• Donahue was 26-4 with an 0.94 earned run average
• Donahue pitched 12 shutouts during the season
• Donahue tied for third nationally in victories and was third in earned run average

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has named DMACC'S Courtney Donahue the TUCCI/NFCA National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II Pitcher of the Year and an NFCA NJCAA Division II first team All-American.

TUCCI is a baseball/softball brand that offers wood bats, metal/composite bats and batter protection equipment.

Donahue, a sophomore from Marshfield, Wis., is the most recent in a lengthy list of members of DMACC softball teams to earn first- or second-team All-American honors from TUCCI/NFCA. The list dates back to 2013 and contains no less than 20 players.

Donahue was 26-4 in 2024 and helped the Bears to a 47-11 record and their tenth consecutive appearance in the NJCAA Division II Softball World Series. She pitched 186 and two-thirds innings, allowing 32 runs, 25 earned runs, on 73 hits. Donahue struck out 386 batters, walked 31 and averaged 14.48 strikeouts per seven innings. She boasted a .56 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched).

Donahue, who pitched 12 shutouts and several perfect games during the season, led the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) in wins, earned run average and strikeouts. She also led NJCAA Division II in strikeouts and tied for third in wins. Donahue was third in ERA and fifth in batting average against (.115). Her 386 strikeouts was 103 more than any other pitcher in NJCAA Division II.

Donahue has signed a national letter of intent to attend the University of Missouri and play softball.