Career Highlights 2023 USA Softball (2022) 2022 2021
•2-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year (2023, 2022)
•3-time NFCAAll-American (First Team - 2023, 2021; Second Team - 2022)
•3-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalist (Top 10 - 2023, 2021; Top 25 - 2022)
•4-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)
•Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023)
•Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2019)
•Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team (2022)
•Softball America Pitcher of the Year (2020)
•NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 Finalist (2019)
•4-time NFCA West All-Region First Teamhonoree (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)
•Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal recipient (2023)
•4-time Softball America All-American (First Team - 2020; Second Team - 2023, 2021;Third Team - 2019)
•2-time D1 Softball All-American (Second Team -2023, 2022)
•Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2019)
•2-time NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (last March 21, 2023)
•9-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (last April3, 2023)
•4-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (last April 8, 2019)
• CSC AcademicSecond Team All-American (2023)
Faraimo was honored as an NFCA First Team All-American and became the first Bruin to be named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year in back-to-back seasons … named a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist … also selected to the All-Pac-12 and NFCA West All-Region First Teams … listed to the Softball America and D1Softball All-America First Teams … four-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week … honored as the Pac-12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a CSC Academic Second Team All-American ...made 21 starts and 41 appearances in the circle … posted a 29-3 record with a 1.42 earned run average and 232 strikeouts over 172.0 innings pitched … ranked second in the NCAA in wins (29) and 13th in strikeouts (232) … led the Pac-12 in wins (29) and strikeouts (232) and ranked second in ERA (1.42) … tossed 12 complete-games and seven shutouts … held opponents to a .171 batting average … pitched two no-hitters versus San Diego (Feb. 12) and No. 3 Florida (Feb. 23) … set a career-long scoreless innings streak at 35.2 (March 25-April 16) … earned the win in 16 consecutive appearances in the circle from March 25-May 11 … picked up at least two wins in seven of the eight Pac-12 series … totaled six double-digit strikeout performances … struck out 13 batters in three of her first four starts of the season … pitched a one-hit, complete-game shutout with 13 K’s versus Cal State Fullerton in the season opener (Feb. 9) … struck out eight and allowed two baserunners (HBP, E) in her no-hitter versus San Diego (Feb. 12) … struck out 13 in a complete-game victory versus Liberty, finishing the week with Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors (Feb. 14) … in her next start, struck out 13 and pitched a complete game in a win versus No. 15 Alabama at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 17) … struck out nine and allowed two hits and two runs in a win versus No. 6 Florida State at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 18) … later that day, shut the door against No. 8 Virginia Tech, striking out five of the six batters she faced to end the game (Feb. 18) … struck out four and scattered two hits across 3.1 innings of relief to earn the win versus Louisiana (Feb. 19) … tossed the seventh no-hitter of her career, her second of the season and first against a ranked opponent versus No. 3 Florida at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 23) … became the first Bruin pitcher to no-hit a top-3 opponent since March 28, 2003, when Keira Goerl kept No. 2 Stanford out of the hit column … struck out nine Gators, including six of the first seven batters she faced … pitched back-to-back scoreless relief appearances versus No. 18 Kentucky and Iowa with a combined 10 strikeouts over 4.0 innings (Feb. 24) … struck out eight and allowed two hits over 4.1 innings in a scoreless relief appearance to earn a win versus Fresno State (March 3) … pitched a one-hit shutout versus Michigan (March 4) … pitched a two-hit shutout with five K’s versus No. 10 Washington (March 18) … earned the win in game three versus the Huskies, pitching 4.2 innings of scoreless relief to secure Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors (March 19) … tallied 6.2 innings of relief with eight strikeouts to pick up a win in game two at No. 19 Oregon (March 25) … struck out a season-high 15 batters in a complete-game shutout versus No. 6 Stanford, earning her Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week acclaim (March 31) … struck out 10 batters and allowed four hits over 6.1 innings in a win over Oregon State (April 6) … picked up another complete-game shutout with six strikeouts in game three versus the Beavers (April 8) … picked up the win in all three games of the Arizona series (April 14-16) … struck out six in 6.0 scoreless for the win at No. 24 Arizona (April 14) … struck out 12 and allowed one run in a complete-game win over Arizona State (April 23) … pitched a three-hit, complete-game shutout in game one at No. 23 Utah (April 28) … struck out seven batters and allowed one run across 5.0 innings in a game two win over the Utes (April 29) … turned in 5.0 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit in a win over Loyola Marymount (May 5) … became the fourth Bruin ever to notch 100 career victories after earning the winning decision with 0.2 innings versus San Diego State (May 5) … pitched a complete-game with seven strikeouts to beat Arizona in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals (May 11) … notched her 1,000th career strikeout in an NCAA Regionals loss to Grand Canyon (May 19).
