OREM, Utah — Linnah Rebolledo was named to the All-WAC First Team and leads seven Utah Valley University players to receive All-WAC honors, the league announced on Wednesday.
Devyn Cretz,
Rien Milliken and
Basia Query were all named to the second team while
Kyla Hardy,
Emery Nielson and
Siena Sandoval received honorable mention All-WAC recognition.
Rebolledo leads the WAC with 44 runs scored and is also third with 41 RBIs, tied for fifth with 53 hits, and tied for second — with Query — with five triples. She's having a career year nearly across the board with a .346 batting average and eight home runs. 21 of her 53 hits have gone for extra bases.
Cretz, who was named the WAC Pitcher of the Week for the fourth time in her career on Monday, is second among all WAC pitchers with 14 wins and 119 strikeouts, and she leads the conference with four saves and ranks sixth with a 3.53 ERA.
Milliken, in her first full season in a Wolverine uniform, leads the team with nine home runs and has also driven in 36 runs while batting .331. She homered twice and drove in seven runs during a doubleheader sweep earlier this season at Boise State.
Query is batting .335 with a career-high six home runs and five triples and is tied with Rebolledo for the team lead with 53 hits. She became the program's all-time hits leader in last Saturday's regular season finale against Tarleton on a walk-off home run in the final plate appearance of her home career.
Hardy, whose pair of three-run home runs ended BYU's 16-game win streak earlier this season, is batting .289 with seven home runs and 34 runs batted in. She also leads the team and is tied for fourth in the WAC with 13 doubles. Nielson is hitting .280 overall and has upped that average to .370 in WAC play. Sandoval is batting .310 with eight home runs and 30 RBIs and homered twice in the series at New Mexico State.
2021 WAC Softball Postseason Award Winners
| First Team |
School |
Ht. |
Yr. |
Pos. |
Hometown (Prev. School) |
| Nikki Butler |
NM State |
5-8 |
R-Sr. |
C |
La Habra, Calif. (La Habra HS) |
| Ally Choate |
Seattle U |
5-4 |
Sr. |
OF |
Yelm, Wash. (Yelm HS) |
| Matalasi Faapito |
NM State |
5-11 |
R-Fr. |
RHP |
Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS) |
| Kristin Fifield |
Grand Canyon |
5-9 |
So. |
UTL |
El Paso, Texas (Chapin HS) |
| Hannah Hughbanks |
Dixie State |
5-8 |
So. |
OF/1B |
Chino Hills, Calif. (Ayala HS) |
| Ramsay Lopez |
NM State |
5-9 |
R-Fr. |
INF |
Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado HS) |
| Stefanie Madrigal |
Seattle U |
6-0 |
So. |
RHP |
San Jose, Calif. (Oak Grove HS) |
| Gianna Nicoletti |
Grand Canyon |
5-2 |
Jr. |
OF |
Fullerton, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) |
| Linnah Rebolledo |
Utah Valley |
5-3 |
Jr. |
OF/INF |
Riverside, Calif. (Ramona HS) |
| Cherise Silvan |
Seattle U |
5-3 |
Gr. |
OF |
Folsom, Calif. (Vista Del Lago HS) |
| Shi Smith |
Seattle U |
5-10 |
Sr. |
RHP |
Gresham, Ore. (Gresham HS) |
| Bailey Thompson |
Seattle U |
6-1 |
Sr. |
C |
Tucson, Ariz. (Canyon Del Oro HS) |
| Kerisa Viramontes |
California Baptist |
5-5 |
Gr. |
RHP |
Mira Loma, Calif. (BYU) |
| Second Team |
School |
Ht. |
Yr. |
Pos. |
Hometown (Prev. School) |
| Gabby Aragon |
NM State |
5-4 |
R-Fr. |
OF |
Carlsbad, N.M. (Carlsbad HS) |
| Kayla Bowen |
NM State |
5-6 |
Jr. |
UTL |
Fresno, Calif. (Edison HS) |
| Shea Clements |
Dixie State |
5-7 |
So. |
C/OF |
Las Vegas, Nev. (Shadow Ridge HS) |
| Devyn Cretz |
Utah Valley |
5-10 |
Sr. |
RHP |
Corona, Calif. (UTEP) |
| Ryan Denhart |
Grand Canyon |
5-11 |
Sr. |
RHP |
Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos HS) |
| Malory Eldredge |
Dixie State |
5-8 |
R-Jr. |
OF |
Arvada, Calif. (Ralston Valley HS) |
| Maya Martinez |
NM State |
5-8 |
R-Fr. |
INF |
La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) |
| Ashley McBay |
California Baptist |
5-7 |
Sr. |
OF |
Modesto, Calif. (Joseph A. Gregori HS) |
| Rien Milliken |
Utah Valley |
5-6 |
Jr. |
INF |
Victoria, B.C. (Grayson College) |
| Carley Nance |
Seattle U |
5-10 |
R-Sr. |
LHP |
Maple Valley, Wash. (Tahoma HS) |
| Basia Query |
Utah Valley |
5-8 |
Sr. |
C |
Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS) |
| Mikaela Thomson |
Dixie State |
5-9 |
Sr. |
1B |
Herriman, Utah (Southern Utah) |
| Olivia Viggiano |
Seattle U |
5-9 |
Jr. |
OF |
Mission Viejo, Calif. (Mission Viejo HS) |
Freshman of the Year: Matalasi Faapito, NM State
Pitcher of the Year: Kerisa Viramontes, California Baptist
Player of the Year: Nikki Butler, NM State
Coach of the Year: Kathy Rodolph, NM State
Honorable Mention All-WAC: Anjolee Aguilar-Beaucage, Grand Canyon; Meagan Anders, Dixie State; Lilly Bishop, Grand Canyon; Georgia Capell, Tarleton; Kasey Crawford, Dixie State; Jordan Dickerson, Tarleton; Jacie Hambrick, Grand Canyon; Kyla Hardy, Utah Valley; Katelyn Mangrello, California Baptist; Emery Nielson, Utah Valley; Tiana Patrick, California Baptist; Bailee Riggs, Tarleton; Siena Sandoval, Utah Valley; Katy Schaefer, Tarleton; Savannah Tourville, Grand Canyon; Oaklee Trapp, Dixie State