COLUMBUS, Ga. – Three Southern Oregon softball players joined NAIA World Series MVP Cayla Williams on the all-tournament team, the national office announced after the Raiders won their third national championship Wednesday.

Senior second baseman Deja Acosta, senior catcher Riley Donovan and sophomore center fielder Sarah Kerling were each named to the 15-person squad for aiding the Raiders' perfect run through the tournament. They outscored their four opponents 35-2 – marking the highest run total and top run differential ever among teams that have gone undefeated at the final site.

Williams, the senior right-hander from San Jose, Calif., led the pack. She pitched all 23 defensive innings for SOU at the tournament and posted a 0.61 ERA while allowing just 13 hits. Williams finished up with her second shutout of Oregon Tech in five days, a five-hitter that brought her season record to 24-5. She was also a force from the cleanup spot in the Raider lineup, going 5-for-14 with 10 RBIs and hitting a grand slam in a 5-1 tourney-opening win over Georgia Gwinnett.

Donovan, who earned the World Series MVP award in 2021, marked her return to Columbus with a record-setting total of 11 RBIs. She went 6-for-11 over four games and homered in each of the last three of them. Her 23rd and final blast of the year was a grand slam that served as the finishing touch of an 11-0 win over Oregon Tech in the championship.

Acosta went 7-for-15 with six runs scored and four RBIs at the tournament while playing error-free defense in the field. She was one of SOU's top performers throughout the postseason, batting .500 (16-for-32) with six multi-hit games since the start of the Opening Round.

Kerling wrapped up the week at 7-for-10 with five runs scored. In SOU's first defeat of Oregon Tech, 10-0 on Saturday, she went 4-for-4 to become the second player in team history with a four-hit game at the World Series.

As a team, SOU batted .396 at the final site.