The 2023 All-PacWest Softball Team has plenty of repeat selections from a year ago and one pick that repeated twice—this year.
Biola freshman
Colby McClinton earned two awards, three actually, in the list voted on by the conference’s coaches. McClinton is the PacWest Player of the Year, the PacWest Freshman of the Year and she also was named First Team shortstop. The last person to garner three awards in one sitting was Concordia pitcher Callie Nunes (2018) when she was the Pitcher of the Year, Freshman of the Year and First Team All-PacWest.
Speaking of Concordia, the conference champion Golden Eagles took home three special awards.
Crystal Rosenthal is a repeat pick as Coach of the Year, pitcher
Daniela Alvarez is the Newcomer of the Year and
Katlin Entrup is the Pitcher of the Year. Hawaii Hilo claimed the Defensive Player of the Year with infielder
Trinity Favela.
Colby McClinton took the conference by storm this season after arriving from Oahu, where she prepped at Kamehameha-Kapalama. She started every game at shortstop for the Eagles (47) and led the conference in hitting with a sizzling .477 average. She had the highest on-base percentage in the PacWest (.559), led the league in hits (72), was second in runs scored (44), third in triples (5) and fourth in stolen bases (16). She also had 12 doubles and 26 runs batted in.
Katlin Entrup, who was the PacWest Newcomer of the Year in 2022, had another outstanding season in helping lead Concordia to the conference title. Entrup had a brilliant 15-3 win-loss record and a 0.81 ERA. She had eight complete games for a deep Golden Eagle pitching roster. In 120.2 innings pitched, she gave up only 72 hits, struck out 112, and gave up only two home runs all season. Opponents hit just .172 against her, tops in the conference.
Entrup shared the conference lead in ERA with her teammate, Newcomer of the Year
Daniella Alvarez. Alvarez arrived in Irvine from Providence College, and put together a 10-3 record and that 0.81 ERA. In 95 innings pitched, the Santa Ana native allowed 73 hits, fanned 86, gave up just one home run all year and held opponents to a .204 batting average.
For the second straight season, Hawaii Hilo had the Defender of the Year. This time it was senior
Trinity Favela, the Vulcans’ second baseman (last year it was first baseman Skylar Thomas). The fifth-year Vulcan, who also played at the University of Hawaii and Saint Martin’s, hit .282 on the season but made her mark defensively. She had a .975 fielding percentage, but perhaps most remarkably she did not make an error in the final 33 games of her career. She had a total of five errors on the season, three of them in one game. But after that rough day, she didn’t make another miscue the rest of the season.
Crystal Rosenthal is the PacWest Coach of the Year for the second season in a row. Her Golden Eagles won the regular season title weeks ago and are the No. 1 seed in this week’s PacWest Tournament. Currently ranked No. 1 in the NCAA West Region, Concordia is also 12
th in the latest NFCA National poll. Concordia heads into the tournament with a 42-10 overall record and they were 27-5 in the PacWest. Rosenthal directed her squad to their fourth PacWest title and she is now 648-164-2 in 15 seasons at Concordia.
There were a number repeat selections on the All-PacWest First, Second and Third teams. Concordia’s
Sydney Sprinkle and
Megan Massa were tabbed for the fourth time in their careers, both named First Team this season. Hawaii Pacific’s
Noel (Tito) Saunders was a third-time selection as an outfielder, as was Biola’s
Jennifer Morinishi. Dominican pitcher
Shelby Keltner made the All-PacWest team for the third time.
Concordia had four players on the First Team, Biola had three, Azusa Pacific two, Hawaii Pacific two and Chaminade had one. Biola’s
Raylene Roybal was selected twice, as a First Team outfielder and a Second Team pitcher.
