington's Maleah Andrews and Cal State East Bay's Marissa Quintero were voted as Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year, respectively. The D2 CCA All-Region and All-America Teams are nominated and voted on by college sports communicators (sports information directors) from NCAA Division II schools and conferences.
The program's all-time career stolen bases leader (77) was also selected to the All-PacWest First Team last month.
2025 D2 CCA All-West Region
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Maleah Andrews, Western Washington
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Marissa Quintero, Cal State East Bay
FIRST TEAM
P - Kiana Kong, SO, Western Washington
P - Marissa Quintero, SO, Cal State East Bay
P - Taylor Rodriguez, JR, Dominican
C - Emma Andrewjeski-Ramirez, SR, Western Washington
1B - Heather Ebner, SO, Saint Martin's
2B - Rylee McDaniel, SR, San Francisco State
SS - Kai DeLeon, SR, San Francisco State
3B - Maleah Andrews, SO, Western Washington
OF - Amari Houston, SR, Sonoma State
OF - Kayla Rodgers, SR, Concordia
OF - Madison Waymire, SR, Cal State San Marcos
DP - Alyssa Smokey, SR, Cal Poly Humboldt
UT/P - Ashlee Toy, SR, Cal State East Bay
UT - Maddy Ybarra, JR, Jessup
SECOND TEAM
P - Charlie Johnson, JR, Sonoma State
P - Mari Takeda Bajan, SR, San Francisco State
P - Alli Kimball, SO, Western Washington
C - Annelise Garcia, SR, Cal State East Bay
1B - Paige Donnelly, SR, Cal State San Marcos
2B - Kanilehua Pitoy, SR, Western Washington
SS - Jayda Favela, SR, Hawai'i Hilo
3B - Tereise Tosi, SR, Cal State San Bernardino
OF - Jackie Ibarra, SO, Biola
OF - Abby McGlynn, SR, Simon Fraser
OF - Sophia Newcomb, FR, Sonoma State
DP - Casey Affeldt, JR, Simon Fraser
UT/P - Raquel Reyes, SR, Biola
UT - Julia Doan, SO, Azusa Pacific
