SAN DIEGO – The Mountain West announced the 2025 All-MW Softball Team and individual honors today as voted on by the league’s nine head coaches. The honors include a 15-player first team and a 16-player second team regardless of position, Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year.
Wolf Pack senior Aaliyah Jenkins earned the MW Player of the Year honor. Fresno State’s Serayah Neiss was named the MW Pitcher of the Year. San Diego State’s Quinn Waiki picked up the Defensive Player of the Year nod, while classmate Makenzie Butt from Boise State collected the MW Freshman of the Year honor. Nevada first-year head coach Victoria Hayward was tabbed the MW Softball Coach of the Year.
Jenkins posted a batting average of .522 and an on-base percentage of .607 and slugged 1.159 on the Conference season, all of which led the MW. The California native tallied 29 runs, 36 hits and 32 RBIs on 69 at bats. She notched six doubles, four triples and 10 home runs for the Pack with 16 stolen bases. She led the MW in runs, hits, RBIs, triples, homers and stolen bases in league play. Defensively, the catcher/utility player recorded 75 putouts. During the 2025 season, the senior was tabbed MW Player of the Week a record-tying five times.
Neiss, an Oregon native, registered a league-best 10 wins and a 1.97 ERA, the second-best mark in the Conference, on 74.2 innings in the circle for the Bulldogs. She posted 50 strikeouts, third-most in MW play, and allowed only 21 earned runs during the Conference slate. The left-handed pitcher was named MW Pitcher of the Week twice.
Waiki, the MW Defensive Player of the Year, recorded 38 putouts and a league-best 61 assists for the Aztecs during her first collegiate year. She was also part of 10 double plays, tied for second in the league. The freshman infielder from Hawai’i picked up one MW Freshman of the Week honor this year.
Butt, the MW Freshman of the Year honoree, posted a .338 batting average and a .463 on-base percentage and slugged .738 for the Broncos. The freshman logged 21 runs, 22 hits and 27 RBIs, the second-most in the league, on 65 at-bats and hit eight home runs, tied for second in the MW, and two doubles. Defensively, the first baseman had 153 putouts and four assists for the Blue and Orange. Butt was named MW Freshman of the Week three times this season.
Hayward, in her first season at the helm for the Wolf Pack, led her team to an 18-4 Conference record for its first outright Mountain West title and its most MW wins ever. The Wolf Pack did not lose a single series during Mountain West play and is 40-12 overall, matching the program record for overall wins entering postseason play.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Aaliyah Jenkins, Sr., C/UTL, Nevada
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Serayah Neiss, Jr., LHP, Fresno Sate
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Quinn Waiki, Fr., INF, San Diego Sate
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Makenzie Butt, 1B, Boise Sate
COACH OF THE YEAR
Victoria Hayward, Nevada
FIRST TEAM ALL-MW
Makenzie Butt, Fr., 1B, Boise State
Sophia Knight, So., OF, Boise State
Serayah Neiss, Jr., LHP Fresno State
Maddie Clark, So., UTL, Nevada
Aaliyah Jenkins, Sr., C/UTL, Nevada
Hailey McLean, Jr., RHP, Nevada
Ashley Archuleta, Sr., INF, New Mexico
Cece Cellura, So., RHP, San Diego State
Bella Espinoza, Sr., OF, San Diego State
Ahmiya Noriega, Jr., INF, San José State
Mia Reynolds, Sr., RHP, San José State
Ariana Martinez, Sr., INF, UNLV
Kya Pratt, Jr., OF, Utah State
Tatum Silva, So., OF, Utah State
Grace Matej, Jr., C/INF, Utah State
SECOND TEAM ALL-MW
Mykenzie Hanna, Sr., OF, Boise State
Leah McAnally, So., C, Boise State
Brooke Bohlender, Sr., C/UT, Colorado State
Kaylynn English, So., INF, Colorado State
Kennedy Bunker, Jr., C/1B, Fresno State
Natalie Elias, Jr., OF, Fresno State
Tess Bumiller, Jr., RHP, Nevada
Haylee Englebrecht, Jr., INF, Nevada
McKenna Guest, So., RHP, New Mexico
Julie Holcomb, So., OF, San Diego State
Jade Ignacio, Jr., C, San Diego State
Grace Uribe, Sr., RHP/UTL, San Diego State
Jesse Farrell, So., C, UNLV
Ariel Fifita, Sr., INF, Utah State
Giselle Gonzalez, Sr., INF, Utah State
Claudia Medina, Sr., INF/OF, Utah State
HONORABLE MENTION
Megan Lake, OF, Sr., Boise State
Brooklynn Pettis, Sr., C, Boise State
Reagan Wick, So., LHP, Colorado State
Lauren Almeida, Sr., INF, Fresno State
Allie Williams, Fr., OF, New Mexico
Lacie Ham, Sr., RHP, San José State
Aubrie Thomas, Sr., UTL, San José State
Karmyna Becerra, Sr., INF, UNLV
Yanina Sherwood, Fr., RHP, UNLV
Olivia Marble, Sr., OF, Utah State
The 2025 Credit Union 1 Mountain West Softball Championship is set to being Wednesday, May 7.
The first round of the event will feature two single-elimination games, the first starting at 3 p.m. PT and the second at 6 p.m. PT. Thursday’s games will begin a double-elimination format with a first pitch time of 3 p.m. PT, followed by the second game at 6 p.m. PT. Friday will feature three matchups beginning at 12 p.m. PT. The championship game is set for 12 p.m. PT on Saturday, May 10.
All 2025 CU1 Mountain West Softball Championship games will be streamed live on the Mountain West Network. Keep up with MW softball action by downloading the MW app, available on your Android, IOS, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick and Android TV.
