Alex Walde

Gonzaga track and field

Walde, a redshirt sophomore from Coeur d'Alene High, finished 35th overall, 13th in the second heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase in the NCAA West Regional preliminary rounds last Friday in College Station, Texas. Walde finished in 9 minutes, 12.89 seconds. His seed time of 8:58.17 ranks fifth all-time at Gonzaga. "Overall, I'm relatively happy with the result," Walde said. "I kind of beat the odds coming in as the last qualifier. I definitely would have been happier walking away with a PR, but overall with the conditions here, I think I performed pretty well. The last three laps the coaches helped push me along."

Jake Pfennigs

Oregon State baseball

Pfennigs, a 6-foot-6, 217 pound sophomore pitcher from Post Falls High, has started 12 games, going 5-0 with a 3.38 earned run average, striking out 44 of 217 batters faced. Oregon State (34-22) opens the Fort Worth Regional on Friday against Dallas Baptist at 11 a.m. PDT.

Jake Rutherford

Gonzaga baseball

Rutherford, a freshman from Post Falls, has appeared in 16 games for the Bulldogs (33-17), who open the NCAA Eugene Regional at LSU on Friday at 7 p.m. (ESPN3).

Haley Loffer

College of Idaho softball

Loffer, a junior from Lake City High, finished the season with a .359 batting average (61 of 170) with 68 runs scored for the Yotes (44-19), who finished third in the NAIA World Series. Loffer was 28 of 32 on stolen base attempts.

Kylie Smith

College of Idaho softball

Smith, a senior second baseman from Coeur d'Alene High, had two hits for the Yotes (44-19) in the team's game against eventual NAIA champion Southern Oregon on Monday in Columbus, Ga. Smith finished with 53 hits on the season and 15 doubles.