Pitcher Gabby Sandoval, catcher Allie Stines and coach Jessica Pistole headed Southern Oregon's awards haul Thursday night at the Cascade Conference Championships banquet, where 10 Raiders in all were recognized after taking the regular season title.

Sandoval became the first Raider to go home with the CCC Pitcher of the Year Award since 2004, and Stines was named the CCC Newcomer of the Year. For the third time in her five seasons, Pistole was voted the CCC Coach of the Year for bringing SOU into the postseason with records of 42-7 overall and 24-3 in conference play.

Sandoval and Stines were joined on the All-CCC first team by right fielder Olivia Mackey, third baseman/pitcher Lauren Quirke and second baseman Hannah Shimek, while Stines and Mackey both collected Gold Gloves. Left fielder Tiana Brown and first baseman Tayler Walker landed on the All-CCC second team, and center fielder Avery Morehead-Hutsell and designated player Hannah Wessel received honorable mention.

Oregon Tech's Ali Graham, a senior pitcher and designated player, was tabbed the CCC Player of the Year for the second time in her career.

Entering Friday's 2 p.m. CCC Tournament opener for SOU, Sandoval is one win away from breaking the conference wins record. She's done it with a microscopic 1.07 earned-run average over 182 1/3 innings, going 27-3 with a league-record 12 shutouts and a 21-1 mark in circuit contests. She's allowed two or fewer runs in 19 of 25 starts, holding opponents to a .165 batting average.

Stines has proven an able replacement at catcher for NAIA Player of the Year Harlee Donovan, batting .420 with 59 runs scored, 52 RBI and a .505 on-base percentage in her first year with the team. The junior has 23 doubles – one off the conference's all-time record – and five home runs, and she's thrown out more attempted base-stealers (16-of-28) than any catcher in the CCC.

Quirke, another first-year Raider, would have the best batting average in team history (.470) if the season ended today. She's slugged five home runs, eight triple and 15 doubles, driving in a team-high 53 runs, and gone 6-1 with a 3.86 ERA in the circle. Mackey and Shimek, both sophomores, continued their rapid progressions – Mackey with a .394 average and 14 stolen bases, and Shimek with a .358 average, 13 extra-base hits, 46 RBI and 23 stolen bases.

In her first year as a starter, Brown, a senior, added pop to the middle of the lineup with a .360 average, 11 extra-base hits and 35 RBI. Despite missing several games early due to injury, Walker has hit .355 with three home runs and 13 doubles over 39 starts during her sophomore campaign.

Wessel – a Gold Glove center fielder last season – was also victimized by an early injury but still produced a .378 average, three home runs and five doubles in 33 games as a designated player and first baseman. Her move shifted Morehead-Hutsell to center field, where she proved sure-handed on defense and hit .336 with 43 runs, 21 RBI and 23 stolen bases on as many attempts out of the No. 9 spot in the lineup.