More Honors for Softball's Fairclough

[Dennis Jones]

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.

Fairclough, a Pleasant Hill native, came to Holy Names from College Park High School in Concord, Ca. As a freshman she accumulated a 9-1 record in conference, including 89 strike-outs and a staggering ERA of 0.55. Stephanie was also honored by being named a 2009 NAIA All-American.

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.