LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The National Fastpitch Coaches' Association (NFCA) announced its 2025 regional awards on Thursday. From Cal State East Bay softball, Marissa Quintero and Ashlee Toy received NFCA All-West Region honors. 

Quintero was named NFCA All-West Region in addition to 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. 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. Quintero was an NFCA All-West Region Second Team selection in 2024. 
 

Toy was versatile playing regularly in the outfield and in the circle, starting every game this season at one position or the other. At the plate in the regular season, she had a .341 batting average with 21 RBIs, 13 doubles and a triple. As a pitcher, she had a no-hitter on March 20 at Cal Poly Humboldt on her way to being named FloSports/CCAA Pitcher of the Week. Her 1.82 regular season earned run average was second lowest in the CCAA, just behind her teammate heading into the postseason. She finished with 105 strikeouts contributing to the most strikeouts in a season by a Pioneer pitching staff. Toy was also a First Team All-CCAA selection and was named Cal State East Bay's Female Student-Athlete of the Year.