| 2023 ALL-PACWEST SOFTBALL AWARDS |
| Player of the Year |
Colby McClinton |
Biola |
| Pitcher of the Year |
Katlin Entrup |
Concordia |
| Defensive Player of the Year |
Trinity Favela |
Hawai`i Hilo |
| Newcomer of the Year |
Daniela Alvarez |
Concordia |
| Freshman of the Year |
Colby McClinton |
Biola |
| Coach of the Year |
Crystal Rosenthal |
Concordia |
| 2023 ALL-PACWEST SOFTBALL TEAM |
| Name |
School |
Pos. |
Class |
B/T |
Hometown/Previous School |
| FIRST TEAM |
| Keaolani Takemura |
Chaminade |
C |
Jr. |
R/R |
Pearl City, Oahu/Mid-Pacific Int. |
| Sydney Sprinkle*** |
Concordia |
1B |
Gr. |
R/R |
Palm Desert, Calif./Palm Desert HS |
| Rilee Ruvalcaba |
Biola |
2B |
Jr. |
R/R |
Whittier, Calif./La Habra HS |
| Jocelyn Pino |
Concordia |
3B |
Sr. |
R/R |
San Jose, Calif./Cupertino HS |
| Colby McClinton |
Biola |
SS |
Fr. |
R/R |
Kaenohe, Oahu/Kamehameha-Kapalama |
| Megan Massa*** |
Concordia |
OF |
Gr. |
L/R |
Fairfield, Calif./Rodriguez HS |
| Raylene Roybal |
Biola |
OF |
Jr. |
R/R |
Pico Rivera, Calif./Calvary Chapel |
| Noel Saunders** |
Hawai`i Pacific |
OF |
Sr. |
L/R |
Pearl City, Oahu/Pearl City HS |
| Katie Korstrom* |
Azusa Pacific |
P |
Jr. |
R/R |
Abbotsford, BC/Yale Secondary |
| Katlin Entrup* |
Concordia |
P |
Jr. |
R/R |
Claremont, Calif./Univ. San Diego |
| Caitlin DeCanio* |
Azusa Pacific |
DP |
So. |
R/R |
Clovis, Calif./Clovis HS |
| Hailey Yoshida |
Hawai`i Pacific |
UT |
Fr. |
R/R |
Monterey Park, Calif./Alhambra HS |
| SECOND TEAM |
| Shelby Pfeiler |
Concordia |
C |
So. |
R/R |
Rancho Cordova, Calif./Folsom HS |
| Tiara Hernandez |
Hawai`i Pacific |
1B |
So. |
R/R |
Waipahu, Oahu/Pearl City HS |
| Mary Baccay |
Concordia |
2B |
Jr. |
R/R |
Elk Grove, Calif./Cosumnes River |
| Jaeda Cabunoc* |
Chaminade |
3B |
Sr. |
R/R |
Kaneohe, Oahu/Roosevelt HS |
| Rylie Rohr |
Concordia |
SS |
Jr. |
R/R |
Yucca Valley, Calif./Yucca Valley HS |
| Oliva Lee |
Holy Names |
OF |
Jr. |
R/R |
Concord, Calif./Northgate HS |
| Kinsey Erickson |
Azusa Pacific |
OF |
Jr. |
L/R |
Esparto, Calif./Esparto HS |
| Chasity McKean |
Chaminade |
OF |
Sr. |
R/R |
Kapolei, Oahu/Southern Nevada |
| Jennifer Morinishi** |
Biola |
OF |
Gr. |
L/L |
La Palma, Calif./Cerritos HS |
| Daniela Alvarez |
Concordia |
P |
Gr. |
R/R |
Santa Ana, Calif./Providence College |
| Raylene Roybal |
Biola |
P |
Jr. |
R/R |
Pico Rivera, Calif./Calvary Chapel |
| Allie Beck |
Biola |
DP |
Jr. |
L/L |
Upland, Calif./Upland HS |
| Kailah Gates-Coyaso |
Chaminade |
UT |
Jr. |
R/R |
Waianae, Oahu/Waianae HS |
| THIRD TEAM |
| Isabella Scozzola |
Holy Names |
C |
Fr. |
R/R |
Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs HS |
| Abie Nowak* |
Biola |
1B |
Jr. |
L/R |
Winchester, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS |
| Brandi Leong |
Hawai`i Pacific |
2B |
Sr. |
R/R |
Wahiawa, Oahu/Leilehua HS |
| Taryn Fujioka |
Chaminade |
SS |
So. |
L/R |
Aiea, Oahu/Pearl City HS |
| Kaitlyn Hawkins |
Biola |
3B |
Jr. |
R/R |
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Ontario Christian |
| Kaia Nisby |
Concordia |
OF |
Jr. |
R/R |
Lodi, Calif./St. Mary’s HS |
| Cailee Grayhorse-Pupecki |
Academy of Art |
OF |
Jr. |
L/R |
Los Angeles, Calif./Venice HS |
| Shelby Keltner** |
Dominica |
P |
Sr. |
R/R |
Redding, Calif./Enterprise HS |
| Rae Flores |
Concordia |
P |
Sr. |
L/L |
San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS |
| Larchelle Tuifao |
Chaminade |
DP |
So. |
R/R |
Eva Beach, Oahu/Kapolei HS |
| Audrey Allen |
Academy of Art |
UT |
Fr. |
L/R |
Gig Harbor, Wash./Gig Harbor HS |
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Previous All-PacWest Selection