IRVINE, Calif. – PacWest Champion Point Loma won five of the six special awards and landed four players on the All-PacWest first team, including Baxter Halligan, who became just he second player in PacWest history to be named Pitcher of the Year and Player of the Year in the same season.
 
Halligan joins Hawai`i Pacific’s Kaimi Mead from 2008 to become the second player to win both awards. Halligan played key roles in the Sea Lions being the No. 1 team in the NCAA West Region this season both with the bat and on the mound. His teammates Scott Anderson and Jakob Christian were named the Defensive Player and Freshman of the Year, while Justin James is the PacWest Coach of the Year. Biola’s Oscar Serratos earned recognition as the PacWest Newcomer of the Year.
 
Halligan had a 2.28 ERA and a .333 batting average this season as he helped the Sea Lions tie the PacWest record of 43 wins in a season. On the mound, he has won 11 games, which also ties a PacWest single season record as he has struck out 96 batters in 75 innings pitched. He needs just 14 more strikeouts to tie the PacWest record that was set this season by Noah Barros for Holy Names.
 
At the plate, Halligan has eight home runs and 40 RBIs. During the season, he had a nine-game hitting streak and an eight-game walk streak during that run. The Sea Lions cracked the top-10 list in PacWest history for walks in a single season and Halligan collected 35 of those walks, helping him earn a .470 on-base percentage.
 
Anderson had the second-most hits in the league, but was also a key player for the Sea Lions with the glove this season.  At shortstop, he had a .969 fielding percentage with a team-best 92 assists. He also played a part in 16 doubleplays and made 65 putouts with just five errors. As a team, Point Loma currently holds the PacWest record for single-season fielding percentage at .979, which ranks second in all of NCAA Division II for this season.
 
Serratos transferred from Young Harris and immediately made an impact as a power-hitting shortstop. He launched 14 home runs, which is the third-most in the PacWest this season, and he drove in 46 runs. He recorded multiple RBIs in each of the first four games of the season and tallied at least four RBIs four times in 48 games. Against Azusa Pacific on March 25, he hit three home runs, which was the only time that was done in the PacWest this season.
 
Christian had a .339 batting average during his freshman campaign, becoming the second Sea Lion in a row to be named Freshman of the Year and third in four seasons. He ended the regular season on a streak of seven-consecutive games with at least one RBI, including his game with four hits and seven RBIs. He blasted 10 home runs and drove in 50 runs as he collected 15 multi-hit games in 45 games played.
 
James led the Sea Lions to their first PacWest title and was voted by his peers as the PacWest Coach of the Year. Point Loma has earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA West Regional after ending the regular season on a five-game winning streak, which includes a sweep of Fresno Pacific to win the title. Point Loma is 43-7 on the season, needing just one more win to break the single-season record for wins. The Sea Lions went 18-0 in non-conference play, becoming the first PacWest team to have an undefeated record in non-conference play during an entire regular season.
 
Azusa Pacific’s AJ Woodall became a three-time All-PacWest selection after helping the Cougars earn the No. 2 seed in the NCAA West Regional, which begins on Thursday. Point Loma’s Otto Kemp earned his second All-PacWest honor as he became the sixth player in PacWest history to eclipse 60 runs in a single season.
 
Aaron Roose, Omar Lopez and Tido Robles from Azusa Pacific, Evan Larsen from Concordia, Dylan Miller from Point Loma, Halligan and Barros all earned their second All-PacWest awards. Khalid Johnson, who broke the PacWest record for steals in a single season with 34, was a first-team All-PacWest selection for Fresno Pacific.
 

2022 ALL-PACWEST BASEBALL AWARDS
Player of the Year	Baxter Halligan	Point Loma
Pitcher of the Year	Baxter Halligan	Point Loma
Defensive Player of the Year	Scott Anderson	Point Loma
Newcomer of the Year	Oscar Serratos	Biola
Freshman of the Year	Jakob Christian	Point Loma
Coach of the Year	Justin James	Point Loma

