KATIE CASTILLON OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a sophomore right-hander from San Antonio, Texas, went 11-8 during the 2014 regular season (second in wins in the SCAC) with a 2.97 ERA (seventh in the SCAC). She struck out 86 (fourth in the SCAC) in 115.2 innings of work (seventh in the SCAC) while allowing opposing batters to hit .287. Castillon led the SCAC with 16 complete games. She is the second Trinity player to earn Newcomer-of-the-Year honors, following current teammate Caitlynn Dykes, who won the award in 2012.

In the balloting for SCAC Newcomer-of-the-Year, Castillon received four votes while sophomore outfielder Jacquelyn Brown of Texas Lutheran received two votes and freshman pitcher Victoria Herrera of Austin College received one vote.