IRVINE, Calif. – PacWest SoCal Pod Champion Azusa Pacific earned three awards to lead the All-PacWest Team selections with Osvaldo Tovalin being named Player of the Year, AJ Woodall Pitcher of the Year, and Paul Svagdis Coach of the Year ahead of this week’s PacWest AQ Pod Series.
 
Concordia also earned two awards with Haloa Dudoit repeating as the PacWest Defensive Player of the Year, and Evan Larsen earning recognition as the Newcomer of the Year. Point Loma’s Otto Kemp is the PacWest Freshman of the Year and the first-team second baseman.
 
Tovalin earned his third All-PacWest selection in as many years after he helped the PacWest’s three-time defending champion win the SoCal Pod. The junior third baseman was the PacWest’s leader in hits, runs and slugging percentage. His slugging percentage of .725 currently ranks ninth in PacWest history. Tovalin also had 13 home runs and 10 doubles. During the last three series of the season, he went on a stretch during which he hit a home run in six out of nine games.
 
Woodall made nine starts this season and earned seven wins with two no-decisions. He threw 58.2 innings with a 2.15 ERA on the season, and he struck out 60 batters. Woodall went as long as eight innings in two of his starts and struck out 10 batters both times, including in a shutout against Fresno Pacific. He made one relief appearance against Biola and struck out two batters to earn a save. He is the first pitcher from Azusa Pacific to have been named PacWest Pitcher of the Year.
 
Svagdis was voted by his peers as the PacWest Coach of the Year for the fourth year in a row. He is the first baseball coach to earn the award four times and only seven other coaches in PacWest history have been named Coach of the Year four times in a row across all sports. Under the leadership of Svagdis, Azusa Pacific has gone 29-8, including an 11-game winning streak in March. This year, the Cougars led the conference in both batting average and ERA as a team.
 
Dudoit is the first repeat PacWest Defensive Player of the Year in conference history. He also received his fourth-career All-PacWest recognition, which is the most of any active player. Dudoit helped Concordia go 21-15 so far this season. Playing shortstop, he had a team-high 84 assists and also helped turn 12 double plays. With his leadership, Concordia had the conference’s best fielding percentage this season at .970 with only 21 unearned runs allowed in 36 games.
 
Larsen transferred to Concordia after spending four years at Cal State Fullerton. He made nine appearances for Concordia and the Eagles won eight of those games. He threw 46.1 innings for Concordia with a 4.08 ERA and earned five wins as he struck out 59 batters. Against Academy of Art he threw 5.1 innings and struck out nine batters to help Concordia get a win.
 
Kemp finally completed his freshman season that started in 2019, but was derailed once by injuries and then again by the 2020 season getting cut short. The Sea Lions’ second baseman had a .360 batting average on the season with 10 home runs and 21 RBIs in 32 games. He had 11 multi-hit games this year, including two on May 6 as he went a combined 5 for 9 with three home runs, a triple seven RBIs and four runs in a doubleheader against Fresno Pacific.
 
Azusa Pacific has seven first-team All-PacWest selections, while Concordia has four and Biola has two. Nick Estrella earned his third career All-PacWest recognition, while Concordia outfielders Jair Donovan and Matt Lautz along with designated hitter Cooper Moore and first baseman Bailey Collins all earned their second All-PacWest awards. RobertAnthony Cruz for Biola also earned his second All-PacWest honor. Noah Barros from Holy Names was the lone player from outside the SoCal Pod that earned a spot on the first team with his 2.54 ERA, 4-2 record and 54 strikeouts in 49.2 innings pitched.
 

2021 ALL-PACWEST BASEBALL AWARDS
Player of the Year	Osvaldo Tovalin	Azusa Pacific
Pitcher of the Year	AJ Woodall	Azusa Pacific
Defensive Player of the Year	Haloa Dudoit	Concordia
Newcomer of the Year	Evan Larsen	Concordia
Freshman of the Year	Otto Kemp	Point Loma
Coach of the Year	Paul Svagdis	Azusa Pacific