Faraimocompeted in the Japan All-Star Series, The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., the Canada Cup for Team USA in Summer 2022 and the 2022 Pan American Championships with fellow Bruin Rachel Garcia in Guatemala City.
Faraimo was the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist … named an NFCA Second Team All-American, an All-Pac-12 First Team member and selected to the NFCA West All-Region First Team … was named to the Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team after a complete-game, 10-strikeout performance with a home run to boot versus No. 10 Northwestern to become just the sixth player in UCLA history to both pitch and hit a homer in the same WCWS game (June 3) … also a Softball America and D1Softball Second Team All-American … boasted a 24-5 record over 46 appearances and 26 starts … sported a 1.98 earned run average with 292 strikeouts over 198.0 innings (10.32 K/7) … led the NCAA in saves and established UCLA’s single-season saves record (7) … led the Pac-12 and ranked seventh in the NCAA in strikeouts (292) ... notched four shutouts, 14 complete games and 11 double-digit strikeout performances … hit for a .209 batting average with two home runs and 13 RBI … tossed two solo perfect games against Fresno State (March 3) and CSU Bakersfield (March 11), and joined forces with Lauren Shaw to throw the third combined perfect game in UCLA history against Pennsylvania (March 10) … established a career high in strikeouts with 18 versus No. 17 Tennessee in an eight-inning complete game victory (Feb. 26) … in her perfect game against CSU Bakersfield, she struck out all 15 batters she faced on just 59 pitches and opened the game with 30 consecutive strikes, throwing just seven balls (March 11) … her first perfect game of the season against Fresno State earned her Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors (March 8) … struck out 12 and allowed one run in a complete-game victory over Texas Tech (Feb. 25) … struck out 11 in a complete-game, two-hit shutout over against No. 9 Arizona (March 19) … blasted her first career homer and struck out six over four scoreless frames to get the win in the Arizona series finale (March 21) … struck out eight in a complete-game win at No. 9 Washington (March 25) … threw 6.2 of relief with nine K’s in the Washington series finale (March 27) … named Softball America Pitcher of the Month for March … threw another complete game with seven strikeouts and allowing just four hits against No. 12 Oregon (April 1) … hurled her second 8.0-inning, complete-game victory in a 11-strikeout showing against Stanford (April 8) … K’d nine and allowed just two hits in a complete-game shutout over Utah (April 29) … struck out five and allowed one hit over five innings of relief in a winning effort against No. 12 Arizona State (May 7) … went the distance for eight K’s in a complete-game victory over Loyola Marymount in NCAA Regionals (May 21) … struck out 10 and knocked in the game-tying and go-ahead runs with a two-RBI single in the sixth inning in a game one win against No. 9 Duke in NCAA Super Regionals (May 27) … the next day, she tossed 3.0 innings of shutout relief and struck out seven Blue Devils in game two.
