SAN MATEO, Calif. – After winning its seventh-straight West Coast Conference title, BYU softball claimed four of the five major postseason awards and placed five players on the All-WCC First Team. BYU’s Violet Zavodnik was named WCC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year while teammate Autumn Moffat-Korth earned Pitcher of the Year recognition. Their coach, Gordon Eakin, garnered Coach of the Year honors while Santa Clara’s Ashley Trierweiler was selected as Defensive Player of the Year.
 
All of the major individual awards and the all-conference teams were voted on solely by the WCC's head coaches.
 
Zavodnik became the sixth-straight BYU player to be named the WCC Player of the Year and the first in WCC softball history to receive both awards for top player and freshman in the same season. An outfielder from Murrieta, California, Zavodnik led the WCC in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage with a slash line of .513/.586/1.103 during conference play. She also led the WCC in RBI (18) and triples (4) and was second in doubles (3), homeruns (4) and runs scored (13).
 
With Moffat-Korth earning Pitcher of the Year recognition, a BYU player has received the honor in six-straight seasons. Moffat-Korth was a perfect 7-0 with six complete games in eight starts during WCC action. She led the WCC with a 0.72 ERA, was second in strikeouts with 42 and allowed just four walks, the best among full-time starters.
 
Eakin was named Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his career while leading BYU to its seventh-straight WCC title and 12th-straight conference title overall. By winning the WCC regular season title, the Cougars earned an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament, their 16th-straight appearance, all under Eakin’s direction.
 
Defensive Player of the Year Trierweiler, a freshman from Belmont, California, is the first Santa Clara student-athlete to earn a major conference postseason award in softball. The outfielder posted a perfect fielding percentage while contributing 49 putouts and three assists. At the plate, Trierweiler hit .419 and drove in seven runs. Trierweiler, Zavodnik and Moffat-Korth all earned spots on the All-WCC First Team.
 
The All-WCC First Team featured a league-best five BYU players, four from LMU and one each from Pacific, Saint Mary’s and Santa Clara. A complete list of All-WCC performers and major postseason award winners can be found below.
 

2021 WCC Softball Major Honors

Player of the Year: Violet Zavodnik, Fr., OF – BYU

Pitcher of the Year: Autumn Moffat-Korth, Sr. – BYU

Defensive Player of the Year: Ashley Trierweiler, Fr., OF/IF – Santa Clara

Freshman of the Year: Violet Zavodnik, Fr., OF – BYU

Coach of the Year: Gordon Eakin – BYU

2021 All-WCC Softball First Team
Name	Institution	Yr.	Pos.
Alyssa Daniell	LMU	Fr.	1B
Megan Dedrick	LMU	Sr.	SS
Martha Epenesa	BYU	Jr.	3B
Andrea Gonzalez	LMU	Sr.	IF
Rylee Jensen	BYU	Sr.	OF
Autumn Moffat-Korth	BYU	Sr.	P
HannahJo Peterson	BYU	Sr.	UTL/OF
Indya Smith	Saint Mary's	So.	OF
Myka Sutherlin	Pacific	Jr.	P/OF
Ashley Trierweiler	Santa Clara	Fr.	OF
Marina Vitalich	LMU	Sr.	P
Violet Zavodnik	BYU	Fr.	OF
2021 All-WCC Softball Second Team
Name	Institution	Yr.	Pos.
Jayda Alaan	Saint Mary's	Sr.	UTL
Huntyr Ava	BYU	So.	1B
Sophia Bjerk	San Diego	Jr.	3B/1B
McKenna Braegelmann	San Diego	Fr.	LHP
Marissa Chavez	BYU	Jr.	SS
Morgan DeBord	LMU	So.	OF
Sofia Earle	Saint Mary's	Jr.	LHP
Madison Earnshaw	San Diego	Jr.	P
Allyson Ferreira	Santa Clara	So.	IF
Madison Kahwaty	Pacific	Jr.	IF
Kenedi Lopes	Saint Mary's	Sr.	IF
Valeria Torres-Colon	Pacific	Fr.	OF
2021 All-WCC Softball Honorable Mention
Name	Institution	Yr.	Pos.
Emma Bickford	Santa Clara	So.	IF
Madeline Domingo	Pacific	Sr.	C/DP
Kaylee Erickson	BYU	So.	C
Molly Grumbo	LMU	Sr.	C
Amanda Limon	San Diego	Fr.	IF/OF
Jessica Mabrey	Pacific	Jr.	IF
Julia McCormack	Saint Mary's	Sr.	IF
Desiree Moreno	LMU	Sr.	UTL/C
Arissa Paulson	BYU	Sr.	P
Eileen Perez	Saint Mary's	Sr.	P