They have done it again! Senior golfers Valerie Hernandez and Jasmine Cabajar have both been named All-Big Sky Conference for the 2020-21 season. Making it all the more special, each have now won honors five times.
 
Cabajar, a native of Wailuku, HI, was named second team All-Big Sky Conference after posting a 75.00 scoring average this spring. Hernandez, a native of Bogota, Colombia, was named third team All-Big Sky with a 75.08 scoring average. Both have benefited from the additional year of eligibility they were granted (as were all student-athletes) by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both were seniors in 2019-20, but saw their seasons cut short.
 
Both freshmen in 2016-17, Hernandez (2nd team/3rd team/3rd team/2nd team/3rd team All-Big Sky in five seasons) and Cabajar (Honorable Mention/Honorable Mention/2nd team/2nd team/2nd team All-Big Sky in five seasons) have proven to be the best recruiting class ever by Head Coach Kailin Downs and in the history of the program. They rank 1-2 in career rounds played (Cabajar 128/Hernandez 124) at Portland State having passed Hall of Famer Britney Yada in recent weeks. Hernandez is tied for second all-time in scoring average (75.03), while Cabajar ranks fourth (75.06). Needless to say they rank high on all of PSU's scoring charts. 
 
The two Viking seniors will be leading Portland State once again when they open Big Sky Conference Championship Tournament play next week. PSU hosts the tournament for the first time in history, Monday through Wednesday, at Arrowhead Golf Club in Molalla. Tee times begin at 8 a.m. each day. Spectators will be allowed for the championship and can walk the course.

2021 All-Big Sky Conference Golf Teams

Player of the Year: Jennifer Koga, Sacramento State
Freshman of the Year: Jennifer Koga, Sacramento State
 
1^st team
Jennifer Koga, Sacramento State
Chanikan Yongyuan, Southern Utah
Tess Blair, Sacramento State
Ekaterina Malakhova, Northern Arizona
Valerie Patino, Idaho
 
2^nd team
Jasmine Cabajar, Portland State
Aleksandra Chekalina, Northern Arizona
Corinne Viden, Sacramento State
Ashley Croft, Northern Arizona
Kirsten Convoy, Weber State
 
3^rd team
Valerie Hernandez, Portland State
Vicky Tsai, Idaho
Eliska Kocourkova, Northern Arizona
Kameryn Basye, Montana State
Jessica Zelasko, Weber State
 
Honorable Mention
Kiselya Plewe, Weber State
Sydney Smith, Sacramento State
Marisa Hisaki, Northern Colorado
Abbi Flener, Northern Colorado
Jaelin Ishikawa, Eastern Washington