A High-5 Year for the GSAC
(complete standings)
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Azusa Pacific Concordia Fresno Pacific California Baptist Point Loma Nazarene Biola Vanguard Westmont The Master’s |
NAIA TEAM CHAMPIONS
Azusa Pacific - Women’s Cross Country
Fresno Pacific - Volleyball
California Baptist - Softball
Fresno Pacific - Men’s Tennis
Azusa Pacific - Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
TOP TEAM NAIA FINISHES
Azusa Pacific - Men’s Cross Country runner-up
Concordia - Volleyball runner-up
Biola - Volleyball semifinalist
California Baptist - Volleyball semifinalist
Point Loma Nazarene - Baseball runner-up
Point Loma Nazarene - Softball fifth place
California Baptist - Men’s Tennis semifinalist
Fresno Pacific - Women’s Tennis runner-up
Concordia - Women’s Tennis semifinalist
Azusa Pacific - Women’s Outdoor Track & Field fourth place
NAIA CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER TEAMS
Westmont - Division I Women’s Basketball
(read more at www.naia.org and www.westmont.edu)
Point Loma Nazarene - Baseball
(read more at www.pointloma.edu)
NAIA COACHES OF THE YEAR
Preston Grey, Azusa Pacific - Women’s Cross Country
Paula Weishoff, Concordia - Volleyball
Mike Smith, California Baptist - Softball
Neil Castro, Fresno Pacific - Men’s Tennis
Kevin Reid, Azusa Pacific - Men’s Track & Field
NAIA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Aron Rono, Azusa Pacific - NAIA Men’s Cross Country Individual Champion
Eric Winblad, Azusa Pacific - NAIA Men’s Soccer Player of the Year
Shu Liu, Fresno Pacific - NAIA Volleyball Player of the Year
Tory Ferreira, California Baptist - NAIA Softball Pitcher of the Year
Natasha Miller, Biola - NAIA Women’s Track & Field Top Meet Performer In non-GSAC sports, the conference also did well. California Baptist was the NAIA Men’s Swimming & Diving Champion and Fresno Pacific was the runner-up. California Baptist’s Ben Wahlman was named the NAIA Men’s Diver of the Year and Fresno Pacific’s Coach Peter Richardson was the NAIA Men’s Swimming & Diving Coach of the Year. California Baptist was also the runner-up in the NAIA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship. Azusa Pacific was the NAIA Men’s Indoor Track & Field Champion and the women were the runners-up in their indoor meet. For indoor track & field, Natasha Miller of Biola received the Most Valuable Meet Performer Award and Aron Rono of Azusa Pacific was named the men’s Outstanding Performer of the Meet, while Coach Kevin Reid of Azusa Pacific was the men’s coach of the year. In men’s golf, Sam Cyr of Point Loma Nazarene was the NAIA individual champion for the second consecutive year.
MLB Drafts 7 GSAC Players
Major League Baseball conducted its 2009 draft, and 7 GSAC players were drafted, which are listed below. To see a complete list of drafted NAIA players, go to www.naia.org and for the complete draft, go to www.mlb.com.
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Cameron Bayne, Concordia - 13th round by Chicago White Sox
Timothy Crabbe, Westmont - 14th round by Cincinnati Reds
Nicholas Akins, Vanguard - 19th round by Los Angeles Dodgers
Kurt Steinhauer, Point Loma - 27th round by New York Mets
Paul Miller, The Master’s - 32nd round by Los Angeles Dodgers
Hawkins Gebbers, Biola - 33rd round by Seattle Mariners
Kaohi Downing, Point Loma - 50th round by San Francisco Giants
Spring Championships and Awards Galore
Natasha Miller, Biola
Tory Ferreira, California Baptist
Point Loma Honored for World Series Play
Point Loma Nazarene baseball team
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Avista-NAIA World Series All-Tournament Team
- Andrew Bovich, P
Brandon Dixon, P
Wes Kartch, 3B
Kurt Steinhauer, OF - Charlie Hustle Award
Tim Winslow, C
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