LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced 381 student-athletes from 152 programs have received 2022 NFCA Division I All-Region accolades on Thursday. Cal State Fullerton softball had three student-athletes named to the All-West Region team including Megan Delgadillo to the second team, Hannah Becerra to the second team and Jessi Alcala to the third team. The Titans have had at least multiple representatives every season since 2015.
The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association's 10 regions with first, second and third-team selections. NFCA member head coaches from each respective region voted on the teams, and all student-athletes now become eligible for the 2021 NFCA Division I All-America squads.
Megan Delgadillo was named to the NFCA All-West Region Second Team. Earlier this week she was also the 15th Titan to be named the Big West Softball Field Player of the Year.
Delgadillo finished the season with a slash line of .396/.457/.433 overall and in conference she slashed .444/.500/.500. She led the league with 74 hits which is tied for 9th in the country. She also led the conference with 55 runs scored.
Delgadillo also set two new all-time career records on the basepaths this season. She had 47 steals which tied her with Dionne Anderson for most ever by a Big West Athlete in a single season. She is also tied for 4th in the nation with that total. She shattered the individual single season record of stolen bases of 35 set by Brooke Clemetson in 2018. She also became the all-time Titans career leader in steals with 94 after picking up two steals in the final game of the regular season against Long Beach.
She was named the Big West Player of the Week on February 28th after her play at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.
It is also her first time being named to the All-Big West First Team. She was named to the All-Big West Second Team in 2021 and a member of the All-Freshman Team in 2021.
Hannah Becerra was named to the NFCA All-West Region Second team. Last season, Becerra ws named to the NFCA All-West Region First Team. Earlier this week she was named a member of the All-Big West Second team. She was the Freshman Field Player of the Year, Home Queen, All-First Team, and All-Freshman team last season.
Becerra slashed .310/.468/.542 for the season overall and .261/.458/.319 in conference play. She was third in the conference with an overall 1.010 OPS. After her amazing freshman season, Becerra was pitched around a ton this season and led the league with 43 walks. She had 48 runs, 36 RBIs, 8 home runs, and also had 8 steals. Becerrra was second in the league with 48 runs scored just behind Delgadillo.
Jessi Alcala was named to the NFCA All-West Region third team. She was also named to the All-Big West first team after earning the starting catcher job for the first time in her Titan career.
The sophomore catcher had the hottest bat for the Titans in the final three months of the season. Alcala slashed .380/.452/.447 overall and was second in OPS with a 1.017. In conference only stats, Alcala slashed .455/.506/.766 and led the league with an OPS of 1.272, which was 200 points higher than the next person. Alcala had the highest batting average, was second in on-base percentage, and led the league in slugging percentage.
Alcala had 54 hits, 35 RBIs, 24 runs, and 6 home runs. She was also perfect behind the plate with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 289 putouts in 315 chances. She threw out 11 base stealers.
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