(Tucson, AZ) Pima Community College softball player Camila Zepeda (Tucson Magnet HS) capped off the 2023-24 with a huge honor from the NJCAA.
Zepeda, a sophomore infielder, was selected second team NJCAA All-American. This is the second straight year a Pima softball player was named an NJCAA All-American. Elise Munoz (Salpointe Catholic HS) earned second team honors last season. Before Munoz, the last softball player to be named an All-American was Courtney Brown (Flowing Wells HS) in 2016.
Zepeda was named ACCAC Player of the Year, first team All-ACCAC and to the All-Region I, Division I team. She was softball’s first ACCAC Player of the Year since Jordan Trujillo in 2010.
Zepeda had a 31-game hitting streak during the season and finished with a .473 batting average. She led the Aztecs in at-bats (186), runs (67), doubles (21), home runs (17), RBIs (62), total bases (162) and stolen bases (14). She had an on-base percentage of .500 and a slugging percentage of .871. She also had 61 put-outs and a fielding percentage of .941.
The Aztecs finished the season at 43-14 overall; the most wins in a single season since 2015. They made their first appearance at the NJCAA Division I Tournament and captured their first Region I, Division I Championship since 2013. They set the second longest winning streak in program history at 26 games. The Aztecs went 79-38 in two seasons with Zepeda on the roster.
See Zepeda’s NJCAA All-American selection on the NJCAA website:
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/sball/2023-24/div1/all-americans/index
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez