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.
Marissa Quintero, So., P – Whittier, Calif./Whittier HS
The awards keep adding up for Quintero. Before being named NFCA All-West Region, she was named 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 was the CCAA regular season leader in earned run average at 1.20 and held opponents to a .193 batting average. She finished the regular season 18-3. Three times she was named FloCollege/CCAA Pitcher of the Week, including the final two weeks of the regular season. She finished the season with 91 strikeouts, seven complete game shutouts and pitched a no-hitter on March 14 at CSUSB. Quntero 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 earned run average was second lowest in the CCAA, just behind her teammate, and she went 13-5 on the season with 97 strikeouts. In addition to her regional honor in 2025, Toy was a First Team All-CCAA selection and was named Cal State East Bay's Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
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