Davis, Calif. - The 2021-22 spring sport season ended in familiar fashion for UC Davis student-athletes - more all-America nods, more all-conference awards, and more championships. 

In total, the Aggies earned 40 Big West Conference awards in the spring, two Big West Player of the Year awards, a conference team title, and three all-America honors. 

BASEBALL 
Despite taking over less than two months before the start of the season, new head coach Tommy Nicholson and his staff showed that the Aggies have the foundation to be competitive in the Big West for years to come. 

Playing with a smaller roster than most in the conference, the Aggies frequently came back late in games, scoring over 40 percent of their runs in the seventh inning or later. 

After missing nearly two full seasons due to injuries, Jonah Henrickson returned to on-field action in 2022 and was the only Aggie to start all 41 games this season. 

Though the final weekend of the season ended in a sweep at the hands of Long Beach State, there was no better example of the Aggies' resiliency than that three-game set. Reduced to a pitching staff of eight players, two of which also played the field during the series, the Aggies allowed just four runs and forced extra innings in the series opener. Nate Freeman and Daniel Carrion covered all 11 innings of that May 26 game with Carrion throwing a career-high four innings and allowing just one earned run. Down to just four available pitchers in the season finale, Carson Seeman, Andrew LaCour, Nathan Peng, and Kyler Arenado allowed just three earned runs. 

UC Davis went on a seven-game stretch from Mar. 29 to Apr. 12 averaging nearly 11 runs per game, a span that included the team's first wins of the season in back-to-back fashion and an extra innings win over Pacific. 

Freshman Mark Wolbert became the first Aggie since Tanner Murray in 2018 to be named the Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year and the first Aggie since Murray in 2019 to be named to the All-Big West First Team. Wolbert also garnered the first all-America recognition of his career on June 8 when he was named a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American. 

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
 
In year four of the program, the Aggies continued to trend in a positive direction, accomplishing several milestones on the sand. UC Davis nearly posted its first winning season in its young history, finishing with a program-best 14 victories en route to a 14-16 record.
 
Of the 30 duals, 16 came against ranked opponents, including nine matches against top-10 foes. The Aggies secured their first ranked win in school history when they downed No. 9 Hawai'i at the Big West Challenge.
 
UC Davis entered the Big West Championship as the No. 4 seed. Bowing out in previous championships without a victory in postseason play, the Aggies earned two wins to reach the final day of competition for the first time in program history. The Ags took down CSU Bakersfield, 4-1, in the opener, and then after falling to No. 1 seed Hawai'i, bounced back with a 4-1 win over CSUN.
 
For their efforts, UC Davis had three pairs earn Big West All-Conference accolades. Colleen McGuire and Chelsea Maeglin were named to the second team, while Ashlee Goycoochea and Rose Holscher and the pair of Tabitha Mitchell and Lily Justine captured honorable mention honors.

WOMEN'S GOLF
 
The women's golf team capped off its 2021-22 season with a sixth place showing at the Big West Conference Championships. Newcomer Abby Leighton paced the Aggies all season long as she was named to the All-Big West first team.
 
The honor comes after the freshman fired a 12-over 228 to finish eighth overall at the Big West Championship. Leighton posted three top-10 finishes, including two top-five showings in her first season in the collegiate ranks.
 
The young Aggie squad had three top-10 team finishes on the year, including the t-6th at the conference championship.
 
Every tournament, a freshman was atop the team leaderboard for the Ags as newcomer Naomi Danner led the four other season contests. Danner paced the Aggies at the Badger Invitational, Ron Moore Women's Intercollegiate, The Molly Collegiate Invitational and the Fresno State Classic.
 
Four of the five Aggie golfers at the Big West Championships were freshmen, including Ukraine native Ella Rastvortseva and Marina Mata.
 
MEN'S GOLF
 
The 2021-22 season was one to remember for the Aggies as they ran away with the 2022 Big West Championship and earned their first NCAA regional bid since 2015.
 
UC Davis won the Big West Championship by an impressive six strokes, claiming the crown for the first time since 2012. All-American Thomas Hutchison was named the Big West Golfer of the Year after winning the individual title at the conference championship. Cy Williams nabbed Coach of the Year honors for the third time in his Aggie career.
 
