STANFORD, Calif. – Kayla Bonstrom was named an NFCA Second Team All-American at first base, as announced by the organization Wednesday.
Bonstrom becomes the 16th All-American in Stanford history and is the 12th Cardinal player to be selected to either the first or second team. Stanford’s 16 All-Americans have combined for 31 honors all-time.
Bonstrom is the first Stanford player to earn All-America recognition since Jenna Rich (’12) was named to the third team in 2012 and the first Cardinal player to be named to the second team since Ashley Hansen (’12) in 2009.
The national accolade comes after Bonstrom earned All-West Region First Team honors at first base two weeks ago – the second all-region award of her career and the first as a member of the first-team. She was a second-team honoree as a freshman in 2013.
Bonstrom was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team, claiming the third all-conference honor of her career and second first-team selection.
Bonstrom had a tremendous season and set the Stanford single-season slugging percentage record at .806, becoming the first Cardinal player to break the .800 mark in program history. She finished in the top-11 in multiple single-season categories in Stanford history including: batting average (5th, .439), home runs (T-5th, 13), RBI (T-7th, 54), doubles (11th, 16) and fielding percentage (T-2nd, .997). She was solid defensively, committing just one error in 381 chances.
Bonstrom finished the regular season ranked 41st in the nation in batting average (.439), 24th in on-base percentage (.549) and 39th in slugging percentage (.806). She finished in the top-10 among Pac-12 players in multiple categories, including: on-base percentage (4th, .549), batting average (5th, .439), slugging percentage (5th, .806), doubles (T-5th, 16), hits (T-6th, 68), total bases (T-7th, 125), RBI (10th, 54) and putouts (2nd, 365).