HILLSBORO, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College women's golf sophomore Ahika Jani earned a spot on the Northwest Conference First Team for a second-straight year, the NWC office announced at the conclusion of Monday's NWC Championship Tournament. 
 
Jani is the lone returner from last year's NWC First Team - after finishing in the top-10 of all three NWC events during the 2025-26 academic year. She is the first River Otter to be named to the NWC First Team multiple times since at least 2010.
 
The sophomore finished in a tie for second place at the NWC Fall Classic (159, +13). In early April, Jani won the NWC Classic by four strokes with a score of 147 (+3). Jani placed seventh overall this weekend at the NWC Championship with a score of 158 (+16). 
 
She accumulated 10.5 points for the NWC Fall Classic, 12 points for the NWC Spring Classic and 12 points this past weekend at the NWC Championship for a season total of 34.5 points. Jani placed second for NWC Player of the Year, behind Pacific's Bead Boonta who finished with 38.5 points. The NWC All-Conference Teams and Player of the Year award are determined by finish at each NWC event, with the final NWC Championship Tournament counting for double points.
 
Jani became the first Lewis & Clark women's player to win an NWC event since L&C Hall of Famer Mari (Kotake) Rayner won the 2001 NWC Fall Classic and 2002 NWC Championship. The sophomore finished the year with the lowest scoring average by a River Otter since at least 2016-17 and potentially in program history. She averaged 76.9 per round (+5) and notched a pair of par or better rounds. The sophomore won four of her 10 events, placed top-five five times and earned a spot in the top-10 seven times. 
 
She posted the lowest round of her collegiate career on October 4, when she shot a 70 (-1) in the first round at the Pacific Invitational. Jani recorded the lowest tournament score of her career at the NWC Spring Classic when she finished with a 147 (+3).