LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Utah Valley sophomore pitcher and outfielder Avery Sapp has been named to the NFCA All-Mountain region third team, the organization announced in a release on Thursday.
Sapp, a native of Spanish Fork, Utah, got better in all facets as the year went on as she played her first season as a full-time two-way player. Sapp kept the Wolverines in the game just about every time she took the ball down the stretch, allowing three or fewer earned runs in each of her final 13 appearances on the season for a team-best 3.60 ERA in that span.
Sapp was the workhorse for the Wolverine pitching staff this season, tossing a team-high 139.1 innings — roughly 43% of the team's innings pitched — while striking out a career-high 97 batters. Sapp earned 11 wins in 2025, the most by any UVU pitcher since 2022 and tied for 10th-most all-time.
Sapp picked up the win in Utah Valley's 6-4 victory over BYU on April 1, the team's first in Provo since 2015, while also going 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored. In the first weekend of the season, Sapp struck out a career-high nine batters en route to a complete game win over a Boise State team that had a top-10 offense this season.
Two of her best all-around performances came against the Abilene Christian Wildcats — first on April 4 and second on May 7 at the WAC Tournament. On April 4, Sapp came two outs away from a no-hitter in UVU's 13-3 win over the Wildcats, while also going 2-for-2 with a homer and three RBIs.
In Riverside, with the Wolverines' season on the line in the WAC Tournament play-in game, Sapp delivered 4.1 dominant shutout innings, allowing just two hits while also going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs to extend Utah Valley's season with an 8-0 run-rule win.
This is the second-straight year that Utah Valley has had an All-Region honoree, following Halle Morris' first team nod a season ago. Sapp is the fourth Wolverine overall to be named All-Region — all of whom were primarily pitchers — joining Makayla Shadle (2018) and Lauren Frailey Spendlove (2017).
