GILROY — Life keeps getting sweeter for the Gavilan College softball team, the reigning Coast Conference South Division champions.
Two Rams were named to the All-Northern California team, and nine additional players earned All-Conference honors Monday. Gavilan was also honored as the NorCal Coaching Staff of the Year.
Gavilan ace Paige Miguel and utility player Priscilla Orona were named to the All-NorCal team in addition to earning First Team All-Coast Conference South honors.
Miguel racked up 21 wins this season for Gavilan and threw six shutouts. She had 132 strikeouts, averaging 5.47 per game and was also a force at the plate, with a .324 batting average. Miguel also scored 30 runs, had 21 RBIs and nine stolen bases. Orona has a .412 average through 38 games this season, with 30 runs scored, 21 RBI and eight stolen bases.
Joining Miguel and Orona on the First Team are former Gilroy High first baseman Adrianna Ortega, Kayla Medrano — an infielder from Christopher — and catcher Kari Anna Bittle. Ortega has 35 RBIs and 24 runs through 38 games.
Bittle has four home runs this season, including 23 RBI and 15 runs scored. Medrano scored 21 runs for the Rams this season and drove in nine through 36 games. She has a .359 batting average in addition to eight stolen bases.
Second Team All-Coast Conference South honors were awarded to Mari Rodriguez, the designated hitter from Christopher, Victoria Lobato, Kristen Dennis (outfielder from CHS) and Samantha Parraz — an infielder from Gilroy.
Rodriguez boasts a .379 batting average through 34 games. She has two home runs, 23 RBI and 19 runs scored. Lobato has 12 RBI and two homers through 23 games. Parraz scored 18 runs and had 17 RBI through 37 games. Dennis played in 28 games in which she scored five runs and had three RBI.
Gavilan will host Ohlone College at 2 p.m. Saturday in Game 1 of the NorCal playoffs.