Faraimo was selected to the NFCA All-American and All-Pac-12 First Teams and named a finalist for the USA Softball Player of the Year award after leading the Bruins with a 19-3 record, eight shutouts, 23 complete games, 184 strikeouts in 133.1 innings pitched and a Pac-12-best 1.10 earned run average … also awarded to the Softball America All-American Second Team and NFCA West All-Region First Team … tossed 13 complete games in her 19 starts … had eight double-figure strikeout outings, including a career-high 17 versus Oregon State in her shutout victory (April 17) … made history on Feb. 24, tossing the 19th
2020
Faraimo was named the Softball America Pitcher of the Year and a Softball American First Team All-American after leading the Bruins with a 0.85 earned run average, a 13-1 record and 149 strikeouts in 90 1/3 innings ... went the distance in all 10 of her starts, tossing five shutouts and limiting opponents to a .153 batting average ... had nine double-figure strikeout games ... ended the season with a streak of 25 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings ... ranked first among all pitchers in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (29.80) ... was also second in strikeouts, tied for second in wins, fourth in walks allowed per seven innings (0.39), tied for sixth in shutouts, 10th in ERA and 17th in hits allowed per seven innings (3.80) ... was first among Pac-12 pitchers in ERA, opposing batting average, strikeouts and wins and second in innings pitched ...earned NFCA National Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 18, and was a three-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 11, Feb. 25 and March 10) ...also hit .286 (4-for-14) with four runs batted in, four walks, two doubles and two runs scored ... struck out a season-best 16 in a two-hit shutout of Wisconsin and added 10 more strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings of relief later that day with only one hit allowed in a win over No. 7 Florida (Feb. 22) ...fanned 15 in a one-hit blanking of Weber State (Feb. 29), adding nine more strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief in a win at San Diego State later that day ... struck out 14 in a shutout of Pittsburgh (Feb. 8) ... had 13 strikeouts in a win against No. 5 Florida State (Feb. 16), giving up only one earned run ... produced 13 strikeouts against No. 18 Minnesota, allowing only two hits in the complete-game shutout (March 7) ... fanned 12 in a five-inning shutout over CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 6) ... had 11 strikeouts in a five-hit shutout over No. 16 Michigan (March 5) ... notched 10 strikeouts in six innings in a victory over Texas A&M (Feb. 21) ... struck out six in a two-hit shutout of No. 9 Alabama, adding six more a day later in a win over No. 15 Georgia (Feb. 14) ...had a three-run double against USF (Feb. 16) ... drove in another run on a double versus San Diegoand punched out seven batters in five innings in a win (Feb. 7) ...posted two hits at San Diego (March 1).
2019
Named Softball America Third Team All-American, Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year, NFCA West All-Region First Team, All-Pac-12 First Team, Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and a Top 10 finalist for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award ... went 16-4 with a 1.41 earned run average and 143 strikeouts in 114 innings ... appeared in 27 games, making 21 starts, throwing 11 complete games and six solo shutouts, holding opponents to a .166 batting average ... was 18th in the nation in ERA and hits allowed per seven innings (4.30), 20th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.50) and 21st in strikeouts per seven innings (8.8) ...ranked third among Pac-12 pitchers in ERA and opponents batting average, tied for seventh in wins and eighth in strikeouts ... posted three double-figure strikeout games ... was a five-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 19, Feb. 26, March 12, April 1 and April 8) ... threw two no-hitters ... struck out 10 in a five-inning no-no on Feb. 16 against Fresno State ... tossed another no-hitter eight days later on Feb. 24 versus Colorado State, striking out nine ... pitched the sixth inning in Game 1 of the Women's College World Series Championship Series against No. 1 Oklahoma (June 3) ... earned the win in game two of NCAA Super Regionals against No. 14 James Madison (May 25), striking out eight in 5 1/3 innings ... fanned seven in 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief versus No. 6 Arizona ... struck out seven in a win against Utah (April 27) ... fanned eight in a win at Oregon State (April 19) ... struck out nine in five shutout innings at No. 19 Arizona State (April 5) ... fanned four in a complete-game, one-hit shutout against California (March 31), adding 4 2/3 shutout frames of relief a day earlier in another win ... struck out 11 in a win over Fullerton (March 26) ... fanned 12 in a one-hit shutout versus Robert Morris (March 8) ... struck out nine in a victory against Missouri (Feb. 22) ...also earned wins against UT Arlington (Feb. 7), Boston U. (March 10),No. 5 Washington (March 17), Saint Mary's (March 24) and Stanford (May 5).
USA Softball (2019)
Helped the United States U19 Women's National Team to gold at the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup ... earned three wins in the circle, allowing just one earned run in 21 2/3 innings (0.32 earned run average) ... struck out 43 and gave up eight hits and no walks ... tossed one perfect game and was a part of a combined perfect game ... pitched in four games at the USA Softball International Cup, winning three games, helping the U-19 team to a bronze medal ... struck out 24 in 19 2/3 innings ... was invited to the USA Softball Women's National Team Olympic Selection Trials.
