PORTLAND, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College baseball senior Will Heron, junior Nate Kerr and sophomore Michael Aikawa were all named All-Region honorees on Tuesday morning. 
 
The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com both released their All-Region Teams on Tuesday. Heron and Kerr were each named to the ABCA All-Region Second Team. Heron and Aikawa each earned spots on the D3baseball.com All-Region Third Team. All three players earned their first career All-Region accolades on Tuesday. The three honorees marked the most for the program since 2023, when Jack Thomson ('23), Jakob Ghammachi ('24) and Brennen Davis ('25) were all recognized. 
 
Lewis & Clark was the only Northwest Conference school to finish with multiple honorees on both lists. Whitworth University earned two honorees for ABCA but had only one All-Region pick for D3baseball.com. Whitman University, Pacific University and Linfield University each had one selection on one of the two lists. The ABCA All-Region Team is nominated and voted on by coaches, while D3baseball.com is nominated by and voted on by a group of Sports Information Directors.  
 
Heron put together the best season of his career to earn his first two All-Region awards. The senior first baseman finished in the top-five in the Northwest Conference in slugging percentage (2^nd - .709), home runs (t-2^nd – 14), runs batted in (4^th – 41), hits (4^th – 52) and total bases (4^th – 100). He also placed eighth in the conference in batting average (.369), tied for sixth in runs scored (39) and tenth in on-base percentage (.449). On the national stage, Heron finished 16^th in NCAA DIII in home runs per game (0.37), 24^th in home runs and 50^th in slugging percentage. 
 
Heron hit safely in 33 of 39 games, including finishing his career on a six-game hitting streak. He posted a dozen games with multiple hits and eight games with multiple RBI. After hitting seven home runs in his first three seasons, he belted multiple home runs in three different games this year, including tying the NCAA DIII record with four home runs in a game against Whittier on February 16. In that game, he finished 4-6 with four runs scored and a career-high eight RBI. For his career, Heron ranks sixth in program history in career RBI (123) and walks (81), tied for sixth in games played (149), eighth in home runs (21) and tied for 11th in at-bats (519) and hits (160).
 
Kerr picks up his first career All-Region accolades after proving to be one of the top relievers in the entire West Region. The junior stepped into a vital role that often saw him throw multiple innings in save situations. He led the Pioneers bullpen with his 3-2 record, three saves, 1.72 earned average, 31.1 innings pitched, .196 batting average and tied for the lead with 21 strikeouts. Kerr allowed just six walks and gave up only five extra-base hits. He threw two or more innings in 10 of his 14 outings and three or more innings three times. Kerr struck out at least one batter in 13 of his 14 appearances. He recorded back-to-back saves on March 24 and March 29 and allowed just three hits in six scoreless innings during that span. Through his first three seasons, Kerr is 7-4 with three saves, with a 4.83 ERA in 36 appearances (two starts). 
 
Aikawa earned his first career All-Region accolades, after enjoying a breakout campaign this Spring. The Pioneers third baseman started in 38 contests and moved into the heart of the Lewis & Clark lineup after hitting seventh through ninth for most of his first season. He ended the season in the top-10 in the Northwest Conference in: doubles (t-1^st – 14), on-base percentage (2^nd -.483), hits (3^rd – 54), walks (5^th – 25), RBI (6^th – 37), total bases (6^th – 82), batting average (7^th - .372) and slugging percentage (9^th - .566). He added nine stolen bases (9-10) and 35 runs scored. Aikawa wrapped up the season seventh in program history for doubles in a single-season and 13^th in hits and RBI. He hit safely in all but five games and posted three hitting streaks of six games or more. He closed out the season on a 13-game hitting streak where he went 19-53 with 13 runs, 17 RBI and six extra-base hits. Aikawa added 15 multiple-hit contests and 11 games with multiple RBI. He posted his best game of the season on March 1 at Pacific Lutheran University, when he went 3-4 with a run scored, four RBI, a walk, a hit by pitch and a stolen base.