The national coaches have a very different view of the top players for Arizona softball than the Pac-12 coaches. That became apparent when the NFCA All-West Region teams were announced on Thursday. While only four Wildcats made All-Pac-12 teams, six made NFCA All-West teams, and the order was very different.
Allie Skaggs and Izzy Pacho were both named to the first team. The Pac-12 coaches placed Skaggs—who ended tied for the home-run lead in the conference with 22 and in the top five of several other offensive categories—on the conference's second team. She was first on the Wildcats in home runs, third in batting average (.