WICHITA, Kan. – Four Friends University Falcons have been selected to the 2026 All-KCAC team, the conference office has announced.
First team honorees for the Falcons were shortstop Tamara Lozoya and utility player Ezra Arredondo, with pitcher Jenna Ormiston and first baseman Cambell Riordan earning second team recognition.
Lozoya anchored the Falcon lineup this season with a .426 batting average while slugging six home runs and driving home 37. She also posted a team-leading .497 on-base percentage and slugged.684.
In her first season with the program, Arredondo added punch to the Falcon lineup and hit .371 with 18 RBIs and a .472 on-base percentage.
Ormiston fueled the Falcon pitching staff and is tied for third in the KCAC in wins (15) and has a 3.07 ERA across 157.1 innings in the circle. She also leads the team in strikeouts (76) and opposing batting average (.261) this season. The Liberal, Kan. native was at her best down the stretch, holding the opposition to just one earned run or fewer in seven of her last nine appearances in the regular season, including a pair of shutouts and a no-hitter during that span.
Riordan made an immediate impact in her first season with the Falcons, ranking tied for fourth in the KCAC in home runs (nine) and hitting .397. The Wichita native also paced the team and was third in the league in RBIs (49) while the leading the Falcons in slugging percentage (.718) and total bases (112).
The Falcons, now 31-20 on the season, finished as the conference tournament runner-up to clinch the program's fifth NAIA National Tournament appearance in the last eight years. They'll learn their national tournament opponent and destination on the NAIA Selection Show on Wednesday (May 6) at 5 pm on the NAIA's official YouTube channel.