Hutchison capped off one of the most impressive careers in UC Davis golf history, earning PING All-America third-team accolades. The senior became the first Aggie to be named to one of the three All-America teams since 2003.
 
The San Jose, Calif., native medaled three times in 12 tournaments played and boasted eight top-10s, including six in the top-5. The senior fired 18 rounds in the 60s that was topped off by a school-record 62 at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational this past fall. He finished his career with a school-record four Big West Golfer of the Month honors.
 
On top of Hutchison and Williams earning the major conference honors, Lucas Carper, Jacob Westberg and Mark Stephens were also recognized by the league. Carper, who was named the Big West Golfer of the Month for March, was tabbed to the first team for the second straight season, while Westberg was named to the second team and Stephens nabbed honorable mention accolades.
 
On top of the conference championship, the Aggies claimed the team title at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational and posted eight top-10s on the season.

LACROSSE
While the announcement of the Aggies joining the Pac-12 Conference as affiliate members came after the season, UC Davis spent 2022 proving they belong there. 

Even after losing multiple key players to injuries before the season began and being forced to play without a conference in 2022, the Aggies posted three wins over Pac-12 opponents - including San Diego State who will join them in the Pac-12. 

Alex Agnew had one of the best individual seasons in the history of the program, finishing the season with 37 assists to tie her with Amanda Outcalt for the second-most in a season in school history. At 61 assists for her career, Agnew is eighth on the all-time assist list. She also finished tied for third on the team in scoring with 25 goals. 

Kendall Seifert was the only Aggie to score in all 13 games, breaking out in her final season at UC Davis to post multi-goal games 11 times to finish with 31 goals. 

UC Davis also showcased the future of the program with freshmen Ella Brislin and Grace Gebhardt the only underclassmen among the eight Aggies to start 13 games. Gebhardt had a five goal, three assist game at San Diego State on Apr 24 as part of a 23-goal season. Brislin had one five goal and two four goal games on her ledger while finishing tied for second on the team in goals. 

WOMEN'S TENNIS
 
UC Davis finished with a 14-8 mark in dual matches and a 5-4 mark in conference play. The 14 dual victories were the most since the 2018 season. The Aggies were spectacular at the Marya Welch Tennis Center, showcasing an 11-2 record on their home courts.
 
The Aggies concluded the regular season on a roll, winning five-straight matches without surrendering a point en route to being named the No. 4 seed at the Big West Championship.
 
UC Davis was rewarded with four all-conference honorees as senior Sara Tsukamoto garnered two accolades, being named second-team singles and doubles. Junior Yana Gurevich was named second-team singles and Lauren Ko joined Tsukamoto for second-team doubles honors. Newcomer Arianna Stavropoulos captured honorable mention singles.
 
Stavropoulos was one of the top freshmen in the conference as she led the Aggies with a 15-5 singles record and a 6-3 mark in conference play. Gurevich was second on the team with a 14-5 overall record and a 6-3 mark in conference play, primarily at No. 2 singles. Tsukamoto capped off her Aggie career with her third singles and doubles all-conference honor.

SOFTBALL
 
The Aggies finished the 2022 campaign with a 23-29 overall record and a 10-14 mark in Big West play. UC Davis boasted the best pitching staff in the conference as the Aggies led the Big West with a 2.68 ERA while their .240 batting average against was also tops in the league.
 
Sophomore pitcher Kenedi Brown was named to the All-Big West first team after finishing the season 13-18 with a conference-leading 1.73 ERA. Brown held opposing batters to a .194 clip and struck out 224 in 190 innings pitched. The Elk Grove, Calif., native added a league-best 19 complete games and three shutouts, including a no-hitter.
 
In conference play, Brown was 7-10 with a 1.78 ERA. She held the conference to a .189 batting average and struck out 129 in 114 1/3 innings. Brown threw her first career no-hitter against Utah State and was named the Big West Pitcher of the Week three times in 2022.
 
Sophomore Anna Dethlefson nabbed second-team honors. Dethlefson was the catalyst for the Aggies all season long in the lineup. She led the Ags with a .328 batting average, 57 hits, 42 runs, six home runs, 19 stolen bases and nine doubles. The sophomore broke the Division I single-season school record with 86 total bases and sported a team-best .494 slugging percentage. In Big West play, Dethlefson hit an impressive .348 and showcased a .543 slugging percentage while also adding 22 runs, 32 hits, seven doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI and eight stolen bases.
 
