Awards Add Up for Quintero, Who Was Named D2 CCA All-America Third Team
DARDANELLE, Ark. - The Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) announced its All-American Softball Teams for the 2025 season on Thursday. From Cal State East Bay, sophomore pitcher Marissa Quintero was named to the D2 CCA All-America Third Team. It was Quintero's second All-America honor in as many days, as she was named to the NFCA Division II All-America Third Team on Wednesday.
Quintero finished the season with a 1.23 earned run average (CCAA-lowest), 107 strikeouts and became the first Pioneer pitcher to reach 20 wins in a season since 2006. Three times in 2025 she was named FloCollege/CCAA Pitcher of the Week, including the final two weeks of the regular season. She pitched a no-hitter on March 14 at CSUSB. When Cal State East Bay hosted the NCAA Division II West Regionals, Quintero opened the regionals with a shutout to help the Pioneers advance and limited Concordia to one run in an elimination game.
In addition to her pair of All-America honors, Quintero already was named D2 CCA West Region Pitcher of the Year, D2 CCA All-West Region First Team, NFCA All-West Region, 2025 CCAA Pitcher of the Year, was named All-CCAA First Team for the second straight season and received Cal State East Bay's Female Rising Pioneer Award.
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