{"id":231795,"date":"2026-04-07T12:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=231795"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:36:36","slug":"wahine-softball-player-pitcher-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/07\/wahine-softball-player-pitcher-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahine softball player named Big West Pitcher of the Week after shutout weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-softball-pitcher-of-week.jpg\" alt=\"Pitcher Hannah Pitts \" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-231799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-softball-pitcher-of-week.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-softball-pitcher-of-week-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-softball-pitcher-of-week-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/softball\"> softball<\/a> pitcher Hannah Pitts delivered a standout performance to earn Big West Pitcher of the Week honors, leading the Rainbow Wahine to a key win over <abbr title=\"University of California\">UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara on April 4.<\/p>\n<p>Pitts tossed a complete-game shutout in the second game of the series, allowing no runs over seven innings in a 6-0 victory against the conference-leading Gauchos. Pitts threw 113 pitches, struck out three and did not allow an extra-base hit while holding <abbr title=\"University of California Santa Barbara\">UCSB<\/abbr> to a .267 batting average, securing her second weekly conference honor of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Pitts improved to 8-4 overall and 5-1 in Big West play. She currently holds a 1.32 <abbr title=\"earned run average\">ERA<\/abbr> in conference action and ranks among the nation\u2019s best, sitting at <abbr title=\"Number\">No.<\/abbr> 7 in the <abbr title=\"National Collegiate Athletic Association\">NCAA<\/abbr> in walks allowed per seven innings and <abbr>No.<\/abbr> 12 with four shutouts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2026\/4\/6\/softball-pitts-earns-second-big-west-pitcher-of-the-week-award.aspx\">Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hannah Pitts led the Wahine to a key win over <abbr>UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara with a dominant performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":231799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1527,9,550],"class_list":["post-231795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-softball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manoa-softball-pitcher-of-week.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231795"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231808,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231795\/revisions\/231808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}