Linfield swept all four major awards and saw nine players named to the All-Northwest Conference in an announcement released by the NWC on Thursday afternoon.
 
Jackson Vaughan was named NWC Coach of the Year for the 14th time in his storied career and became the seventh active coach in Division III to have 800 or more career wins. The Wildcats claimed the conference regular and postseason with a perfect 28-0 NWC record and set a new program record with 43 consecutive victories.
 
Tayah Kelley added to a lengthy list of accomplishments with her third Pitcher of the Year award. Brynn Nelson earned Player of the Year, becoming the third Linfield player in as many seasons to accomplish the feat. Freshman Tyler McNeley was named Rookie of the Year and became the first Linfield player to earn Rookie of the Year since the award started in 2017.
 
The Wildcats had a total of seven players named to the first team and one on each of the second and honorable mention teams. Kelly and McNeley were the two pitchers selected to the first team. Kelly led the NWC in wins (26), ERA (1.09), complete games (19), innings pitched (147.2) and strikeouts (232). McNeley was second to only her teammate in wins (17) and ERA (1.22) while totaling 109 innings pitched and 80 strikeouts.
 
Nelson, Kaili Saathoff, Cydney Hess and Claire Seats are all making repeat appearances on the conference list. Jacey Leyvas, Nelson, Hess and Saathoff all swept the infield awards on the first-team list. Nelson led the NWC in batting average (.522) and OPS (1.517), adding 33 runs scored, 60 hits, 11 doubles, 11 home runs and 49 RBIs. Saathoff was the only other player to hit over .500, holding a .504 average. She tallied a conference-high 64 hits and 19 doubles.
 
Seats was third in the NWC in batting average at .409. She led the conference in home runs with 13, pouring in 54 hits, 12 doubles, and 58 RBIs. Hess led the NWC in RBIs with 60 RBIs, holding a .374 average, totaling 52 hits, 13 doubles and nine home runs. In her first season as the full-time starter, Leyvas hit .400 with 50 hits, 13 doubles, 30 RBIs and seven home runs.
Joining the seven first-team selections is Sophia vanderSommen who was named second team and Ashlyn Aven who earned an honorable mention. VanderSommen flanked the right of Seats in the outfield and held a batting average of .272, totaling 28 hits, two home runs and two doubles. Designated player, Aven held a .257 batting average, with 28 hits, five doubles and 29 RBIs.
 
After sweeping through the NWC tournament, the top-ranked Wildcats now welcome the Redlands Bulldogs for the McMinnville Regional. The 'Cats and 'Dogs will play a best-of-five series beginning on Thursday, May 16 with the winner advancing to the Super Regional on Thursday, May 23.