STANFORD, Calif. – Kayla Bonstrom was named an NFCA All-West Region First Team selection at first base, as announced Thursday by the organization.
It is Bonstrom’s 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 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.
Bonstrom 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 was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team on Tuesday, claiming the third all-conference honor of her career and second first-team selection.
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).
The awards honor softball student-athletes from the NFCA’s 10 regions with first, second and third teams selected for each region. The all-region teams were voted on by NFCA member coaches from each respective region, and all the honorees now become eligible for selection to one of three 2015 NFCA Division I All-American teams.
The 2015 NFCA Division I All-America teams will be announced May 27.