Senior setter Claire Johnson earned her first career postseason award after being named All-Northwest Conference honorable mention on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Johnson ranked fourth in the NWC in assists per set with eight, totaling 656 over 82 sets in the 2023 season. The senior from Snohomish, Wash., racked up a career-high 53 assists in Linfield's five-set victory over Western New England on Sept. 2.
 
She tallied over 40 assists on two separate occasions against Eastern Nazarene and Puget Sound. Johnson finished her Linfield career with 77 kills, 668 assists, and 29 serving aces.
 
George Fox's Kassandra Mendenhall won NWC Player of the Year while her teammate Emily Blagg won Rookie of the Year. Halle Hetzler won her third straight Libero of the Year from Pacific Lutheran. Lutes head coach Kevin Aoki also grabbed Coach of the Year. Pacific Lutheran won the NWC inaugural tournament and earned the automatic birth to the NCAA Division III Championships.
 
The Wildcats finished their season 8-15 and 4-12 in conference play. Linfield slotted in at eighth in the final NWC standings, finishing ahead of Lewis & Clark and just behind Pacific.