LOUISVILLE, Ky. – San Diego State softball’s Cali Decker garnered National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-West Region Third Team accolades, the NFCA announced Thursday.
NFCA member head coaches from each region voted on the teams.
Decker is making her second appearance on an NFCA All-West Region team after being selected to the Second Team in 2023. Her appearance as the lone Aztec on the list means that San Diego State does not have multiple players selected to an All-Region Team for the first time since Molly Sturdivant was SDSU’s only representative in 2019. The senior was named to the Mountain West All-Tournament Team last Saturday after driving in all three of the Aztecs’ runs in the Mountain West Championship Game.
San Diego State’s catcher ranks second on the team in batting average (.362) while leading the way with a .564 slugging percentage, a .479 on-base percentage and a 1.043 OPS. Her 16 doubles this season rank 44th in the nation. Defensively, Decker has caught runners stealing 11 times, tied for the fifth most in a season in program history and has thrown out runners this season at a 57.9% rate, tied for the best in school history. At the dish, her on-base percentage is the tenth best in a season in SDSU history, and she places fourth in doubles, tenth in walks (29) and fifth in times hit by pitch (7).
This week, San Diego State will be at Easton Stadium on the campus of No. 9/9 UCLA for the NCAA Los Angeles Regional. The third-seeded Aztecs open play against second-seeded Arizona State at 7 p.m. on Friday on ESPN2. SDSU will continue action on Saturday against either the host Bruins or fourth-seeded UC Santa Barbara.