Player of the Year
Ashley Morran, Trinity
Junior, OF
A first-team PSCA Class AAA all-state selection, Morran hit .330 with 6 HR, 23 RBI, 20 runs as Trinity reached WPIAL finals and PIAA semifinals. Has school record for HR.
First team
Kilee Bonazza, Trinity
Senior, SS
Honorable mention all-state. Batted .486 (35-for-72) with 12 doubles and 21 runs.
Emily Bosworth, Waynesburg
Junior, P
Batted .484 (30-for-62) with six 2B, three 3B, two HR and 22 RBI. Finished with 13-4 record.
Shayleigh Busti, Carmichaels
Senior, SS
First-team Class A all-stater. Batted .667 (42-for-63) with seven 2B, five 3B and five HR. Busti drove in 30, scored 33 and stole 14 bases.
Kiersten Conwell, Chartiers-Houston
Sophomore, P
Led WPIAL with 229 strikeouts and was an honorable mention all-state selection. Went 14-8 with a 1.06 ERA.
Kelsey Cunningham, Peters Township
Junior, SS
Posted a .959 fielding percentage and batted .333 with seven steals.
Kaitlyn Hoop, Fort Cherry
Senior, P
A Division II Hillsdale (Mich.) recruit, Hoop went 14-2 with 174 strikeouts and batted .360.
Allison Kleinhans, McGuffey
Junior, P
Honorable mention all-stater went 13-3 with 126 strikeouts. She batted .539 with nine 2B, 29 RBI and 16 runs scored.
Sam Shumaker, Canon-McMillan
Senior, OF
Batted .519 (28-for-54) with seven 2B and three HR. Scored 20 of the Big Macs' 52 runs.
Julie Taylor, Peters Township
Junior, 2B
Leadoff batter hit .362 with two HR and eight steals in addition to strong defensive play.
Second team
Brynne Bashioum, Bentworth, Sr., P
Liz Bombara, Washington, Sr., OF
Lynne Christopher, Carmichaels, Jr., 1B
Caitlyn Dengler, Burgettstown, Fr., 3B
Michelle Massie, Trinity, Sr., P
Samantha Milliken, West Greene, Sr., 1B
Marissa Pattison, McGuffey, Jr., SS
Rachel Rohanna, Waynesburg, Sr., 2B
Rachel Tucker, Chartiers-Houston, Fr., SS
8 comments:
Congratulations to Ashley Morran. I have had the opportunity to watch her play several times during summer travel ball and my daughter has had the opportunity to pitch against her. I can't think of another player more deserving of the top honor. I really won't go into the others on the first and second team, but I will say it's a shame the people picking the team didn't have a picture of Ashley actually playing softball.
I guess not having a picture tells you exactly how many people from the paper actually covered a softball game. I think if the reporters want to get their eyes opened they should attend one of the travel ball tournaments and watch some of these teams play.
Travel ball tournaments. Yawn!
At many newspapers, reporters are not responsible for taking photographs.
And, yes, I wish we had a better choice of Morran photos. Alas, this was the hand that was dealt.
YAWN! Real mature.... Obviously watching a girl play or pitch 6 or 7 games in a span of two or three days is boring to you. You really should get out more often, this is where you will find real athletes, maybe you should skip over to the blog where all the bored people are fighting over the male athlete of the year. Ten years from now do you really think anyone is going to care who the baseball player of the year was?
Did the OR even leave Washington County this year to cover a softball game. We know budgets are slim but this this team was picked from your backyard. How where these players chosen? Did not the girls team from Carmichaels go deep in the playoffs? You ought to just leave your picks to Washington County.
No one ever cares about Carmichaels...the little class A school.They had quite a few good or better athletes on the softball team but they were overlooked probably because of the competition. If it was that easy, everyone would have had good stats. Anyway, some of your choices were questionable AND WHY EVEN TALK ABOUT TRAVELING LEAGUE? I thought that this was a varsity (high school) blog plus who knows the competition in the traveling league. RESPECT THE MIKES!!!
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