IRVINE, Calif.—After leading the University of Hawai'i softball team to a four-way tie for second place for a berth in the inaugural Big West Championship, five Rainbow Wahine earned All-Big West honors. Izabella Martinez became just the third Rainbow Wahine in history to garner Big West Defensive Player of the Year honors. She also earned all-Big West First Team honors at catcher. Sophomore Jamie McGaughey was voted to the all-Big West Second Team while four Rainbow Wahine earned Big West honorable mention accolades—Milan Ah Yat, Chloe Borges, Macy Brandl and Larissa Goshi.
 
Martinez joins former UH centerfielder Kelly Majam (2013) and shortstop Nawai Kaupe (2022) as the only Rainbow Wahine to ever be named Big West Defensive Player of the Year. It marks the third-straight season that Martinez has earned All-Big West honors and the second time she has been selected to the First Team. On offense, she leads Hawai'i with career-highs with a .348 batting average, 54 hits, 11 doubles, 31 walks and a .463 on-base percentage. She been UH's leadoff hitter all year and has reached base safely in 47 of 49 games. She has started 148 consecutive games over the last four years. This season, she had one error overall for a .995 fielding percentage, while throwing out 12 runners who have dared to steal off of her.
 
Sophomore first baseman Jamie McGaughey  started all 49 games at first while leading UH with 11 home runs, 34 RBI, and a .640 slugging percentage. She recorded career highs with 24 runs scored, 45 hits, nine doubles, a triple and 22 walks. She leads UH with nine multiple RBI games, including a career-high 5 RBI game at Cal St. Fullerton (3/28). McGaughey's 11 home runs ranks her tied for second in the Big West while on defense, she is one of six Big West players to record a 1.000 fielding percentage for the entire regular season. She had 279 chances with 276 put-outs and three assists.
  
Sophomore shortstop Milan Ah Yat hit .292 (42-for-144) with 17 runs scored seven doubles and five home runs. She has been clutch, accounting for three of UH's six walk-off wins this year. She ranks third on the team with 26 RBI and ended regular season reaching base safely in the last 11-straight games.

Senior centerfielder Chloe Borges finished the conference season with a .290 average. Against Cal State Bakersfield, Borges went off, hitting.800 for the series. She was 4-for-5 with a double and two home runs. She scored four runs, drove in three runs and was walked five times and plunked once. In all, she reached base safely in 10 of 11 plate appearances against the 'Runners. She scored a career-high three runs alone in the second game of the series.. 
 
Sophomore pitcher Macy Brandl finished the regular season with a 16-7 overall record and a 10-4 mark in conference. Overall, has a 3.28 ERA in 149.1 innings pitched with  six complete game shutouts and two saves. Brandl has 40 walks to 74 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .252 batting average overall. In conference games, she lowered her ERA to 2.91 in 89.0 innings.

Junior rightfielder Larissa Goshi made an immediate impact, sparking UH's come-from-behind, series clinching win at Cal State Fullerton. She started the last 16-straight games and finished the Big West season with a .340 batting average (17-for-50). In just 16 starts, the lefty-hitting Goshi scored 12 runs with a double and five RBI. Overall, she hit .321 for the season. She is a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases.