Trenton High School senior catcher Lexi Whitaker and Princeton High School senior center fielder Lacie Lewis have been named first-team all-state softball selections in recent balloting. Whitaker hit nine home runs with 40 RBI’s in a dominating season for THS in 2019, including a .476 batting average. Lewis was one of the spark plugs in the top of the order for a Princeton team that emerged out of the Grand River Conference to a district championship in 2019. In addition to her speed and hitting ability, Lewis was a superb fielder for the Lady Tigers, highlighted by a catch and throw to the plate for a double-play in the Lady Tigers sectional game loss to Platte Valley in mid-October.
Whitaker’s selection from Trenton High School came in Class 2, with two members of the regular-season undefeated KCI champion Penney Hornets named to that first-team, in pitcher Julia Kanoy and catcher Ali Trosper, along with three members of the third-place state-winning Marceline Lady Tigers, who went through Trenton (8-5) in the district semifinals on the way to state. From Marceline, named Class 2 first-teamers are infielder Kenzie Stahl and outfielders Abbey Kussman and Ciarrah Bell.
Class 2 season-team selections included Putnam County catcher Carsen Sporleder, Marceline infielder Baylee Jobson, Penney outfielder Jaide Herrera, and Milan at-large selection Cady Pauley.
In addition to Lacie Lewis’ selection to the Class 1 first-team, two other Princeton Lady Tigers were named all-state second team picks, in sophomore pitcher Lauren Krohn and senior infielder Lindsey Batson. Four members of the 2018 Class 1 state champion and 2019 third-place winning Maysville Lady Wolverines earned first-team status, in pitcher Sadie Smith, catcher Ashley Brown, outfielder Rylie Boyer, and infielder Ashton Willis.
Here are the Class 1 and 2 all-state selections:
Class 1
1st Team:
Pitchers
Bryn Wooldridge – Salisbury
Abbey Hultz – Canton
Sadie Smith – Maysville
Bree Sein – Stoutland
Catchers
Abby Gebhardt – Salisbury
Hunter Collins – Canton
Ashley Brown – Maysville
Outfielders
Pieper Wood – La Plata
Rylie Boyer – Maysville
Lacie Lewis – Princeton
Breanna Estes – Fayette
Sarah Pribble – Stoutland
Infielders
Malia Collins – Platte Valley
Ashton Willis – Maysville
Brooke Stafankiewicz – Salisbury
Abbey Jarvis – Canton
Abigail Posten – Crocker
Sklyler Shepherd – Stoutland
Utility/At-Large
Kayla Larkins – Norborne
2nd Team
Pitchers
Lauren Krohn – Princeton
Riley Collins – Dora
Peyton Drake – Norwood
Maddie Wilde – St. Elizabeth
Catchers
Josie Sullivan – Norwood
Abbey Conrow – Fayette
Baylee Knorr – DeKalb
Emily Betts – Stoutland
Outfielders
Regan Crowe – Norborne
Rainey Fordyce – North Harrison
Melanie Hubbs – Stoutland
Infielders
Lindsey Batson – Princeton
Gracie McKinney – Norborne
Lizzy Bales – Salisbury
Riley Strange – Knox County
Tasia Green – St. Elizabeth
Faith Gilkey – Walnut Grove
Braylee Adams – Brunswick
Utility/At-Large
Olivia Coy – La Plata
Class 2
1st Team
Pitcher
Julia Kanoy – Penney
Mac Morgan – Sherwood
Paige Bedsworth – Tolton Catholic
Camryn Schlup – California
Makenna Moore – East Carter
Catcher
Lexi Whitaker – Trenton
Ali Trosper – Penney
Catryn Cattoor – Jefferson (Festus)
Megan Stone – Palmyra
Infield
Kenzie Stahl – Marceline
Abi Chipps – Jefferson (Festus)
Maris Ollison – Versailles
Lauren Youngblood – Monroe City
Grace Parrott – Sherwood
Mikayla Pennell – North Callaway
Bailey Lovelace – Palmyra
Outfield
Abbey Kussman – Marceline
Ciarrah Bell – Marceline
Lynsie Curtis – Centralia
Naomi Crowley – East Carter
At-Large
Abbie Klatt – Calvary Lutheran
2nd Team
Pitcher
Lauren Merrell – Higland
Kylee Fajen – Warsaw
Allyse Agers – St. Pius X (Festus)
Brooke Lawson – Palmyra
Catcher
Grace Damron – Bowling Green
Reagan Shelby – Warsaw
Carsen Sporleder – Putnam County
Infield
Baylee Jobson – Marceline
Jodi Polly – Eugene
Alaney Moore – Kelly
Rylee Lunn – Summit Christian
Aubrie McRoberts – Warsaw
Lexus Hagood – Neelyville
Outfield
Jaide Herrera – Penney
Kayla Bond – Eugene
Kiara Brunk – Clark County
Rayni Simons – Warsaw
At-Large
Cadence Pauley – Milan
