Returned to the diamond after abbreviated 22-game 2020 season going 23-14 overall…finished 3rd in the GNAC with a 11-9 conference record, but won the conference tournament in dominating fashion to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championships and West Regional in Irvine, California…second GNAC Championships title in the last four seasons (no tournament in 2020)…made fifth appearance in the NCAA II Championships as the No. 4 seed (out of six teams)…featured the GNAC's leading pitching staff recording a team ERA of 2.51 (11th in WWU history) while recording 10 shutouts (tied for 6th in WWU history)…recorded a team batting average of .319 to rank 4th in program history (highest since 2014) and featured the 2nd-best team on-base percentage in 29 seasons of WWU softball (.387)…averaged 4.9 runs per game for the 9th-highest mark in program history…set program record with 14 players selected to GNAC All-Academic team and ranked 2nd in the GNAC with a team GPA of 3.66…also had 18 players represented as NFCA Scholar Athletes…had seven player represented on the All-GNAC team, led by First Team players Tatum Dow (Newcomer of the Year), Anna Kasner, Kira Doan and Lauren Lo…Dow and Kasner were consensus First Team All-West Region selections (NFCA & D2CCA) and Lo was a consensus second-team pick…Dow earned Second Team NFCA All-America honors…Kasner was selected as the D2CCA West Region Pitcher of the Year…both Dow and Kasner were top 30 finalists for the NFCA Player and Pitcher of the Year award…Kasner was selected as the GNAC Championships MVP for the second time in her career (also 2017)…Senior Day honored Anna Kasner, Mackenzie Palmer, Erica Hardy and Hannah Matthews for completing their WWU careers. Senior pitcher Anna Kasner closed out her record-breaking career going 13-5 with a 1.99 ERA (33 ER, 116.1 IP) in 22 appearances/21 starts in the circle…also recorded one save…tied for 2nd-most shutouts in a season in WWU history with seven…set WWU single-season record averaging 9.51 strikeouts per 7.0 innings (158 total strikeouts)…finished four-year career with WWU and GNAC record 556 strikeouts and 9.00 strikeouts per 7.0 innings…also set program record with 21 shutouts…threw the third perfect game in WWU history on March 12 vs. Saint Martin's (6.0 innings) and added her third career no-hitter in the GNAC semifinal vs. Northwest Nazarene on May 7 (5 innings)…earned First Team All-GNAC honors as well as consensus First Team All-West Region accolades…selected as GNAC Tournament MVP going 3-0, 0.37 ERA with 38 strikeouts in 19.0 innings (pitched every inning of tournament). Junior shortstop Tatum Dow led the GNAC with a .417 batting average (48-for-115) to earn consensus First Team All-West Region honors…selected as a Second Team All-American by the NFCA…also a First Team All-GNAC award winner and the conference Newcomer of the Year…tallied at least one hit in 28 of 37 games with 14 multi-hit contests…finished with the 6th-best batting average in single-season program history and the 5th-best on-base percentage (.481). Anna Kasner and Kira Doan helped form the top pitching staff in the GNAC, combining to start 33 of the 37 games…the right-handers combined to go 21-12 with a 2.21 ERA, 18 complete games and 10 shutouts…both were First Team All-GNAC selections while helping lead the GNAC to a 2.51 team ERA. Ranked 3rd in the GNAC with a .966 team fielding