2021 ALL-PACWEST BASEBALL TEAM
Name	School	Pos.	Class	B/T	Hometown/Previous School
FIRST TEAM
Aaron Roose	Azusa Pacific	C	Jr.	R/R	Lancaster, Calif./Paraclete
Bailey Collins*	Concordia	1B	GS	R/R	Littleton, Colo./Dakota Ridge
Otto Kemp	Point Loma	2B	Fr.	R/R	Fullerton, Calif.
Osvaldo Tovalin**	Azusa Pacific	3B	Jr.	L/R	Chula Vista, Calif./Otay Ranch
Omar Lopez	Azusa Pacific	SS	Fr.	R/R	Chula Vista, Calif./Otay Ranch
Casey Dykstra	Azusa Pacific	OF	Jr.	L/L	Corona, Calif./Santiago
Matt Lautz*	Concordia	OF	GS	R/R	Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura
Jair Donovan*	Concordia	OF	Jr.	R/R	Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills
Cooper Moore*	Concordia	DH	GS	R/R	Huntington Beach, Calif.
RobertAnthony Cruz*	Biola	UF	Jr.	L/R	Riverside, Calif./UC Riverside
Nick Estrella**	Azusa Pacific	UP	Sr.	R/R	Tucson, Ariz./Ironwood Ridge
AJ Woodall*	Azusa Pacific	SP	Jr.	L/L	La Verne, Calif./Bonita
Larson Kindreich	Biola	SP	So.	L/L	Central Point, Ore./Crater
Noah Barros	Holy Names	SP	Sr.	R/R	Prescott Valley, Ariz./Bradshaw Mountain
Korey Shepard	Azusa Pacific	RP	Fr.	R/R	Moreno Valley, Calif.
SECOND TEAM
Tony Garcia III	Concordia	C	GS	R/R	Highland, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Jared Aguilar*	Fresno Pacific	1B	So.	R/R	Fresno, Calif./Clovis East
Brett Soria	Azusa Pacific	2B	So.	L/R	Grass Valley, Calif./Lake Forest Christian
Trey Yukumoto	Hawai`i Hilo	3B	GS	S/R	Waipahu, Hawai`i/Hawai`i Pacific
Haloa Dudoit***	Concordia	SS	GS	R/R	Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin
Ty Conrad	Academy of Art	OF	Jr.	R/R	Hermosa Beach, Calif./Saint Mary’s
Evan Banks	Azusa Pacific	OF	So.	R/R	San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente
Brett O’Toole	Point Loma	OF	Sr.	R/R	San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente
Joseph Kim*	Azusa Pacific	DH	Jr.	L/R	Glendora, Calif./Diamond Bar
Garrett Cooper*	Fresno Pacific	UP	So.	R/R	Kinsburg, Calif./Clovis North
Evan Larsen	Concordia	SP	Jr.	R/R	Costa Mesa, Calif./Cal State Fullerton
Cory Dawson	Azusa Pacific	SP	Sr.	R/R	Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Jayson Summers	Academy of Art	SP	Sr.	R/R	Berkeley, Calif./Contra Costa
Max Alers	Holy Names	RP	Sr.	R/R	Brentwood, Calif./Heritage
THIRD TEAM
Easton Waterman	Point Loma	C	Jr.	R/R	Redding, Calif./Enterprise
Jackson Collins*	Biola	1B	Jr.	L/R	Watsonville, Calif./Monte Vista Christian
Richard Higa	Hawai`i Pacific	2B	So.	L/R	Honolulu/University Lab
Scott Anderson	Point Loma	3B	Fr.	R/R	Carlsbad, Calif./Sage Creek
Dominic Ruggiero	Academy of Art	SS	Jr.	L/R	Porter Ranch, Calif./Moorpark
Johnny Sage	Biola	OF	Sr.	L/R	Spokane, Wash./Purdue
Michael Warkentin	Fresno Pacific	OF	Jr.	L/L	Reedley, Calif./Reedley
Andrew Shebloski	Academy of Art	OF	GS	R/R	San Diego/Saint Mary’s
Jesus Hernandez	Holy Names	DH	So.	R/R	Oakland, Calif.
Baxter Halligan	Point Loma	UP	Jr.	L/L	Pacific City, Oregon/Lincoln
Dylan Miller	Point Loma	SP	Fr.	R/R	Jacksonville, Fla./Coronado
Kyle Alcorn	Hawai`i Hilo	SP	Jr.	L/L	Lakewood, Calif./Milikan
Ricky Hernandez Jr.	Holy Names	SP	Sr.	R/R	Richmond, Calif./De Anza
Tyler Mead	Biola	RP	So.	R/R	San Jose, Calif./Leigh