2022 ALL-PACWEST BASEBALL TEAM
Name	School	Pos.	Class	B/T	Hometown/Previous School
FIRST TEAM
Aaron Roose *	Azusa Pacific	C	Sr.	R/R	Lancaster, Calif./Paraclete
Jakob Christian	Point Loma	1B	Fr.	R/R	San Diego/St. Augustine
Nicholas Jio	Hawai`i Pacific	2B	So.	R/R	San Diego/Scripps Ranch
Otto Kemp *	Point Loma	3B	So.	R/R	Fullerton, Calif.
Oscar Serratos	Biola	SS	Sr.	R/R	Lawrenceville, Ga.
Colton Combs	Holy Names	OF	Sr.	L/R	Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga
Michael Dixon	Concordia	OF	Jr.	R/R	Oakland, Calif./Univ. of San Diego
Khalid Johnson	Fresno Pacific	OF	Fr.	R/R	Richmond, Calif./Contra Costa
Joseph Gallagher	Hawai`i Hilo	DH	Gr.	R/R	Fair Oaks, Calif./Hawai`i Pacific
Jared Aguilar	Fresno Pacific	UF	Jr.	R/R	Fresno, Calif./Clovis East
Baxter Halligan *	Point Loma	UP	Sr.	L/L	Pacific City, Oregon/Lincoln
Noah Barros *	Holy Names	SP	Sr.	R/R	Prescott Valley, Ariz./Bradshaw Mountain
Justin Fuson	Fresno Pacific	SP	Jr.	R/R	Fresno, Calif./San Joaquin Memorial
Evan Larsen *	Concordia	SP	Sr.	R/R	Costa Mesa, Calif./Cal State Fullerton
Cole Hillier	Point Loma	RP	So.	R/R	Glendora, Calif./Glendora
SECOND TEAM
Kevin Fowler	Concordia	C	Jr.	R/R	Alisa Viejo, Calif./Irvine Valley
Jesús Hernandez	Holy Names	1B	Sr.	L/L	Pittsburg, Calif./Los Medanos
Tommy Rover	Fresno Pacific	2B	Fr.	S/R	Brentwood, Calif./Heritage
Tido Robles *	Azusa Pacific	3B	Jr.	R/R	Paramount, Calif./St. John Bosco
Omar Lopez *	Azusa Pacific	SS	So.	R/R	Chula Vista, Calif./Otay Ranch
Izayah Alvarez	Point Loma	OF	Sr.	R/R	Palm Desert, Calif./Palm Desert
Tyler Baca	Biola	OF	Jr.	S/R	Temecula, Calif./Linfield Christian
George Christison	Azusa Pacific	OF	So.	R/R	Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville
Spencer Rasmussen	Azusa Pacific	DH	So.	R/R	Orange, Calif./Canyon
Dominic Ruggiero	Academy of Art	UF	Sr.	L/R	Porter Ranch, Calif./Moorpark
D.J. Stephens	Hawai`i Pacific	UP	Sr.	R/R	Nanakuli, Hawai`i/Southern Nevada
Jack Gonzales	Point Loma	SP	Gr.	L/L	Oceanside, Calif./El Camino
Dylan Miller *	Point Loma	SP	So.	R/R	Jacksonville, Fla./Coronado
AJ Woodall **	Azusa Pacific	SP	Sr.	L/L	La Verne, Calif./Bonita
Zachary Veen	Point Loma	RP	So.	L/L	Eastvale, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt
THIRD TEAM
Taylor Justus	Biola	C	So.	R/R	Thousand Oaks, Calif./San Jose State
Vincent Lontz	Academy of Art	1B	Sr.	L/L	Concord, Calif./Los Medanos
Jason DuMont	Point Loma	2B	Jr.	S/R	Portland, Ore./Sunset
Andrew Valdez	Fresno Pacific	3B	Jr.	R/R	Visalia, Calif./College of the Sequoias
Casey Yamauchi	Hawai`i Hilo	SS	Jr.	R/R	Hilo, Hawai`i/Waiakea
Cole Kashimoto	Hawai`i Pacific	OF	So.	L/R	Kaneohe, Hawai`i/Saint Louis
Andrue Lackey	Fresno Pacific	OF	Jr.	R/R	Kingsburg, Calif./Immanuel
Esai Santos	Holy Names	OF	Jr.	L/R	Berkeley, Calif./Laney
Matt McGrady	Fresno Pacific	DH	Sr.	L/R	Clovis, Calif./Buchanan
David Hays	Azusa Pacific	UP	So.	L/L	Bellflower, Calif./Cerritos
Collin Carriger	Academy of Art	SP	Sr.	R/R	Fair Oaks, Calif./American River
Garrett Cooper	Fresno Pacific	SP	Jr.	R/R	Kingsburg, Calif./Clovis
Jack O’Brien	Hawai`i Pacific	SP	So.	R/R	San Diego/Palomar CC
Hayden Merda	Azusa Pacific	RP	So.	R/R	Ladera Ranch, Calif./San Juan Hills