{"id":9529,"date":"2025-06-17T14:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:35:58","slug":"palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/","title":{"rendered":"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The accolades keep coming in for Palomar College softball player Breanna Lutz, who was recently named State Athlete of the Year<\/a> by the California College Sports Information Association. It is just the second time that a softball player has been selected for the award.<\/p>\n

The latest honor comes on top of numerous other awards for Lutz, who was described as one of the greatest softball players in the history of California Community College sports. In her two seasons at Palomar College, Lutz has been named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Player of the Year, Southern California Player of the Year, MVP of the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference, and was state batting champion with a .560 batting average this year. (Compare that to professional baseball players, who average a .250 batting average.)<\/p>\n

She struck out only twice in 184 plate appearances, and led the state in runs, hits and on-base percentage. The Palomar College Comets softball team, playing their first season on their new field, had a 44-5 record and made the state championship final, where they lost to San Mateo College.<\/p>\n

Lutz said her teammates are the reason for her success.\u00a0 \u201cI love my teammates so much,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s all about the teamwork and the competition. It\u2019s so much fun. I love to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lutz said she comes from a family of athletes, with four older brothers who participated in sports and a father who played Double A baseball for the Chicago White Sox. She started playing baseball when she was eight years old but switched to softball at her father\u2019s urging when she was 12.<\/p>\n

She played softball at Ramona High School, and when she got few university scholarship offers, she decided to go to Palomar College. She\u2019s glad she did.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy coaches are so legit and I love every one of them,\u201d Lutz said. \u201cThey taught me lessons that I never would have learned anywhere else. It was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palomar College Softball Coach Lacey Craft described Lutz as a fiery and competitive player who was well-liked by teammates and fans. Lutz was the team\u2019s leadoff hitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was somebody who immediately set the tone for our offense and games,\u201d Craft said. \u201cShe immediately demoralized our opponents. She is a fun player to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lutz graduated from Palomar College this spring with an associate degree in criminal justice. She is visiting several universities and expects to decide within a few weeks where she will transfer.<\/p>\n

She plans to pursue a career in law enforcement, but she said she would seize an opportunity to have a career playing ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the dream \u2013 to play professional softball,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The accolades keep coming in for Palomar College softball player Breanna Lutz, who was recently named State Athlete of the Year by the California College Sports Information Association. It is just the second time that a softball player has been selected for the award. The latest honor comes on top of numerous other awards for… \u00a0Continue Reading: Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10665,"featured_media":9531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,23,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carousel","category-home","category-news","category-slider"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPalomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade - Palomar News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade - Palomar News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The accolades keep coming in for Palomar College softball player Breanna Lutz, who was recently named State Athlete of the Year by the California College Sports Information Association. It is just the second time that a softball player has been selected for the award. The latest honor comes on top of numerous other awards for… \u00a0Continue Reading: Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palomar News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T21:35:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fa7fb1d38fe67a94aba99b8ede614313\"},\"headline\":\"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T21:35:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":449,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Carousel\",\"Home\",\"News\",\"Slider\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/\",\"name\":\"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade - Palomar News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T21:35:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fa7fb1d38fe67a94aba99b8ede614313\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Palomar College Softball Player Breanna Lutz\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Palomar News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fa7fb1d38fe67a94aba99b8ede614313\",\"name\":\"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/561433452eb5b37097cebf1752a8e0a8e2889577bdc1f17eb3182e79ebbfbca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/561433452eb5b37097cebf1752a8e0a8e2889577bdc1f17eb3182e79ebbfbca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/561433452eb5b37097cebf1752a8e0a8e2889577bdc1f17eb3182e79ebbfbca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/jlanthierbandy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade - Palomar News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade - Palomar News","og_description":"The accolades keep coming in for Palomar College softball player Breanna Lutz, who was recently named State Athlete of the Year by the California College Sports Information Association. It is just the second time that a softball player has been selected for the award. The latest honor comes on top of numerous other awards for… \u00a0Continue Reading: Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade","og_url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/","og_site_name":"Palomar News","article_published_time":"2025-06-17T21:35:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/"},"author":{"name":"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fa7fb1d38fe67a94aba99b8ede614313"},"headline":"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade","datePublished":"2025-06-17T21:35:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/"},"wordCount":449,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg","articleSection":["Carousel","Home","News","Slider"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/","url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/","name":"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade - Palomar News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-17T21:35:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fa7fb1d38fe67a94aba99b8ede614313"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/1080-x-675-Softball-Image-06-17-25.jpg","width":1080,"height":675,"caption":"Palomar College Softball Player Breanna Lutz"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-softball-player-receives-top-accolade\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Palomar College Softball Player Receives Top Accolade"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/","name":"Palomar News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fa7fb1d38fe67a94aba99b8ede614313","name":"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561433452eb5b37097cebf1752a8e0a8e2889577bdc1f17eb3182e79ebbfbca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561433452eb5b37097cebf1752a8e0a8e2889577bdc1f17eb3182e79ebbfbca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561433452eb5b37097cebf1752a8e0a8e2889577bdc1f17eb3182e79ebbfbca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lanthier Bandy, Julie M."},"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/author\/jlanthierbandy\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 19:17:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9532,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions\/9532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}