Cathedral Catholic High School
Faraimowas a two-sport star at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, playing four years of softball (pitcher/first base) and three seasons of volleyball (opposite/middle blocker) ... was named the 2018 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year, as well as the '18 Gatorade California Softball POY ... as a senior, was an NFCA First Team High School All-American, as well as NFCA First Team All-West Region ... also named the CIF-San Diego Section, Western League and San Diego Union Tribune Pitcher of the Year, All-CIF-SDS and All-Western League First Team and San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team ... went 26-3 in 2018 with a 0.23 earned run average and 405 strikeouts, which was the second-highest, single-season total in CIF-SDS history ... pitched 186 1/3 innings and allowed just 47 hits and eight walks, while hitting .316 at the plate with seven home runs, 22 runs batted in and a .645 slugging ...helped the Dons to a CIF-SDS Open Division runner-up showing ... was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd in April 2018 ... was the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2018 according to FloSoftballand Extra Inning Softball, finishing her career with 1,029 strikeouts ... coached in softball by Margaret Mauro ... finished her career at CCHS with the school's most wins (78), shutouts (45) and perfect games (five) ... as a junior in 2017, helped CCHS to a CIF-SDS Open Division title, as well as a Western League championship, going 27-1 with a 0.60 ERA and 251 strikeouts in 175 1/3 innings ... named CIF-SDS Pitcher of the Year, Western League Most Valuable Player, NFCA Second Team All-American and NFCA First Team All-Region ...played travel ball with Corona Angels 18 Gold under coach Marty Tyson ... helped her team to a third-place finish at the 2018 PGF Nationals and a runner-up showing in 2017 ... was named to the PGF Nationals All-Tournament Team in '18, while also being recognized as an All-American.
Personal
Born Megan Ki'llani Faraimoin San Diego, Calif. ... parents are Marcie and Bill Faraimo... has a younger sister, Muta, an older brother, Matthew, and a younger brother, Madden ... Matthew played four years (2017-2020) on the USC men's volleyball team ...decided to attend UCLA because she loves the academic and athletic standards, as well as the championship culture and family atmosphere ... says the No. 1 reason she plays softball is because competing gives her purpose and drives her to be her best self on and off the field ... favorites include actor Shemar Moore, singer Etta James, eating Eggo waffles with syrup and whipped cream and the movie V for Vendetta ... athlete she most admires is Serena Williams ... hobbies include going to the movies, reading and binge watching the television show "Criminal Minds" ...communications major.
Megan Faraimo's Hitting Game Highs
| AT-BATS | 3, 11 Times (last vs. Duke, 5/28/22) |
| RUNS SCORED | 2, vs. Arizona (3/21/22) |
| HITS | 2, at San Diego (3/1/20) |
| RUNS BATTED IN | 3, Two Times (last vs. Arizona, 3/21/22) |
| DOUBLES | 1, Five Times (last vs. Duke, 5/28/22) |
| HOME RUNS | 1, Two Times (last vs. Northwestern, 6/3/22) |
| TOTAL BASES | 4,Two Times (last vs. Northwestern, 6/3/22) |
| WALKS | 2, Two Times (last vs. Northwestern, 6/3/22) |
Megan Faraimo's Pitching Game Highs
| INNINGS PITCHED | 8.0, Three Times (last at Stanford, 4/8/22) |
| STRIKEOUTS | 18, vs. Tennessee (2/26/22) |
Megan Faraimo's Career No-Hitters (7 solo) & Perfect Games* (3 solo)
2/23/23 vs. No. 3 Florida (5.0 IP, 0 R, 9 SO, 1 BB, 0 E) | Box Score| Recap| Highlights
2/12/23 vs. San Diego (5.0 IP, 0 R, 8 SO, 0 BB, 1 E) | Box Score| Recap
*3/11/22 vs. CSU Bakersfield (5.0 IP, 15 SO) | Box Score | Recap
*3/10/22 vs. Pennsylvania (3.0 IP, 8 SO) ... combined with Lauren Shaw | Box Score | Recap
*3/3/22 atFresno State(5.0 IP, 12 SO) | Box Score | Recap
*2/24/21 vs. San Diego State (5.0 IP, 5 SO) | Box Score | Recap
2/24/19 vs. Colorado State (7.0 IP, 0 R, 9 SO, 0 BB, 2 E) | Box Score | Recap
2/16/19 vs. Fresno State (5.0 IP, 0 R, 10 SO, 2 BB, 0 E)| Box Score | Recap
