NWAC Congratulates 2026 Baden Spring Athletes of the Year

The NWAC officially congratulates its six Baden Athletes of the Year for the spring sports season. The award winners were each recognized at the 2026 NWAC Hall of Fame Banquet & Ceremony, receiving a commemorative plaque and/or engraved athletic equipment from their respective sport.

Logan Medcalf • Skagit Valley • Men's Golf

Medcalf earned the Baden Men's Golfer of the year award after posting the lowest average score for his top-six rounds during the regular season of 71.50. In the six rounds counting towards his overall average, Medcalf shot 68, 71, 72, 72, 73, and 73 as he was incredibly consistent throughout the year. Medcalf finished his season on a high note, earning medalist honors at the final two league matches hosted by South Puget Sound and Olympic. He had the lowest single round all season when he shot 68 in round one of the Highline League Match and is the only golfer with score less than 70 this season. Medcalf then led the Cardinals to the 2026 team championship, their first since 2005. Medcalf was the medalist of the tournament after shooting 68 in round two for the lowest round of the tournament. 



Hadley McDonough • Bellevue • Women's Golf

McDonough is the 2026 Baden Women's Golfer of the Year after posting an average round score of 81.33 for her top-six rounds during the four league matches. McDonough easily claimed the top spot this season by over 3.5 strokes. She was the medalist in three out of four league matches including the tournaments hosted by Highline, South Puget Sound and Olympic. She was one of just two women's golferers to shoot under 80 in any round this season, doing so twice. She shot 79 in the first round of the Highline League Match, and had her lowest single round of the year of 77 at the South Puget Sound League Match. The freshman then went onto help lead Bellevue to the 2026 NWAC Championship as she finished fourth overall, one of three Bulldogs in the top-five to help Bellevue win by four strokes.  



Jediah Darrell • Spokane • Men's Track & Field

Sophomore thrower Darrell earned the Field Athlete of the Meet as he put up 26 total points, winning both the hammer and discus throws while placing third in the shot put. Darrell won the hammer with a mark of 58.29 meters and the discus with a long throw of 48.23 meters. He also was named the NWAC's Baden Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Year for posting the most points of any men's competitor. Darrell finishes his Spokane career as a two-time champion in the discus, with three total individual titles and helped lead the Sasquatch to back-to-back team championships. 



Jessame Pope • Lane • Women's Track & Field

Pope was the women's High Point Scorer of the Meet as she put up 36 points to earn her the NWAC's Baden Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Year. Pope took first place in both the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles with times of 14.94 seconds and 1:05.19. She then placed second in the triple jump and long jump with marks of 11.40 meters and 5.41 meters. She helped lead Lane to a second-place team finish, finishing just 14.5 points behind Spokane.



Sadie Guyette • Mt. Hood • Softball

Guyette had one of the most incredible individual seasons on record in not only the NWAC, but all of collegiate softball. Guyette broke the single-season collegiate record across all levels with 136 runs batted in. She also led the conference with a .584 batting average to go with 27 home runs, 26 doubles and 84 runs scored. She walked 28 times to just eight strike outs, posting a remarkable 1.197 slugging percentage. Guyette led Mt. Hood to the 2026 title as she broke the RBI record in her first at-bat of the tournament. She went 8-for-11 in the tournament while drawing nine walks as teams often pitched around her. The record is also a testament to the overall offense of the team as they scored 627 total runs, averaging 11.4 runs per game. 



Quinn Hubbs • Lower Columbia • Baseball

Hubbs was selected the 2026 NWAC Baden Baseball Player of the Year after a dominant regular season performance. The award was voted upon prior to the championship tournament. Hubbs dominated opposing lineups this season, posting a 9-1 overall record with an NWAC low 0.70 earned run average. Hubbs made 12 starts, pitching 64.1 innings with 61 strikeouts to 16 walks. He allowed just 43 hits and five earned runs all season. Hubbs received just his second loss of the season in the Red Devils tournament opener as he went 6.1 innings with four runs allowed and 10 strikeouts. All four runs came on a grand slam. He bounced back to earn a dominant win in a 5-1 victory over Linn-Benton, pitching seven innings with one run allowed and six strikeouts to help LCC advance to the championship game. The Red Devils went onto win the title in the following game. 

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