Pac-12 Conference Softball Player of the Year

The Pac-12 Conference Softball Player of the Year is a college softball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1987 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1999 season, the Pac-12 Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher. Both awards continued to be presented until the conference's 2024 collapse that left it with only two full members, with Oregon State the only one that sponsored softball. Pac-12 softball will resume play in the 2027 season, with Oregon State joined by six new softball-sponsoring full members.

The conference was known as the Pacific-10 before becoming the Pac-12 in 2011.

Key *Awarded one of the following College National Player of the Year awards: USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year NFCA National Player of the Year

Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolReference1987UCLAArizona State1988 (2)UCLA1989Oregon1990 (3)UCLA1991UCLA1992 (2)UCLA1993 (3)UCLA1994Arizona1995Arizona1996Arizona1997 Arizona1998 (2)Arizona1999 UCLA2000 Stanford2001 (2)UCLA2002 (3)UCLA2003 UCLA2004Washington2005 (2) Washington Arizona2006 UCLA2007 Arizona State2008 (2)Arizona State2009 (3)Arizona State2010 UCLA2011Stanford2012 California2013 Arizona State2014UCLA2015 (2)UCLA2016Utah2017 (2) UtahArizona2018 UCLA 2019 (2)UCLA 2021 (3)UCLA 2022Washington2023UCLA2024 (2)UCLA 2025 Award not presented during Pac-12 hiatus 2026 2027 Award resumes in 2027

Winners by school Notes on membership dates: Years listed reflect softball seasons, which take place in the calendar year after a school officially joins. For legacy Pac-12 members — those that were members before the conference's collapse — the first year reflects the later of (1) the first softball season after joining, or (2) the 1987 season when the award was first presented.

School (dates) Winners Years UCLA (1987–2024) 19 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 Arizona (1987–2024) 7 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2017 Arizona State (1987–2024) 5 1987, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 Washington (1987–2024) 3 2004, 2005, 2022 Stanford (1987–2024) 2 2000, 2011 Utah (2012–2024) 2 2016, 2017 California (1987–2024) 1 2012 Oregon (1987–2024) 1 1989 Boise State (2027–present) 0 — Colorado State (2027–present) 0 — Fresno State (2027–present) 0 — Oregon State (1987–present) 0 — San Diego State (2027–present) 0 — Texas State (2027–present) 0 — Utah State (2027–present) 0 —

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