percentage, the 2nd-best fielding mark in program history (.970 in 2011)…senior catcher Erica Hardy led the GNAC throwing out four of nine attempted base stealers…played a rare GNAC tripleheader on April 2 vs. Montana State Billings at Viking Field (won 2 of 3)…Lauren Lo hit .382 (42-for-110) for the 13th-best single-season batting average in WWU history…senior Mackenzie Palmer finished her career batting .326 (29-for-89) and was a three-time All-GNAC Academic selection…Brooke Fesenbek .405 (15-for-37) with runners in scoring position and had eight 2-out RBI…Rylie Wales was second on the team with 10 doubles and moved into the program all-time top-10 for walks with 52 (14 in 2021)…tied single game program record scoring 19 runs in 19-2 win over Central Washington on March 7 (Game 1) in Ellensburg…set program record with 34 runs in consecutive games with 15-3 win in Game 2. Tatum Dow, SS (First Team, Newcomer of the Year)
Anna Kasner, P (First Team)
Kira Doan, P (First Team)
Lauren Lo, OF (First Team)
Chantelle Shimabukuro, 2B (Second Team)
Mackenzie Palmer, OF (Second Team)
Brooke Fesenbek, 3B (Second Team) Anna Kasner, P (Tournament MVP) Rachel Christensen, So. (3.40, Physical & Health Education)
Kira Doan, Jr. (3.35, Biology – Cell & Molecular)
Tatum Dow, Jr. (3.90, Physical Education & Health)
Erica Hardy, Sr. (3.53, Business Administration – OPS)
Anna Kasner, Sr. (3.24, Public Relations)
Taylor Khorrami, Fr. (3.71, Business Administration)
Mikayla Liljenberg, Fr. (3.32, Special Education)
Lauren Lo, Jr. (3.80, Accounting)
Megan Marino, Jr. (3.52, Kinesiology)
Hannah Matthews, Sr. (3.34, Psychology)
Mackenzie Palmer, Sr. (3.86, Manufacturing & Supply Chain)
Chantelle Shimabukuro, Jr. (3.30, Kinesiology)
Kaelynn Simmons, Fr. (3.58, Communications)
Rylie Wales, Jr. (3.55, Kinesiology) Tatum Dow, Jr. (3.90, Physical Education & Health)
Mackenzie Palmer, Sr. (3.86, Manufacturing & Supply Chain) Tatum Dow, SS (2nd Team) Anna Kasner, P (First Team)
Tatum Dow, SS (First Team)
Lauren Lo, OF (Second Team) Anna Kasner, P
Tatum Dow, SS Tatum Dow (Honorable Mention) Anna Kasner, P (First Team, Pitcher of the Year)
Tatum Dow, SS (First Team)
Lauren Lo, OF (Second Team Tatum Dow, Jr. (3.90, Physical Education)
Lauren Lo, Jr. (3.80, Accounting) Feb. 22-28: Anna Kasner (pitcher)
March 1-7: Rylie Wales (offense)
March 8-14: Anna Kasner (pitcher)
March 15-21: Kira Doan (pitcher)
March 29-April 4: Anna Kasner (pitcher)
April 26-May 2: Anna Kasner (pitcher) May 3-9: Anna Kasner Dakota Brooks (Jr., Pe Ell, WA)
Kira Doan (Jr., Brier, WA)
Tatum Dow (Jr., Issaquah, WA)
Brooke Fesenbek (So., Olympia, WA)
Erica Hardy (Sr., Henderson, NV)
Anna Hook (Fr., Bonney Lake, WA)
Anna Kasner (Sr., Milton, WA)
Taylor Khorrami (Fr., Snohomish, WA)
Mikayla Liljenberg (Fr., Olympia, WA)
Lauren Lo (Jr., Issaquah, WA)
Megan Marino (Jr., Bothell, WA)
Hannah Matthews (Sr., Huntington Beach, CA)
Jenna Maxfield (Fr., Lynnwood, WA)
Mackenzie Palmer (Sr., Federal Way, WA)
Emily Paulson (Fr., Tigard, OR)
Chantelle Shimabukuro (Jr., Aiea, HI)
Kaelynn Simmons (Fr., Dallas, OR)
Rylie Wales (Jr., Snohomish, WA)  

TEAM	CONF	PCT	OVERALL	PCT
Northwest Nazarene	11-5	.688	31-14	.689
Central Washington	9-7	.563	18-16	.529
Western Washington	11-9	.550	23-14	.622
Saint Martin's	10-10	.500	19-18	.314
Western Oregon	9-11	.450	14-17	.452
Montana State Billings	6-14	.300	10-26	.277
Simon Fraser	0-0	.000	0-0	.000