Six University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa softball student-athletes have earned All-Big West honors. Izabella Martinez and Maya Nakamura were both named to the all-conference second team, while Mya’Liah Betha, Chloe Borges, Haley Johnson and Dallas Millwood all earned honorable mentions.
Martinez, hit a .298 overall and was tied for second on the team with 38 hits. She finished her 2024 campaign with six doubles and 22 RBI and a team-high of 19 walks. The junior catcher started all 46 games and threw out a career-high 15 runners trying to steal on her, which ranks her second in the league and 11th in the NCAA Division I.
Nakamura’s senior campaign was cut short due to a season-ending injury, however that did not deter the conference coaches from recognizing her abilities and importance to the UH team. For the season, she led UH both overall and in conference with a .312 and .450 batting averages respectively. She concluded her career with a .324 batting average with 155 hits, 105 runs scored, 24 doubles, four triples, 22 home runs and 96 RBI. She had a career slugging percentage of .528 and on-base percentage of .441. Nakamura has earned all-conference honors all four seasons of her career. This is her third time making the all-Big West second team after making the first team as a junior.
For the second-straight season, Bethea led the Big West with 12 home runs for the year. The senior utility player primarily played in leftfield where she started 38 games, but she also saw time in center field and at first base. Overall, Bethea led UH with 26 runs scored and a .575 slugging percentage.
Borges, the center fielder/pitcher had a breakout season, starting a career-high 39 games in center field and three at pitcher making 13 total appearances in the pitching circle overall. On offense, she finished the season tied for second in the Big West with 30 RBI. Overall, she hit .269 (28-for-104) with 13 runs scored, two doubles and eight home runs. She recorded a .519 slugging percentage and led UH with eight multiple-RBI games. She also reached base safely in 21-straight games to lead the ‘Bows.
Johnson earned honorable mention honors for the second time. She started all 46 games at designated player, but also saw limited action at catcher. Overall, she hit .310 going 39-for-126 with a team-high seven doubles with a triple and a home run and 11 RBI. She finished her collegiate career hitting .292 with 19 doubles, four triples, nine home runs and 66 RBI.
After suffering a season-ending injury in the second week of the 2023 season, senior first baseman Millwood worked hard to make her way back onto the field for her final season. She made her return this year starting all 46 games at first base. She finished the season hitting .261 with four doubles and three home runs. She was second on the team with 25 RBI and seven multiple-RBI games. She finished her UH career with a .260 career batting average with 80 hits, 13 doubles, 10 home runs and 60 RBI. This is Millwood’s second Big West honorable mention award.
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