Davis, Calif. -
Noelle Wijnbelt led a list of four Aggies honored on All-Big West Conference teams for the 2022 season the conference announced on Wednesday.
Wijnbelt was named to the All-Big West First Team with
Emily Aikema,
Allyson Clague, and
Alyssa Lengtat each earning Honorable Mentions.
2022 marks Wijnbelt's third straight First Team selection. Aikema and Clague earned Honorable Mention for the second straight season while 2022 is Lengtat's first season making an All-Big West team.
Despite missing time with an injury, Wijnbelt had a career-best year with 58 goals, the ninth-best individual scoring season in program history. She's now the third-leading scorer all-time in program history with 203 goals to date. Wijnbelt's 217 career points are also the seventh best mark in the varsity era of the program that dates back to 1997.
A senior, Aikema set career-best marks with 28 goals and 27 assists in 2022. She had the game winner against CSUN on April 2 and gave the Aggies a chance to come back against UC San Diego in the Big West Tournament with her goal to tie that game with 11 seconds remaining. She also led the Aggies with 11 field blocks.
Like all four Aggies honored this season, Clague had a career-best season in 2022 with 29 goals and added 17 assists and 17 steals. She had eight multi-goal efforts and a goal and an assist in the Aggies' Big West Tournament game against UC San Diego.
Lengtat had career-highs in goals and assists while leading UC Davis with 38 steals. Lengtat was also the Aggies' primary option on the sprint and went 63-29 over the course of the season.