LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Just one season after getting just one player named to the All-GSAC team the Eagles have rebounded in a big way with a second-place conference finish, four all-conference student-athletes and the Golden State Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year.
Reba DePriest led the way for the Eagles, earning a spot on the all-conference team and taking home the Eagles' first conference pitcher of the year honor since Jessica Logsdon earned the nod in the 2001 season.
DePriest has had a marquee year, end capped by her recent performance against No. 1 Concordia when she broke Logsdon's all-time single-season strikeout record. She is currently 16-1 with a 0.34 ERA and 193 strikeouts over 142.2 innings of work.
She is ranked first in the NAIA in opponent batting average (.107) and hits allowed per nine innings (2.5). She also has a perfect fielding percentage and ranks in the top-5 in ERA, runs allowed and saves. Her 193 strikeouts puts her eighth in the nation in total Ks.
DePriest earned her spot on the squad as a pitcher, but she was not the only pitcher on Biola's roster to earn the honor.
CeCe Luster earned her third career All-GSAC nod as the only designated player to get named to the team.
This season Luster is leading the Eagles with a .360 batting average and also has the most doubles (11), hits (45), runs (29), total bases (73) and walks (23).
She was also productive in the circle for Biola, starting 37 games and winning 16 for the Eagles. She put up a 1.99 ERA and tied with DePriest for the second most wins in the GSAC. They ranked in the top-20 in the entire NAIA in wins.
Brooke Madrid hit .342 this season en route to her second career all-conference honor. She raised her batting average by nearly 50 points this season and ended up with the third-highest mark on the squad. Her 19 runs scored put her fourth on the Eagles. She also played a solid center field and anchored the Eagles' outfield with just one error all season. Her other All-GSAC nod came when she was a freshman in 2012.
Heather Hall makes her first appearance on the All-GSAC squad following a powerful sophomore season at the dish. She led Biola with six homeruns and hit .323 while knocking in a team-high 32 RBI. She also played sound defense at the hot corner, ranking in the top-50 in the NAIA in assists (89) while fielding at a .942 clip.
Vanguard, No. 1 Concordia and the No. 13 Eagles provided nearly all of the players for this seasons All-GSAC squad, as the top-3 schools in the conference provided 16 of the 18 All-GSAC student-athletes.
Biola's four honorees are its most since it also got four following the 2002 season. All GSAC teams begin postseason play at the conference tournament later this week.
The All-GSAC team is presented by Under Armour.
