Five members of the Ada High School softball team received all-NWC honors this spring.

They include Teyah Sautter, sophomore, first team; Kaiti Newland, sophomore, second team; Olivia Alexander, sophomore, second team; Sydney Newland, sophomnore; honorable mention and Madisyn Goossard, honorable mention.

In voting by Northwest Conference softball coaches for the 2016 softball season senior Jada Preston, a pitcher from Crestview was named Player of the Year.   Columbus Grove senior Brooke Hoffman finished second in the balloting with Spencerville sophomore Kara May finishing third.

Preston finished the season with a record of 17 wins vs. only 3 losses for the Knights.  In 117 innings of pitching she struck out 116 batters and compiled an ERA of 1.496 for the season.

Crestview East coach Carl Etzler tallied 20 points to be named Coach of the Year at the all-conference. Etzler led the Knights to an 8-0 league record (22-4 overall) and the school's 19th league championship in softball.  Travis Gallmeier of  co-runnerup Columbus Grove finished second in the balloting.

Complete NWC results are in the attachment.