Three California Pacific Conference student-athletes were named to the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association NAIA All-West Region First Team. Menlo College had two players named to the team - designated player Courtney Emry and second baseman Alisha Vegas - and California Pacific Conference champion Holy Names University placed one player - pitcher Stephanie Fairclough.
Emry, Vegas and Fairclough were joined on the list by some talented players. The team includes six players from the NAIA National Champion California Baptist University, four players from Point Loma Nazarene University, who came in second in the Golden State Athletic Conference, two from Simon Fraser University and one from Oregon Institute of Technology.
As follows is the complete list of first team choices:
2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA NAIA All-West Region First Team
|
Pos. |
Name |
School |
| P |
Tory Ferreira |
California Baptist |
|
C |
Alex Wilkinson |
Point Loma Nazarene |
|
1B |
Nikki Lowe |
California Baptist |
|
2B |
Alisha Vegas |
Menlo |
|
3B |
No Nominations | |
| SS |
Ashley Boyd |
California Baptist |
|
DP |
Courtney Emry |
Menlo |
|
UT |
Melissa Gomez |
Point Loma Nazarene |
|
OF |
Janel Guadagno |
Point Loma Nazarene |
|
OF |
Sarah Hurlbut |
California Baptist |
|
OF |
Jessie Harris |
Simon Fraser |
|
At-Large/P |
Tyler Lent |
Point Loma Nazarene |
|
At-Large/P |
Emma Holden |
California Baptist |
|
At-Large/P |
Stephanie Fairclough |
Holy Names |
|
At-Large/C |
Katie King |
Oregon Tech |
|
At-Large/SS |
Christine Barr |
Simon Fraser |
|
At-Large/OF |
Kendall Gorham |
California Baptist |
The California Pacific Conference congratulates these three student-athletes for their remarkable achievement.
| Holy Names vs | 15 |
| Penn State Abington | 0 |
| Sun West Tournament - Hart Park Field #2 | |
| Holy Names vs | 4 |
| DeSales University | 3 |
| Sun West Tournament - Hart Park Field #2 | |
| Menlo at | (12) | 7 |
| Occidental College | 6 |
| Menlo at | 10 |
| Occidental College | 5 |
| Bethany at | 4 |
| Vanguard University | 5 |
| Bethany at | 0 |
| Vanguard University | 3 |
| William Jessup vs | 10:00am |
| Bellevue University | PST |
| 19th Annual NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship - Point Lookout, MO | |
| Live Stats | |
| Holy Names vs | 5:00pm |
| Briar Cliff University | PST |
| 19th Annual State Farm-NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship-Sioux City, Iowa | |
| Live Stats | |
| Holy Names vs | 12:00pm |
| Wheaton College | PST |
| Sun West Tournament - Hart Park Field #2 | |
| Holy Names vs | 2:00pm |
| Chapman University | PST |
| Sun West Tournament - Hart Park Field #3 | |
| Menlo at | 2:00pm |
| Whittier College | PST |
| Menlo at | Game |
| Whittier College | 2 |
| Bethany at | 4:00pm |
| Azusa Pacific University | PST |
| Bethany at | Game |
| Azusa Pacific University | 2 |
| Holy Names vs | 10:00am |
| DeSales University | PST |
| Sun West Tournament - Hart Park Field #3 | |
| William Jessup vs | 1:00pm |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | PST |
| Redding, California | |
| William Jessup vs | Game |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | 2 |
| Holy Names vs | 2:00pm |
| Suffolk University | PST |
| Sun West Tournament - Hart Park Field #2 | |
