LOS ANGELES -- Cal State LA's Ismael Quintero has been named the FloCollege/CCAA Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 6-12, the conference announced on Monday.
 
Quintero tossed a career-high seven shutout innings and helped Cal State LA post its first nine-inning shutout since 2018 in a 2-0 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills last Thursday in the opener of a four-game conference series.
 
The 2025 CCAA Freshman of the Year, who pitched in relief last season, allowed only three hits - all singles - with two walks and seven strikeouts. He ended the game not allowing a hit in the final four innings, while retiring 12 of the final 13 batters he faced. 
 
The Lancaster native is now third in the CCAA in strikeouts (49) and sixth in innings pitched (46.1).
 
This is the first career CCAA Pitcher of the Week award for Quintero, and the first for Cal State LA in 2026. Cal State LA picked up a Player of the Week Award earlier this season when Cesar Chavez received weekly honors for the week of March 9-15.
 
Quintero is the first Cal State LA pitcher to earn weekly honors since AJ Moreno won the award for the week of April 28-May 3, 2025.

The Golden Eagles (23-18, 13-11 CCAA) will be at home this week to host Cal Poly Pomona (23-15, 15-9 CCAA) in a critical four-game series, starting on Friday, April 17. All four games are scheduled to be available on FloCollege.