2026 · 10 teams · D1

Big West Softball

The Big West had 10 NCAA Division I softball teams in 2026. Cal St. Fullerton had its best overall record (41-15) and its highest final DiamondIQ Rating (No. 52 nationally). One team made the NCAA tournament.

Final 2026 season · games through

Teams by Overall Record

Big West 2026 softball teams by overall record
#TeamW-LDIQ
1cal st fullerton logoCal St. Fullerton41-15#52
2hawaii logoHawaii30-20#95
3long beach st logoLong Beach St.31-23#126
4uc santa barbara logoUC Santa Barbara31-26#111
5uc davis logoUC Davis29-25#155
6uc san diego logoUC San Diego23-28#156
7cal st northridge logoCal St. Northridge14-32#199
8cal poly logoCal Poly11-35#227
9bakersfield logoCSU Bakersfield10-40#261
10uc riverside logoUC Riverside6-38#239

Overall records are the NCAA's official 2026 W-L, all opponents. Conference-only records aren't shown: no feed we read publishes them, and the NCAA scoreboard misses games. DIQ = rank of 304 in the final DiamondIQ Rating. NCAA = furthest NCAA tournament round.

Big West Stat Leaders

Home Runs

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  1. 1Maalia Cherry · UC San Diego15
  2. 2Jamie McGaughey · Hawaii12
  3. 3Ainsley Waddell · UC Santa Barbara10
  4. 3Bella Fuentes · UC Santa Barbara10
  5. 5Alexia Lopez · Cal St. Fullerton9
  6. 5Amelia "Millie" Fidge · Hawaii9
  7. 5Colby McClinton · Cal St. Fullerton9
  8. 5Delaina Ma'ae · UC Santa Barbara9

Batting Average

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  1. 1Sarah Perez · Cal St. Fullerton.453
  2. 2Nataly Lozano · Cal St. Fullerton.418
  3. 3Colby McClinton · Cal St. Fullerton.406
  4. 4Dani Rauscher · UC Santa Barbara.395
  5. 5Jamie McGaughey · Hawaii.394
  1. 1Maalia Cherry · UC San Diego50
  2. 2Alexia Lopez · Cal St. Fullerton45
  3. 2Nina Sepulveda · Long Beach St.45
  4. 4Jamie McGaughey · Hawaii43
  5. 5Colby McClinton · Cal St. Fullerton42
  1. 1Taryn Irimata · Hawaii2.49
  2. 2Kate Barnett · Long Beach St.2.59
  3. 3Leanna Garcia · Cal St. Fullerton2.71
  4. 4Trisha McCleskey · Cal St. Fullerton2.78
  5. 5Hannah Pitts · Hawaii2.80

Strikeouts

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  1. 1Trisha McCleskey · Cal St. Fullerton131
  2. 2Caroline Grimes · UC Davis118
  3. 3Eva Hurtado · Cal St. Fullerton97
  4. 4Taryn Irimata · Hawaii90
  5. 5Malaya Johnson · UC Santa Barbara88

Pitching Wins

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  1. 1Trisha McCleskey · Cal St. Fullerton17
  2. 2Eva Hurtado · Cal St. Fullerton16
  3. 3Ashley Sawai · UC Davis13
  4. 3Caroline Grimes · UC Davis13
  5. 3Malaya Johnson · UC Santa Barbara13
  6. 3Taryn Irimata · Hawaii13

Rate stats (AVG, ERA) among qualified players: 2.0 PA or 1.0 IP per team game.