SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – On the eve of the first postseason appearance for Dominican women's basketball, senior forward Natalie Diaz was named to the 2019 Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) All-West Region First Team after a vote by the region's sports information directors.
 
Diaz was named PacWest Player of the Year for the second time and was also named 2018-19 Google Cloud Third Team Academic All-America® over the past few weeks. She currently leads NCAA Division II in scoring at 26.4 points per game, on pace to break the Pacific West Conference's all-time mark set by Latoya Wily of BYU-Hawaii of 25.6 points per game. Diaz finished the season with 10 30-point games and one 40-point game this season.
 
Diaz ranks in the top-100 nationally in four other major categories: blocked shots per game (75th, 1.48), double-doubles (35th, 12), field-goal percentage (91st, 48.5 percent) and rebounds per game (69th, 8.9). After being selected to the first team, Diaz is now eligible to be named a D2CCA All-American. She was selected as to the D2CCA Second Team All-America a season ago.
 
Diaz narrowly lost out on the West Region Player of the Year to Mikayla Williams of UC San Diego, who she will matchup against Friday at 5 p.m. PDT. Live stats and video will be available online.
 
All-West Region First Team
 

Name	Team	Points (1st place votes)
Mikayla Williams	UC San Diego	52 (16)
Natalie Diaz	Dominican	51 (7)
Hannah Wandersee	Alaska Anchorage	43 (1)
Savanna Hanson	Azusa Pacific	30 (1)
Alexia Thrower	Humboldt State	28 (1)

All-West Region Second Team
 

Name	Team	Points
Avery Albrecht	Northwest Nazarene	25 (2)
Destiny Castro	Chaminade	25
Allie Navarette	Hawaii Hilo	24
Ellie Logan	Northwest Nazarene	21
Breanna Mackenzie	Hawaii Pacific	19