COMPLETE ALL-CCC AWARDS LIST

ASHLAND – Six Southern Oregon University softball players received All-Cascade Conference recognition on Monday, a day after the Raiders claimed the championship trophy at the CCC Tournament.

The All-CCC first team included four Raiders: sophomore pitcher Ayla Davies, senior second baseman Vanessa Lang, junior pitcher/first baseman Lexi Ramirez, and redshirt-freshman right fielder Kalea Thomas. Ari Williams, a senior center fielder, made the second team. And redshirt-freshman left fielder Elysia Duarte earned a Gold Glove award along with Ramirez (at pitcher) and Williams.

Eighteen players in total were selected to the first team, and 10 more were assigned to the second. Eastern Oregon outfielder Hope Burke was voted Player of the Year and British Columbia's Carleen Murray was the Pitcher of the Year.

Davies, the 2025 CCC and NAIA Pitcher of the Year, became a two-time all-conference honoree. After going 4-0 at the CCC Tournament, she owns the ninth-most wins in the country at 23-7 overall; no other CCC pitcher has more than 18. The All-American's ERA is down to 2.01 and she has recorded 170 strikeouts in 187 2/3 innings pitched. She leads the CCC in complete games (23) and ranks second in shutouts (6).

Ramirez joined SOU this season to solidify the staff alongside Davies, standing at 12-5 with a 2.72 ERA in 115 2/3 frames. She has also been a consistent presence in the middle of the lineup with a .353 batting average, 14 extra-base hits, 32 RBIs and 22 runs scored.

Lang, an All-CCC honorable mention pick last year, jumped to the first team on the strength of a .352 batting average with 11 doubles and four triples. She ranks third in the CCC with 50 runs scored, 12th with 35 RBIs, and is the circuit's co-leader with 73 hits.

The player with whom Lang is tied atop the hits leaderboard is Thomas, who has served as SOU's leadoff hitter in a breakout first season on the field. Thomas went 11-for-16 at the CCC Tournament to raise her batting average to .401, the third-best in the conference among those with at least 100 at-bats. She is also third in stolen bases with 27, and her .466 on-base percentage is ninth in the conference.

Williams hit a pair of home runs at the CCC Tournament in the continuation of a big season. She is among just eight players in the conference with at least 20 extra-base hits and ranks second in doubles with 16. Her .356 batting average is a 20-point improvement over last year, and her 43 RBIs put her at No. 7 on the CCC leaderboard.

Duarte, in addition to providing a sharp glove, has batted .301 with 10 extra-base hits from the No. 9 spot in SOU's lineup.

The Raiders stand at 41-13 overall entering the national postseason. They'll host a four- or five-team, double-elimination NAIA Championship Opening Round bracket from May 11-14 at Laurel Park, and they'll learn who is joining them in Ashland when the 48-team field is announced at 3 p.m. Wednesday.