Megan Faraimo

She played college softball at UCLA from 2019 to 2023, where she was named a three-time All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).

As a junior in 2017, she went 27–1 with a 0.60 earned run average (ERA) and 251 strikeouts in 175+1⁄3 innings to help lead CCHS to a CIF-SDS Open Division title, as well as a Western League championship.

She threw 11 complete games, six solo shutouts, and two no-hitters, while holding opponents to a .166 batting average.

[4] She ranked third among Pac-12 pitchers in ERA and opponents batting average, tied for seventh in wins and eighth in strikeouts.

[7] During her redshirt sophomore year in 2021, she appeared in 28 games, with 19 starts, and posted a 19–3 record, a 1.10 ERA and 184 strikeouts in 133+1⁄3 innings.

She recorded five strikeouts, and threw just 64 pitches with a 67.2 strike percentage, in a 14–0 victory against San Diego State.

Following the season she was named a finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, All-Pac-12 First Team, and NFCA First-Team All-American.

[21] On December 14, 2024, Faraimo signed with the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican Softball League (LMS).

[22] On January 26, 2025, she threw the first perfect game in the history of the LMS in the Diablos Rojos 6–0 victory against El Águila de Veracruz.

She finished the tournament with three wins and allowing no walks, one earned run, eight hits and 43 strikeouts in 21+2⁄3 innings, with a 0.32 ERA.

She opened the tournament with a four-inning perfect game on August 10, 2019, against Mexico, striking out all 12 batters she faced.

[26] Faraimo represented the United States at the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a silver medal.