Delaney Diaz put together her finest season in an Aggie uniform, batting .272 with four home runs and 25 RBI en route to being named honorable mention all-conference. Diaz added four doubles and 37 hits. In conference action, Diaz batted .279 with two home runs and 11 RBI.
 
Newcomer Reese Mattley came on late to nab all-freshman accolades. Mattley closed out her freshman campaign in impressive fashion, finishing the season second on the team with a .304 average. The newcomer collected 34 hits, including six doubles and a triple. Mattley scored 18 times and sported a team-best .380 on-base percentage. In league play, the freshman hit at a .307 clip with 23 hits, adding two doubles, a triple and a .365 on-base percentage.
 
The young Aggie squad that only graduated two seniors were in most of the ballgames, being on the wrong end of one-run contests with a 5-10 record. UC Davis did find ways to win in extra innings with a 4-2 mark.

MEN'S TENNIS
 
The Aggies finished the 2022 dual season with a 15-14 overall record. The 15 victories were the most for the men's squad since 2016. Twelve of the 15 wins came at the friendly confines of the Marya Welch Tennis Center.
 
A squad that did not have one senior on the roster showcased five Big West Conference honors. Newcomer Ryan Torres nabbed a major award, being named the Co-Freshman of the Year on top of earning second-team singles honors.
 
Torres paced the Aggies with a 21-5 overall record and a 4-1 mark in conference duals. The freshman was named the Big West Tennis Player of the Week twice and showcased a 16-match winning streak that spanned from the beginning of February until the middle of April. He also was named second-team doubles.
 
Junior Andrei Volgin was tabbed to the All-Big West first team after finishing 11-7 on the season at No. 1 singles. The Fremont, Calif., native also garnered second-team doubles honors with Mitchell Davis as the pair went 4-8 at the No. 1 spot. Volgin earned Big West Conference Player of the Week honors earlier in the season.
 
Freshman Ryan Morgan joined Torres for second-team doubles honors as the pair finished 10-5 overall and sported an unblemished 4-0 mark in conference matches, primarily on the No. 2 court. Morgan added a 13-7 record in singles play.

TRACK & FIELD
 
The Aggies had a record-breaking season in 2022, as three school records were shattered over the course of the season.
 
Senior Marlene Gutierrez was named the Big West Female Field Athlete of the Meet at the Big West Championships that was held at the Woody Wilson Track. Gutierrez claimed individual titles in the hammer throw and the shot put on the first day of competition. The senior launched the hammer to a school-record mark of 198-8 (60.57m) and then later uncorked the shot to a mark of 49-5 (15.06m).
 
On the same day, senior Marin Chamberlin broke the school record in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-7 (4.14m). On the men's side, junior Matthew Okonkwo, who defended his conference title in the 200m, broke the school record two weeks later at the NCAA West Prelims with a time of 21.07.
 
Four Aggies earned bids in the NCAA West Prelims as senior Brooke Starn extended her season in the 10,000m, joining school-record-holders Gutierrez, Chamberlin and Okonkwo in Fayetteville, Ark.
 
The top-10 list was peppered with 2022 performances as 24 new marks made the list. As a team at the Big West Championships, the Aggie women finished with 100.50 points to place fourth overall, while the men scored 50 to finish sixth.


WOMEN'S WATER POLO 
In Jamey Wright's final season at the helm of the Aggies, UC Davis garnered four All-Big West honors and an all-American in Noelle Wijnbelt. 

The Aggies overcame injuries to key players post a winning record with 13 wins over CWPA-ranked teams. 

Wijnbelt was named All-Big West First Team, her third straight season season making the team. Despite being forced to miss time with an injury, Wijnbelt scored a career-high 58 goals - the ninth-best individual scoring season in school history. She'll enter the 2023 season as the third-leading scorer in school history with 203 career goals. She powered the Aggies at the Big West Conference Tournament in Honolulu, scoring five of UC Davis' 11 goals against No. 5-seeded UC San Diego. 

Emily Aikema, Allyson Clague, and Alyssa Lengtat were each All-Big West Honorable Mentions, the second straight season Aikema and Clague have garnered recognition and the first time Lengat has earned honorable mention status.